Instancy

MARCH 9, 2023

Introduction Social learning has become an increasingly important aspect of modern education. It provides opportunities for learners to connect and collaborate, share knowledge, and learn from each other. In this digital age, many social learning apps are available to help learners maximize their learning experience.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 30, 2011

We also use tools such as Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media. In a lot of cases, we are using internal corporate social media tools to collaborate. This has included reading some books, attending some webinars, and talking with other learning professionals about how they are making social media work in a learning environment.

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Learnnovators

MARCH 15, 2014

However, some of the shifts may require us to move beyond the traditional definitions of ‘learning’. Informal/Social learning is one such major revolution (other than mobile learning and gamified learning) that demands a shift in the mere thinking of ‘learning’.

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Jane Hart

JUNE 22, 2011

Last Friday, I had the pleasure of chairing the eLearning network’s first regional event in Bristol. The topic was Making the most of informal learning. “Fascinating to be at an event where there are more people tweeting about it than are in the room!&#. In fact @HappyHenry tweeted.

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ATD Learning Technologies

AUGUST 14, 2017

Our audience learns perpetually; they turn to Google and each other when they need to know something immediately. As learning and development professionals, we need to adapt our design and facilitation approach to accommodate this new global, mobile, social, and always-changing reality. It seems like an insurmountable task.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2014

Key performance indicators for social and informal learning identify knowledge hubs and lead to better results. Just as social learning and technology have modernized the way learning occurs in companies today, they also have made a mark on the key performance indicators learning leaders should capture and measure.

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Docebo

MAY 8, 2018

Social learning can help today’s organizations keep up with the pace at which their business moves. More and more, organizations are turning to social learning to deliver exciting e-learning experiences to their employees, customers and partners. What is Social Learning? This is social learning.

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Learnnovators

MAY 29, 2014

THE JOURNEY: We, like many out there, are of the view that, though most learning designers possess good levels of skills around the traditional training (formal learning) area, their skill levels fall short around the informal or social learning areas. Many Senior Executives like to talk the social media talk.

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TOPYX LMS

MAY 9, 2016

Employees Learn Best When They Learn Informally. Informal learning is the polar opposite of formal learning. In the article What Is Informal Learning? , Jay Cross explained, “ Informal learning is the unofficial, unscheduled, impromptu way most people learn to do their jobs.

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Learnnovators

MARCH 15, 2014

However, some of the shifts may require us to move beyond the traditional definitions of ‘learning’. Informal/Social learning is one such major revolution (other than mobile learning and gamified learning) that demands a shift in the mere thinking of ‘learning’.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 12, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning? Our conversation centered on whether or not companies should limit their employees’ use of the internet and social media while at work. We All Did.

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Degreed

APRIL 14, 2017

We gravitate towards solutions that are quick and easy, and as a result, informal options – social and on-demand learning – account for the bulk of workers’ development. The most advanced L&D teams are embracing the trend towards informal, collaborative and social. We have to start trusting the learner.

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Docebo

APRIL 20, 2016

Here’s what top learning management system analysts are saying about Docebo’s approach to social learning. A major highlight after the event has been taking the opportunity to receive our guests’ take on the experience. Care to see for yourself how Docebo is disrupting the s ocial and informal learning space

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Learningtogo

OCTOBER 30, 2017

As we all know, informal learning in a social setting is one of the most powerful ways to change behavior and learn new skills, yet many of us struggle to find those opportunities for our own development.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Jane Bozarth’s Social Media for Trainers is a wonderfully handy, and important, book. As I mentioned before , the key to deep learning is processing the information in a variety of ways, and social interaction around the content is a valuable form of processing. Tags: design mobile social.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The Big Question of the Month is “How do I communicate the value of social media as a learning tool to my organization?&#. don’t talk about social learning, talk about innovation, problem-solving, creativity, research, experimentation…. Tags: social strategy. You need to talk about benefits.

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ATD Learning Technologies

AUGUST 14, 2017

Our audience learns perpetually; they turn to Google and each other when they need to know something immediately. As learning and development professionals, we need to adapt our design and facilitation approach to accommodate this new global, mobile, social, and always-changing reality. It seems like an insurmountable task.

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Jay Cross

JUNE 13, 2012

Next month I’ll be offering an experiential workshop on Informal Learning through Jane Hart’s Social Learning Center. Network socially with Socialcast, Buddypress, GoToMeeting, Google+. experience learning hands-on through collaborative work, community, search, social software, blogs and tweets.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 30, 2011

These are my live blogged notes from today’s eLearning Guild Webinars with members of the Internet Time Alliance (ITA): Harold Jarche, Charles Jennings, Clark Quinn, Jane Hart, Jay Cross Exploring Social Learning and Smarter Working The questions for the session were sourced from the crowd. Tell your managers what you have learned!

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Clark Quinn

JULY 5, 2020

The Internet Time Alliance Award, in memory of Jay Cross , is presented to a workplace learning professional who has contributed in positive ways to the field of Informal Learning and is reflective of Jay’s lifetime of work. He also speaks at industry events and shares what he has learned.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 8, 2011

Dan takes the logic further than I did last week in my post on how to assess learning initiatives. In brief, the Kirkpatrick levels are good for events, not processes. Increasingly, learning is migrating from events (think “workshop&# ) to processes (think “social learning&# ). Network analysis.

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Tony Karrer

MAY 11, 2009

There's a fantastic post by Stephen Downes - New Technology Supporting Informal Learning. So as you read this, keep in mind that Stephen was primarily talking about technology that can support a Formal Learning Event that heavily leverages Informal / Social Learning as it's primary mechanism.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

I sat down with Shane Raymond, Director of Training and Development at RBC Wealth Management , the US Wealth Management division of Toronto-based Royal Bank of Canada , to discuss social learning. We have launched a few tools that I would classify as “social learning” and the response and acceptance of these tools has been mixed.

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Living in Learning

APRIL 1, 2010

The whole thing went down on a Thursday morning when an informal learning moment went social. Igg Nyt, the same caveman that discovered the virtues of fire, gets credit for sparking [sorry] the first social learning event. In fact, it was the discovery of fire [and [.].

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Learnnovators

MAY 29, 2014

.”- Karl Kapp THE JOURNEY: We, like many out there, are of the view that, though most learning designers possess good levels of skills around the traditional training (formal learning) area, their skill levels fall short around the informal or social learning areas. But only 10% walk the social talk!”

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From the Coleface

MARCH 13, 2012

Last week I attended #SLCONF , a conference on social learning. Social learning is a zeitgeisty term which is very much in the early stages of the Gartner hype cycle for most organisations. I participated to find out more about what social learning is and what L&D practitioners should be doing about it/ with it.

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2016

Experience API, XAPI, Learning Record Stores, TinCan API do you know what this is about? Last year I participated in a fringe event during the Learning and Technologies conference and it was funny to be emerged into a topic I didn't have a clue what is was. The question is: what is your vision on learning and development?

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Technology and the business environment are changing so quickly, structured training has by necessity taken a back seat to informal learning as the dominant approach to workplace development. Self-Directed Informal Learning Experience alone can be an inefficient instructor. “Our company is ambitious.

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InSync Training

JUNE 13, 2017

Training has a great track record of successfully teaching learners during formal events, but our programs often don’t address informal learning. And we know learners build critical skills during unstructured, non-facilitated events, like Googling a term or asking Holly in HR for guidance. Training Magazine Network Recap.

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Creativ Technologies

MAY 20, 2022

It’s because of the natural way of learning when you pick up skills yourself. There are, however, many advantages and disadvantages of such a training process: No tests: The foremost benefit of informal learning is that adults don’t like giving exams. This is where the problem with informal learning lies.

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Learning Pool

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Studies suggest that as little as 10% of what we learn comes from formal training programs. The rest comes from learning on the job – learning by doing – and informal learning, from our peers. Recognize informal learning: Make informal learning an explicit part of your training policy.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Time and again, focusing on formal learning events alone turns out to be myopic. A more complete goal is to improve the whole learning environment – pre-class, in-class and post-class - through a variety of modalities, such as online self-study, virtual classes, reference materials and social informal learning.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JULY 14, 2020

The Internet Time Alliance Award, in memory of Jay Cross, is presented to a workplace learning professional who has contributed in positive ways to the field of Informal Learning and is reflective of Jay’s lifetime of work. In 2013 his blog was one of the 50 most socially-shared learning and development blogs.

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Performance Learning Productivity

AUGUST 24, 2023

As part of an extensive interview protocol, researchers asked these executives about where they thought they learned things from that led to their success – The Lessons of Success. The interviewers collected 616 key learning events which the research staff coded into 16 categories.

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Jay Cross

AUGUST 7, 2009

Published in Chief Learning Officer, August 2009. Informal Learning 2.0. Some cutting-edge corporations are adopting a new bundle of practices — let’s call them informal learning 2.0 — in order to improve operating efficiency by: • Slashing time to performance. Increasing customer loyalty though learning.

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Growth Engineering

MARCH 29, 2016

Social learning , or informal learning, is one of the keys to delivering an effective, engaging training strategy. While it’s clear that social learning can have a huge impact on training effectiveness, it also helps to personalise training in a number of ways! Apply learning in context.

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Designing Digitally

JUNE 13, 2016

Organizations can break free of the restrictions that learning management systems dictate and release learners to experience learning beyond the classroom. Learning doesn’t need to take place solely in front of a computer screen and keyboard. The opportunities available today make learning environments rich and meaningful.

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