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The Importance of Informal Learning at the Workplace

Origin Learning

20% of learning is social. One can never discount the popularity of message boards and forums in learning and knowledge-sharing. Yammer which began as a private instant messaging tool has evolved into a powerful social learning tool that delivers informal learning with ease and is used by organizations globally.

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Social Learning: An Ongoing Experiment

CLO Magazine

Psychologist Albert Bandura’s social learning theory suggests that people learn from one another through observation, imitation and modeling. Among the most adopted technologies are secure instant messaging, discussion forums, video channels, online shared work spaces and internal blogs.

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3 Reasons Curatr Doesn’t Have A Discussion Forum

HT2 Labs

Curatr is our Social learning platform and it specializes in getting people talking. As more organisations click on to the idea of taking a more social approach to digital learning, so we get more requests from potential users of our software to fill out feature check-lists that come alongside a Request For Proposal (RFP).

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Social Learning Theory: What Is It & Its Importance in Workplace Training

Instancy

Social learning became the go-to workplace training approach during COVID-induced lockdowns. Read on to understand why you must adopt social learning as the way going forward in an age where managing remote teams is the new norm. Social Learning theory is no novelty. Aristotle once said that humans are “social animals.”

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A quick guide to knowledge sharing (L&D)

Learning Pool

Facilitate social learning: Social learning means learning together. Social learning transfers the practices and features of social media to learning in the workplace. LMSs come with discussion boards and social media forums that can be used to channel and capture informal knowledge.

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What is social learning and how can you use it to foster collaborative learning

Adobe Captivate

What is social learning and how can you use it to foster collaborative learning. It is no surprise that today more and more companies are using some form of social learning solutions in their learning strategies that enables employees to learn from each other. What is social learning? How can social learning help people learn?

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Face time

E-Learning Provocateur

We have asynchronous tools such as online discussion forums, synchronous tools such as instant messaging, and semi-synchronous tools such as Twitter. Much more so than if either of us were studying alone. Of course, peer-to-peer interaction isn’t a novel concept in e-learning.