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Advantages of Informal Learning for Organizations

LearnDash

For organizations interested in promoting employee growth, a mix of formal with informal education methods may be the key to success. Informal learning refers to the spontaneous, ad-hoc learning most of us engage in every day when we feed our curiosity or explore answers to questions provoked by our environment.

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What is Informal Learning?

LearnUpon

These are all substantial aspects of learning, but in truth, learning isn’t always so by the numbers. Informal learning is a type of learning that happens every day, whether we realize it or not. But, smart businesses are now beginning to see the value of nurturing informal training too.

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To Improve Learner Retention, Focus on the Dynamics of Forgetting

Dashe & Thomson

Then I came across this excellent Slideshare presentation from Charles Jennings. (This presentation, by the way, would be an excellent primer for anyone in a corporate learning department looking to introduce the concept of informal learning to their colleagues).

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Coping with change

Clark Quinn

They’re also largely immovable objects, so remedying problems is an exercise in calm. However, that’s what learning’s all about, right? It’s partly formal and partly informal learning, yet this is what I do. So here’s to more learning!

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Thinking Transformation

Clark Quinn

And, I think a previous exercise in thinking transformation is valuable here. It’s about not just courses on a phone, but: Augmenting formal learning: extending it. Social: tapping into the power of social and informal learning. And that’s understandable. Over time, however, I think we want to shift our mindset.

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7 Examples on Scenario Based Learning (SBL) for Formal and Informal Learning

Adobe Captivate

In this blog, I show you how to you can use Scenario Based Learning through 5 examples for both Formal and Informal learning. What is Scenario Based Learning (SBL)? Scenario Based Learning (SBL) in eLearning uses real-life situations to validate the learning comprehension and more significantly its eventual application.

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Survey on Extreme or Informal Learning

Jay Cross

From my pal Curt Bonk at Indiana University: My research team and I from the Instructional Systems Technology Department at Indiana University are conducting a study titled, “Collecting Stories of Extreme or Informal Learning.” I’m finishing up my next book, Informal Learning in Business.

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