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Bob Little – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

In reality this has been part of mainstream working practice for many knowledge workers since the 1990s. Moreover, by using curation tools such as Twitter, Yammer, Skype and other texting tools, as well as Facebook, social/informal learning is progressing at a pace.

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Improving Informal Learning

Big Dog, Little Dog

The second reason why informal learning is less efficient is that searches often end in failure. People searching for information will generally have roughly the same knowledge levels of others in their field. This means we have two primary areas to concentrate on.