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eFrontPro For IBM Connections

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One of the recent innovations in the training industry has come through the use of social technologies to support informal learning: organizations have experimented with Twitter, in particular, to increase employee awareness of when and where eLearning content is available for them. Don’t Have IBM Connections?

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A Dozen Ways To Promote Informal Learning

CLO Magazine

Most learning does not happen in a classroom or online. It happens informally, between employees and peer groups. Learning management systems and learning content management systems are the centerpiece for many learning departments, but most organizations are unaware that these systems have capabilities to support informal learning.

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How Social Learning is Powering Up Today’s Workplaces

Learnnovators

. “ Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do. ” – Albert Bandura (Originator of Social Learning Theory). “ What social learning takes place in the workplace? The research isn’t heartening.

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Learning Technologies 2010 – Day 2 Recap

Upside Learning

. - 72% of large companies felt that their more effective training was INFORMAL. - Compared to USA the UK spends 29% more per learner but uses half as much eLearning. - Deep Specialization is emerging as a key strategy. He used Intel’s example to drive this point home. 2. Mobile Learning For Rapid Response by Dylan Stokes.

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Virtual Worlds: Affordances and Learning

Clark Quinn

Tony talked about his new book with Karl Kapp, Chuck Hamilton spoke on lessons learned through IBM’s invovlement in Virtual Worlds, Koreen Olbrish chaired a panel with a number of great case studies, to name just a few of the great opportunities. I’ve had the formal and informal separated in my mind, but needn’t.

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The Learning Curve and The Pivot Point

The Performance Improvement Blog

Further research, initially done at IBM in the late 1980’s, and many others since then, show a disproportionate amount of learning – anywhere between 70 to 80 percent - takes place during the informal phase after the more formal classroom-based or online learning is completed [2]. That would be just-in-time learning.

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To Thrive, you Should Learn, Adapt, Innovate and Repeat

CrossKnowledge

For example, IBM was a computer company that reinvented itself to become one of the most successful consulting firms today. For example, Amazon, Facebook, and Google are considered some of the most innovative organizations, particularly based on their ability to adapt and experiment with new ideas. Now, learning is ubiquitous.