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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning

Learning Visions

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning [My notes from a webinar. Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning … &#%!? Formal learning is intentional. [I Stakeholders?

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The ongoing work of learning standards

Litmos

Meanwhile, JVC’s VHS standard wasn’t quite as good, but they openly licensed it. The problem with committee work is well known; in this case vendors who participated wanted the standard to make it easy for their content to be made compliant. This is all learning. The outcome: VHS won. Standards provide several benefits.

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How To Leverage Learning & Development To Retain Employees

KnowledgeCity

L&D includes formal and informal learning and continues throughout an employee’s career. Formal learning includes professional training classes or videos, traditional classroom courses, or enrollment in a certificate or degree program. Acknowledging and supporting informal learning reinforces its value to employees.

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Free learning & development webinars for July 2023

Limestone Learning

“ Mountains, landscape, view ” by Krzysztof Jaracz is licensed by pixabay. Join this Training Industry Leader Talk to gain key insights on how to create a continuous learning culture and strategically close skills gaps in your organization. Thursday, July 20, 2023, 12 p.m.–1 In this webinar, hosted by Ray Jimenez, Ph.D.,

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Bridging the divide

Learning with e's

The e-Learning Foundation said it feared the gap between rich and poor pupils' performance at school would widen unless more was done to ensure that every child can use a computer at home". This has always been one of the most trenchant problems with technology. It's an essential tool for learning. Unported License.

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Learning Management Systems: The wrong place to start learning

Coursy

The "management" aspect of LMS' creates another problem: much like we used to measure "bums in seats" for program success, we now see statistics of "students enrolled in our LMS" and "number of page views by students" as an indication of success/progress. Jay Cross states that: "At work we learn more in the break room than in the classroom.

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Promoting change in schools

Learning with e's

In yesterday's blogpost I discussed the problems of change management in schools and suggested that the biggest barrier to the successful adoption of new technologies lies in the minds of teachers. The internet, for example, can provide children with access to a vast repository of information, learning resources and experiences.

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