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The key to informal learning is autonomy

Jane Hart

Jay Cross, the author of the 2007 seminal book, Informal Learning, Rediscovering the Natural Pathways that Inspire Innovation and Performance , recently wrote a blog post in which he explained that although there has been a lot of talk about “informal learning” in the last five years, there has been very little action.

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Re-imagining Work & Learning in a Networked World

ID Reflections

Will we still continue to speak about learning as an activity to be undertaken in order to be effective at work? Or will work itself subsume learning enabled by a transformed L&D / facilitators / coaches / mentors and the "right" organizational culture? Social is NOT a set of tools.

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eLearning Innovation 2010 – Top 30

Tony Karrer

Google Buzz , Google Wave and PKM PKM stands for Personal Knowledge Management, which is a definite passion of mine (see Work Literacy and Social Media for Knowledge Workers ). Effectiveness Informal Learning Reaction? So, here’s what we are already seeing this year. Not sure how to categorize these things.

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Pick of the Month: August 2012

Jane Hart

” Personal knowledge management is clearly becoming a key workplace skill, and in fact Harold Jarche, in Please tell me about your PKM , takes it one step further … “I think that asking, “ What can you do for the organization today?” , would be a better way to start an interview. With whom do you learn?

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | August 28, 2020

Mike Taylor

Accelerated Learning: Learn Faster and Remember More. People can end up stuck with a static amount of knowledge because we don’t just passively absorb new ideas and information. Learning something new requires active engagement. At FS, we see learning as part of our daily job. link] learning /.

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The best elearning reads of 2013

eFront

Cognitive Dissonance and the Denial of Social/Informal Learning , Mike Britz. Learning technology: are we using it right? How to Build Effective Online Learning Communities , Edudemic. eLearning: From the enclosure to the global learning commons , David Price, elearn Magazine. Social media at work.

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Agile, Lego and Training: The common factors.

ID Reflections

What does Agile have to do with Informal Learning and Instructional Design? It’s about effective communication. Agile means the willingness to be in a perpetual state of Beta, accepting that there is no closure, can be no closure with information, requirements, needs, business opportunities changing at lightning speed.

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