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Advantages of Informal Learning for Organizations

LearnDash

For organizations interested in promoting employee growth, a mix of formal with informal education methods may be the key to success. Informal learning refers to the spontaneous, ad-hoc learning most of us engage in every day when we feed our curiosity or explore answers to questions provoked by our 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.

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Informal Learning Technology

Tony Karrer

There's a fantastic post by Stephen Downes - New Technology Supporting Informal Learning. If you think of Flickr, Wikipedia, Delicious – these all are content-centric networks. Thanks Stephen for a great post and a lot of insights into the technology side of supporting informal learning. eLearning Technology.

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Collaborative Learning Lessons from Wikipedia (and Small Insects.

Dashe & Thomson

A remarkable example of this phenomenon can be found in Wikipedia, a completely user-driven Collaborative Knowledge Support System (my own term) that has become not only the most all-encompassing compendium of knowledge in world history, but increasingly the resource of choice for information on current events. Properly d.

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eLearning, Informal Learning 2.0, Wikipedia, Wisdom, KM, & Strategy

Big Dog, Little Dog

Informal Learning 2.0 Wikipedia breeds 'unwitting trust' says IT professor - Computer World. An expert is held accountable if they make a mistake but no one is held accountable for the information available on Wikipedia. Effective management methodology: be sure management drives the process and only do what works!

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Formal vs. Informal Learning: Gathering My Thoughts Post Learnchat Session Today

ID Reflections

Preamble Today's #learnchat question revolved around formal and informal learning. The initial part of the session was spent on trying to pin down the meanings—denotation as well as connotation—of formal and informal. A snapshot of formal vs. informal learning: Formal Learning: 1.

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Informal Learning and Black Swans

Sticky Learning

So let's start with a (tiny) review of the book (try Wikipedia for a fuller outline). This is where informal learning comes in. Let's try these descriptions of Informal Learning: Learning with no particular outcome in mind. Learning for learning sake. Learning that mightn't look like learning.