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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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How the Fastest Growing Companies are Using Social Media

Upside Learning

Questions probed the familiarity of respondents with six prominent social media (blogging, podcasting, online video, social networking, message boards and wikis). Soon, there will be very few companies NOT using any of the social media. Three things that stand out for us: 1.

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Informal Learning For Startups: Preparing For Internal Social Collaboration

QuoDeck

Classroom teaching has been debunked for newer forms of learning and engagement across organizations. Interestingly, startups seem to be the ones driving companies towards such learning. The Use Of Informal Learning For Startups. Working in any organization involves learning, and at different levels.

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Social Networking, Informal Learning, Twitter, & Gaming

Big Dog, Little Dog

We are all very familiar with social networking platforms such as MySpace, Flikr, YouTube, Twitter, Bebo and Facebook. Informal learning - the next big thing? We are on the threshold of a paradigm shift in learning. KM Asia: keynote on social computing - Dave Snowden of Cognitive Edge. Training Zone.

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Social Learning Has Its Place…And Informal Learning Does Too.

Dashe & Thomson

Social learning refers to a class of learning, which includes wikis, blogs, screen sharing, podcasting, photo sharing, social bookmarking, collaborative working, social networking, etc. Social learning (small S, small L) does not refer to the use of social media in top-down, formal learning.

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ELC 062: Starting An Instructional Design Career in Higher Education

The eLearning Coach

Peter manages an excellent Facebook community called Instructional Designers in Education, which has close to 7000 members. Peter is an advocate for immersive learning experiences and for using learning analytics to inform learning design. Using simulations for learning. See the links at the end for access.

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This Week in mLearning Podcast – Episode 7 – Project Tin Can

mLearning Revolution

e- Facebook releases new Camera app for iPhone and iPod touch. 8- A new approach: learning experiences are not initiated in a LMS. How can this bring into play informal learning experiences? eLearning Interviews Mobile Learning Podcast mLearning TinCan' RJ Jacquez wrote about this here. Send to Kindle.

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