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Mobile Enables Informal Learning

Upside Learning

I spoke (for 5 min) on how mobile enables informal learning. Informal Learning. Even though informal learning has been around for as long as we humans have been, the use of the term ‘Informal Learning’ in corporate has grown significantly in the last 5-8 years.

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Doctoring the Informal Learning Environment

E-Learning Provocateur

Recently Anne Marie blogged Location and Learning (which I have reproduced here) and she asked me whether or not I consider her central idea an example of an Informal Learning Environment (ILE). The administrators and teaching staff could also read the blog to evaluate the student’s experience and remedy any problems.

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Paper Cuts

Learnnovators

I’ve been tinkering with it and, in the spirit of Virtual Reality Working Out Loud Week , I’ve decided to share with you what I’ve learned so far. I’ll also share my problems – and there are plenty of them – so if you can solve any for me I’d be grateful! 360° PHOTOS. Yet I struck more problems. THE DEVICE.

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Top Learning, Technology & Media Links: Weekly Digest – 5

Upside Learning

How To Revamp Your Learning Model. There’s a lot of talk these days about informal learning vs. formal learning. This article advocates the development of an Informal Learning Environment (ILE) to work in tandem with a Formal Learning Environment (FLE) to support both the learning process and its administration.

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5 Phrases to Make Mobile Work

Clark Quinn

We look up product info while shopping, use calculators to split up the bill, we call folks for information in problem-solving like what to bring home from the grocery store, and we take photos of things we need to remember like hotel room numbers or parking spots. If you aren’t pushing this envelope, you should be.

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How to Combat Cognitive Overload with Connie Malamed #ASTDTK12

Learning Visions

Provide resources for informal learning. Add meaningful learning to the training – solve real-world problems, case studies and worked examples. people learn better from simple line drawings than complex photos…. They have their own rich schemas and you’re just messing with it.

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What's different about mobile learning?

The Learning Circuits

When an employee runs into an unsolvable problem, requires information to complete a task or needs step-by-step advice, this type of need can often be filled through mobile performance support. Mobile is Contextual Unlike other types of learning, mobile learning on a smartphone or tablet can occur in context.