The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In this episode, I speak with Mirjam Neelen about the conclusions that learning researchers agree on, how to identify learning myths and how to incorporate evidence-informed learning strategies into your work. Mirjam is a coauthor of Evidence-Informed Learning Design: Creating training to improve performance.

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eLearning Industry

JANUARY 12, 2024

In the ever-evolving field of Instructional Design, informal learning is increasingly enriched by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Here are innovative ideas on how AI can support the advancement of informal learning. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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eLearning Industry

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Informal learning goes beyond structure and rules and allows for a creative way of thinking. In this article, we'll explore how this fosters innovation in the workplace and what are the best practices to adopt it. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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LearningGuild

MARCH 22, 2021

7 Concepts to Support a Data-Informed Learning Strategy. megan-torrance. Mon, 03/22/2021 - 08:00.

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eLearning Industry

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Is it possible to bring together formal and informal learning approaches in one eLearning course? In this article, I share 5 tips to create a hybrid strategy to give your employees the best of both worlds. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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eLearning Industry

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Structured learning implies professionalism and oversight, so it’s a preferred technique in corporate circles. Is there space for informal learning techniques in the working world? This article features 6 informal learning activities that enhance immersion and facilitate peer-based collaboration.

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eLearning Industry

MAY 21, 2021

Learning in any organization is the base on which creativity, innovation, and strong execution are built. In this article, I explain how organizational L&D teams can use informal learning to reinforce, augment, and support formal training solutions. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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eLearning Industry

JULY 21, 2023

Employ storytelling and informal learning in your L&D program to reap the rewards! Want your staff to thrive? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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eLearning Industry

MAY 13, 2022

When you acquire knowledge informally, it sinks deeper and you retain it longer. What are the advantages and disadvantages of applying this principle to compliance online training? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 27, 2014

informal learning motivation attitude autodidacticism autodidactism cartoon excuse Facebook funny humor humour learning pull self-directed learning teaching training' This one goes out to all the L&D folk who are wary of the “I haven’t been trained” excuse.

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Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Read more» The post Avature Enters Training Market With Focus On Informal Learning appeared first on JOSH BERSIN. This is a privately held, fast-growing platform company that has established one of the most loyal and committed.

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eLearning Industry

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Learning leaders can't afford to ignore the rise of informal/social learning as a learning preference. How can you effectively leverage these trends to impact your learning programs? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The difference between training and performance support proxies (at least IMHO) the difference between formal and informal learning, and I do not intend to rehash that which others such as Jane have already documented so well. So here we can kill two birds with one stone.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 22, 2014

So the formal training needs to be sustained, and a powerful way of doing that is with an informal learning environment. A key component of the informal learning environment is the content repository – such as an intranet or a wiki – that contains content that the employee can search or explore at their discretion.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 9, 2019

GUEST POST: The Emerging Consensus — The Learning Scientists This is an interesting summary of research, compiling conclusions from multiple types of research. While I’m skeptical of most claims about neuroscience research directly informing learning design, this tries to avoid that. tags: Storyline free. Selling Training.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 11, 2022

To be fair, suggesting that L&D take responsibility for informal learning could be considered a stretch. My argument is simply that informal learning has practices and policies that can optimize outcomes, and that it’s a necessary component of success going forward. (I

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 15, 2021

That is, making learning safe. So providing a safe sandbox for exploration is a support for learning. Similarly, have low consequences for mistakes generated through informal learning. Exploration also drives informal learning. However, our explorations aren’t necessarily efficient nor effective.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

He was the guru of informal learning who pushed us to think outside of the traditional model of formal courses and training. He may not actually have been the one to coin the term “e-learning,” but he certainly shaped and led the field. Formal and Informal Learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 12, 2014

In other words, scaffolding the informal learning process with a formal structure, thereby driving the behaviour that achieves the outcome that drives the behaviour. Perhaps over time a sustainable participatory culture will emerge and the need for such scaffolding will dissipate.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 7, 2022

Design for How People Learn Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning Evidence-Informed Learning Design: Creating Training to Improve Performance. Conferences.

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Infopro Learning

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Nonetheless, some of its benefits include delivering training anytime, anywhere and on any device and in the form of microlearning, short how-to videos, social learning, and other engaging formats. And last but not least is blended learning. How to Incorporate Feedback During Training.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 15, 2021

Informal learning and training have been on the rise in organizations across the globe, and social learning has become an increasingly hot topic in L&D departments as more organizations look to leverage the expertise of their subject matter experts (SMEs).

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 22, 2020

We also start looking at informal learning, the continual innovation. It starts where if there’s network usage, it’s not org-originated, through some units having a system, to having an organizational focus on communication, and then actively facilitating social learning.

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Infopro Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The first was an online refresher course and the second stage consisted of performance support tools to promote continuous learning after the initial course was completed. Stage 1 Online Learning. An online refresher course was designed using an informal learning strategy.

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eLearning Industry

JULY 11, 2023

Learning is an ongoing and continuous process—the way you publish and deliver learning content must be equally fluid. Eliminate content delivery delays and streamline your processes for posting, updating, and maintaining content across all channels with one-click dynamic publishing.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 23, 2020

I would argue that anyone who isn’t creating learning experiences isn’t an instructional designer; they’re working in a related role. That doesn’t necessarily mean only designing formal learning and courses. Creating job aids or supporting informal learning could be a core task for instructional designers too.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JULY 10, 2017

Jay Cross, a friend and colleague in the Internet Time Alliance , spent the last years of his life raising awareness of the importance of ‘informal learning’ across the world. As early as 2002 Jay was describing the unrelenting focus on formal learning in terms of the ‘Spending/Outcomes Paradox’.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Of course, there’s also the necessary new role, per my last post/video, of being a facilitator of informal learning. But, for now, I’m suggesting we truly have to master everything that makes learning work, in particular meaningful practice. Coupling the optimal execution with continual innovation.

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eLearning Industry

JULY 21, 2022

These best practices are especially important in organizations where knowledge is constantly changing. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

This includes both formal learning tools including the LMS and LXP, but also informal learning tools such as social media platforms and collaborative documents. The next step is to facilitating informal learning and driving innovation in the organization.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 5, 2021

We award it to a workplace learning professional who has contributed in positive ways to the field of Informal Learning. The Jay Cross Memorial Award is one way to keep pushing our professional fields and industries to find new and better ways to learn and work.

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Infopro Learning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the key to enhancing organizational learning programs by delivering the most relevant information when and where employees need it most. For example, a relatively new employee may be ready to take their first paid time off.

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Docebo

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Secondly, the 70-20-10 model can lead you to think you can do without formal learning. It has been proven that when formal learning decreases, informal learning automatically decreases as well. Indeed, formal learning brings a fresh impulse and new ideas to every day’s life. Learning from peers and sharing.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 11, 2020

It’s about not just courses on a phone, but: Augmenting formal learning: extending it. Social: tapping into the power of social and informal learning. Performance support: cognitive augmentation. Contextual: mobile’s unique opportunity.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 4, 2021

Informal learning isn’t our job. Well, it might not be if L&D truly doesn’t understand learning, but they should. That’s learning too, and there is a role for active facilitation of best principles. Informal learning is the key to innovation, and innovation is a necessary differentiation.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Mine were as follows: Social Learning. Informal Learning. Social Learning and Micro-Content ). At the end of 2016 I was contacted by Bryan Jones from the site eLearning Art to provide my thoughts on what I believe to be the growing trends in our industry for the coming year. Micro-Content.

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Jane Hart

APRIL 8, 2019

n the workplace individuals learn in many different ways for, through and at work – in what might be termed the 4 D’s of Learning: DIDACTICS – ie being taught (aka education or training) DISCOVERY – ie finding out for oneself (aka informal learning) DISCOURSE – ie interacting with others (aka social learning) DOING – […].

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