Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 30, 2009

On April 21, Corporate Learning Trends will focus on the Future of Organizational Learning and Development. What’s the optimal balance of formal and informal learning? What does the Future of Learning look like? What does the Future of Learning look like? What are the new roles?

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 18, 2014

Learning Standards/Specifications (Experience API). Learning Analytics. Learning Styles (Personalized & Adaptive). Mobile Learning. Learning Modes (Informal Learning/Social Learning). Gamification and Game-based Learning. Video-based Learning. Programming Languages (HTML 5).

Predictions 186

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Learnnovators

MARCH 15, 2014

In this article, we’ll take a quick look at the essential competencies that a learning designer is required to possess for designing effective informal/social learning solutions for today’s workplaces. Informal/Social Learning Design Competencies.

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Learnnovators

MAY 4, 2015

This trust also promotes individual autonomy and can become a foundation for organizational learning, as knowledge is freely shared. ” Read in conjunction, the two pieces shed a lot of light not only on how today’s workplace is changing but also on its impact on how we learn.

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Big Dog, Little Dog

APRIL 20, 2009

Harold notes the 80-20 funding ratio between formal and informal learning and Will Thalheimer questions this funding differential in the comment section. Of that, about $30 billion is spent on formal training, while the remainder, $180 billion is spent on informal or on-the-job training. So which chart do we believe?

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Jay is the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. Jay has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix. A champion of informal learning and systems thinking, Jay’s calling is to create happier, more productive workplaces.

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Docebo

MARCH 1, 2016

Considering a new informal learning approach? The report discusses, in part, the benefits of applying 70:20:10 — the concept that suggests the majority of learning happens via on-the-job training and through coaching — to any organizational learning and development strategy.

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Limestone Learning

JULY 3, 2023

They take on the role of leadership because that’s how one makes more money. PT: Leader Talk: Upskilling and Reskilling for the Future of Your Workforce With the shelf life of skills shrinking, organizations must prioritize continuous skills development to ensure employees have the skills needed to be successful in their roles.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

I referred to supporting the activities that we find in natural learning, for both formal and informal learning. With this list of things we do, we need to find ways to support them, across both formal and informal learning. We need to allow failure, and support learning from it.

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Learnnovators

AUGUST 19, 2015

ABOUT SAHANA CHATTOPADHYAY (Social Learning & Collaboration Strategist, Performance Consultant Exploring Emergent Learning, Blogger). Sahana Chattopadhyay is a performance consultant and an L&D professional with 15 years of experience in the field of academia and organizational learning.

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ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

This trust also promotes individual autonomy and can become a foundation for organizational learning, as knowledge is freely shared. Read in conjunction, the two pieces shed a lot of light not only on how today''s workplace is changing but also on its impact on how we learn. The impact is far-reaching, complex and irrefutable.

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Jay is the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. Jay has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix. A champion of informal learning and systems thinking, Jay’s calling is to create happier, more productive workplaces.

Blended Learning 113

Blended Learning Social Networks Internet Informal Learning 113

Learnnovators

JANUARY 18, 2014

Learning Standards/Specifications (Experience API). Learning Analytics. Learning Styles (Personalized & Adaptive). Mobile Learning. Learning Modes (Informal Learning/Social Learning). Gamification and Game-based Learning. Video-based Learning. Programming Languages (HTML 5).

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Appsembler

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Choosing the Right System : Decisions should be based on organizational learning needs, with LMS for content delivery and LRS for detailed data tracking. Emerging Trends : Trends in both LMS and LRS technologies include AI integration, personalized learning, and immersive technologies like VR/AR.

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Learnnovators

AUGUST 19, 2015

Sahana Chattopadhyay is a performance consultant and an L&D professional with 15 years of experience in the field of academia and organizational learning. Her passion is to help organizations become learning organizations through social and collaborative learning.

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Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

I am giving below 20 awesome quotes from Jay’s interview : “ It’s not so much that the future is informal learning. That’s always been the primary way people learn to do their jobs. ”. “ If an organization is not addressing informal learning, it’s leaving a tremendous amount of learning to chance.

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The Learning Circuits

AUGUST 23, 2005

Among them I found the following 14 guidelines on How to Optimize Organizational Learning written by Entienne Wenger in the summer of 1996 for the Healthcare Forum Journal. Recognize learning in all it's forms in order to find ways to nurture it and connect it across the organization. Count on the informal.

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Learnnovators

JUNE 13, 2015

Organizations that have realized and accepted this have already started re-thinking and re-aligning their views in line with these shifts around organizational learning. This, clubbed with the need for creative thinking to solve our business problems of today, is making us re-think the role of learning at workplaces.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

It leads me to think about what is learning, and why we are arguing that the new role in the organization will be for learning facilitation, not for ‘instruction’ or ‘training’ How do we learn? Not how do we believe we should be instructed, but how do we learn?

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Learnnovators

MAY 3, 2015

This trust also promotes individual autonomy and can become a foundation for organizational learning, as knowledge is freely shared. Read in conjunction, the two pieces shed a lot of light not only on how today’s workplace is changing but also on its impact on how we learn. The impact is far-reaching, complex and irrefutable.

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Learnnovators

JULY 6, 2015

Inspirational Role Models – There are always a few early adopters and trend setters. The latter need strong role models whose behaviour they can emulate, whose successes and failures are out there for all to see. It encourages deep conversations, honest feedback and authentic support. They wait for approvals.

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Learnnovators

AUGUST 6, 2015

The diagram below by Dion Hinchcliffe is a succinct illustration of how digital technology has been and will continue to play a key role in bringing about this change. What role will communities play in transforming the way organizations function? But the key role lies at a strategic and business level.

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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Learning can only happen when a child is interested. To embrace informal learning we must empower learners to play a central and proactive part in the process. Similarly, formal learning can help shape and direct informal learning. SUPPORT AN ENGAGED, GROWTH MINDSET. WIN OVER & EMPOWER MANAGERS.

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Learnnovators

JUNE 8, 2015

Can we take this framework — the three roles of facilitators — and extrapolate into a MOOC environment? Within an organization, the three aspects of the role may not / need not be played by the same individual. Maybe, someone from the L&D team can take up this role within the context of an org.

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Convergence Training

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Because your organization needs to develop, implement, and maintain a learning organization–and an LMS can be a tool that helps your organization act our your learning strategy. Continue reading to learn more about LMSs and their role in your organizational learning strategy.

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Litmos

JANUARY 16, 2019

Similarly, there are appropriate interventions , and L&D can and should play a role. Don’t equate information with ability. One of the wrong ways to do courses is to get information from SMEs and present it to the learners (whether or not you add a knowledge test). This is silly for two reasons. It’s human nature.

Social Networks 51

Social Networks Performance Support Cognitive Diversity Training 51

Learnnovators

JUNE 8, 2015

Can we take this framework — the three roles of facilitators — and extrapolate into a MOOC environment? Within an organization, the three aspects of the role may not / need not be played by the same individual. Maybe, someone from the L&D team can take up this role within the context of an org.

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Blended Learning Cognitive Diversity Training Micro-Learning 100

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

On Tuesday, November 10, Clark Quinn and I will be leading a workshop entitled Be the Future of Organizational Learning: Become a Chief Meta-Learning Officer in San Jose. We hear informal learning is important, but what does that mean concretely? What is a learning organization to do – and how can technology help?

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Jane Hart

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Celisa Steele, in another piece on the same day, The Opportunity—and Threat—of Self-Directed Learning , wrote about ” Your Organization’s Role in Facilitating Self-Direction” “More than ever, learners must think strategically about how they build their professional skills and knowledge over the course of their career.

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TalentLMS

MAY 16, 2016

Social learning creates the much in-demand informal learning setting where learners can network, share, collaborate, and exchange ideas on problem-solving. Let’s examine some top benefits of social learning in organizations. What is Social Learning? . The learner is not a passive recipient of information.

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Learnnovators

JULY 9, 2015

Only 31% are using the power of stories in learning design. Few L&D leaders are thinking about the transfer of learning, the role of communities or how to help people apply learning back in their workplace. They understand the importance of the work environment, the work culture and role of line management.

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Learnnovators

JUNE 15, 2015

They will expect and demand to learn differently — social, mobile and cloud will play a big role. None of this information is new. This post, as the title says, is about Corporate Universities (CU) and the role of MOOCs therein. MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 1: Some Points to Consider.

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Learnnovators

JUNE 22, 2015

MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 2: Designing a MOOC. MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 3: Launching a MOOC. MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 4: Their Role in Corporate Universities. MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 1: Some Points to Consider.

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Petra Mayer

OCTOBER 4, 2021

CLO (Chief Learning Officer). The CLO is responsible for defining and leading the company’s learning and development strategy. The role is common to large companies and multinational organizations. It suggests that one should revisit the information learned sooner rather than later. LRS (Learning Record Store).

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Learnnovators

APRIL 3, 2016

The first was a growing realisation that, across the world, learning specialists wanted their expertise to be taken seriously and were concerned that they did not have the respect they felt their role deserved. Learnnovators: According to you, learning professionals don’t work on ‘learning’ anymore.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Only by enabling informal learning will organizations meet demands for greater flexibility and more learner-driven content. The majority of the time, resources and dollars spent by internal learning functions is spent on formal learning. This enterprise collaboration is a core value and the key to productivity.

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Mindflash

MARCH 16, 2015

Flip this model, and you have students watching lectures, reading text, and learning content (typically online), and then attending class and solving problems, writing essays and gaining practical knowledge with the teacher in the classroom. The teacher flips roles from lecturer to partner/coach/tutor/guide. Why consider flipping?

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