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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Like many enterprise learning companies, we are actively brainstorming ways to incorporate collaborative Web 2.0 technologies into our training programs, but rarely do we find a client that wants to create a robust learning environment comprised of both formal and informal components. Go take a peek.

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Active learning spaces

Learning with e's

Recently I wrote about collaborative learning spaces , and argued that we are entering unfamiliar territory. The boundaries of informal and formal spaces have blurred significantly, as have the boundaries between the real and the virtual. It appears that it no longer matters where learning occurs, as long as it is meaningful.

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2 Simple Steps to Create a Minimalist eLearning Environment

TOPYX LMS

This is best accomplished by providing learners/users with an eLearning environment that is stripped of all that would distract them from comprehending the information that is needed for their immediate and long-term success. How to Create a Minimalist eLearning Environment. Maintaining a Distraction-free eLearning Environment is Easy.

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9 Strategies to Encourage and Drive Informal Learning in a Remote Working Environment

EI Design

In this article, you will learn how to leverage informal learning in today’s remote working environment to drive creativity, innovation, and engagement. What Is Informal Learning? There’s been a lot of discussion about informal learning over the years – what it is and isn’t and its place in corporate training.

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Creative learning spaces

Learning with e's

Stephen spoke about the metaphors for creative space that are used to contextualise learning: The Camp Fire: This is a social learning space where students face each other, and in doing so gain an expectation that each should contribute something to the discussion and activities. Unported License.

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Reinventing learning spaces

Learning with e's

Phone charging station at Stratford Shopping Centre, London I have written extensively about education spaces, architectures for learning , and personal learning environments. Teachers should be the architects of learning spaces (Wheeler, 2015, p 102). My most recent blog post, Hi-Tech Campus?

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The role of instructional designer in social/informal learning

Spark Your Interest

One of the quandaries that instructional designers have been struggling with, is their role (if any) in informal or social learning. First of all, what exactly is informal and social learning? Informal – no set objective in terms of learning outcomes and is never intentional from the learner’s standpoint.