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Formal Learning vs. Informal Learning

Learningtogo

In this post, we’ll distinguish between informal and formal learning and explore ways to identify and encourage informal learning within your organization. What is informal learning? Cross defined informal learning as “personal, social […] unofficial, unscheduled, [and] impromptu.”

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

A lot of the Social Media Mavens , however, are really ranting, not about the technology, but about the human dynamics related to social networking. My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them. More about me here. Properly d.

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Jay Cross Memorial Award 2021: Sahana Chattopadhyay

Clark Quinn

We award it to a workplace learning professional who has contributed in positive ways to the field of Informal Learning. The Jay Cross Memorial Award is one way to keep pushing our professional fields and industries to find new and better ways to learn and work.

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Recommended Reading Summary: A Chapter of “Emerging Technologies for the Classroom”

Adobe Captivate

Chapter 9: “ Like, Comment, Share: Collaboration and Civic Engagement Within Social Network Sites ,” by Greenhow and Lee, in Emerging Technologies for the Classroom: A Learning Sciences Perspective. Social media and social networking sites allow individuals and groups to collaborate and learn together.

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Leveraging the Law of the Few to Manage Change in the Workplace.

Dashe & Thomson

Just as the corporate world thought they had caught up to adult learning norms with the adoption of eLearning, and some with blended learning, along comes social learning. Social Learning Blog - March 7, 2011 [.] We all know that social media will be a major driver in the 2.0 Properly d.

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The Impact of Social Learning: Will You Be The First? | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

by Andrea on February 23, 2011 in social learning The other night I attended a lecture at the University of Minnesota Medical School. The topic of the evening was emerging stem cell therapies with a particular focus on applications for heart disease. I was blown away by that little nugget of information. Properly d.

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Tools for conviviality? Illich and social media

Learning with e's

He advocated a form of participatory education that democratised knowledge and privileged learning over teaching. What would Illich have made of the social web? was emerging. 10) Social media, especially those that enable users to create and share content, fall into the category of tools that are worked by us.