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The Importance of Informal Learning at the Workplace

Origin Learning

Earlier blog posts have stressed on how workplace learning has evolved over the years and L&D managers are re-inventing the wheel to meet the demands of the ‘millennial audience’. In this blog post, we examine ‘informal learning’ and see how it can play a major role in modern workplace learning.

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Evaluating Informal Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

Informal learning in organizations is finally being recognized as a key aspect of employee development and performance improvement. But how do you evaluate something that is as unpredictable and serendipitous as informal learning? How do you measure the impact of informal learning experiences?

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Formal Learning vs. Informal Learning

Learningtogo

In this post, we’ll distinguish between informal and formal learning and explore ways to identify and encourage informal learning within your organization. What is informal learning? Cross defined informal learning as “personal, social […] unofficial, unscheduled, [and] impromptu.”

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An All-In-One Resource for All Things xAPI

eLearningMind

But for those of you who are new to it, it stands for Application Programming Interface. It is software, or snippets of code, that enables the communication between two or more other pieces of software, systems, programs, or apps. Experience API (xAPI) is a newer standard to make such an inter-program/app possible.

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How Experience API (xAPI) - Tin Can API Tracks Informal Learning

Designing Digitally

Organizations can break free of the restrictions that learning management systems dictate and release learners to experience learning beyond the classroom. Learning doesn’t need to take place solely in front of a computer screen and keyboard. The individual learner is also able to keep track of his own learning information.

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Online Tools for Evaluating Informal Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

She writes about “embedded evaluation”: Embedded evaluation integrates “invisible” tools for evaluation into the existing program activities. For example, in a youth program that has a focus on interactive media, the projects produced by youth are posted to online environment.

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Formal vs informal learning and what the LMS should do about them

Matrix

Adult learning is very much connected to need and usefulness and as a result it’s paramount for instructional designers to prove the importance of any material they present and allow for learners to go about finding what they think is of educational value at a certain point. Formal and informal learning – two peas in the same pod.