E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 16, 2013

I’ve been blogging a lot about open badges lately. That really means I’ve been thinking a lot about open badges lately, as I use my blog as a sense-making platform. Open badges can formally recognise informal learning. My rationale is that the vast majority of learning in the workplace is informal anyway.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 5, 2012

Several excellent blog posts have recently come to my attention that, when combined, provide a how-to for creating a learning culture in organizations. One of these posts appears in Jane Hart’s blog, Learning in the Social Workplace. training) and informal learning experiences (e.g.,

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

My E-Learning Provocateur: Volume 3 is now available. This volume comprises my latest collation of articles from this blog. As in the earlier volumes, my intent is to provoke deeper thinking across a range of e‑learning related themes in the workplace, including: • Mobile learning. • Informal learning.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2013

We have compiled the 50 best eLearning posts of 2012 from our blog. The Mobile Learning Ecosystem I – 10 Important Questions. Not Just Mobile Learning, Mobile Everything. Mobile Enables Informal Learning. Mobile Learning: The Future of Workplace Learning (CLO Summit India – Slidedeck).

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

How to help build informal learning habits in your office. While many organizations turn to various formal learning courses, they should also consider the benefits of informal learning. While many organizations turn to various formal learning courses, they should also consider the benefits of informal learning.

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Dashe & Thomson

JULY 25, 2013

While not yet proven, a new learning trend that has caught [.] The post 12 Reasons Why MOOCs Will Change the World appeared first on Social Learning Blog. eLearning Informal Learning coursera mooc' Our clients rely on us to bring solutions that are both proven and fresh – not an easy task by any means.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 31, 2013

This was certainly the case for some in the EDCMOOC , and I fear I was too dismissive of the issue in my previous blog post. By that I don’t mean so much the knowledge acquired from the instructors, but (on the contrary) the skills developed in learning how to learn for myself. Think of moocing as informal learning.

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Web Courseworks

APRIL 9, 2014

How To Encourage Informal Professional Development At Work In my previous blog post, I wrote about how workers and job seekers likely undervalue the benefits of free online learning and professional development opportunities. eLearning blogs elearning elearning guild informal learning instructional design Web Courseworks'

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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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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 12, 2014

You see, we love learning. We share knowledge on Twitter, contribute to discussions on LinkedIn, read books, write blogs, comment on blogs, subscribe to industry magazines, share links to online articles, watch videos, and participate in MOOCs. This is a point that I fear many of our peers fail to grasp. but apparently it works.

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Learningtogo

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

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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Docebo

JANUARY 3, 2019

Informal learning encourages learning in the flow of work – here are 5 ways to help you make it happen. In fact, those formal learning situations are becoming less of a fixture in L&D as awareness grows around the need to foster and encourage more informal learning opportunities. .

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

By the way, I’m experimenting with video as a blog mechanism. 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.

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mLearning Revolution

JANUARY 13, 2012

It’s no exaggeration to say that we are now learning something new all the time, from just about anywhere there’s a connection, and through just about any mobile device. Some people may call this Social Learning, or Informal Learning, I just call it Learning. Social Learning. Send to Kindle.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 20, 2014

Taught Me About Learning appeared first on Social Learning Blog. Informal Learning learning learning retention memory spatial repetition' He said, “If anyone can memorize Martin Luther King Jr.’s

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2021

In this broader sense it’s an umbrella term that may also cover andragogy – the teaching of adults – and heutagogy – self-determined learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 20, 2013

Perhaps we need to look at learning differently. Perhaps we need to look at learning differently indeed. The proponents of informal learning don’t care. Nor do the proponents of constructivist learning. Nor, dare I suggest, do the proponents of social, mobile and blended learning.

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Upside Learning

JULY 10, 2012

The lack of a comprehensive learning style model in an LMS is what holds it back from becoming a learning management powerhouse. But this is changing. Critical learner and administrator side LMS functions are being ported to mobile platform/devices.

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Avilar

AUGUST 21, 2024

BCG calls out both variables as factors to manage as part of its last phase of integration, Build the Organization. If you are planning to increase the chance of success for your future merger or acquisition with skills management, download our Competency Management Toolkit for inspiration and practical steps.

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Jane Hart

DECEMBER 27, 2012

In the first of two reviews of 2012, here are the 10 most popular posts on my own blog this year – based on viewing stats, tweets and FB likes. 1 - The Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 list is revealed. 2 - 10 things to remember about social learning (and the use of social media for learning).

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Origin Learning

DECEMBER 30, 2014

The result will be a sort of ‘learning repository’ or ‘locker’ for each individual that will be like a learning resume – recording all the formal and informal learning activities that the person undertakes. Then Subscribe to this Blog ! . Subscribe to our newsletter for best learning solutions & practices.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 8, 2013

The post The Advantages of Knowledge Sharing appeared first on Social Learning Blog. As a child, it is difficult to get past the thought “but, it’s MINE!” We try to hang on with tightly to what [.]

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Origin Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2014

From a very tender age, we are exposed to games: Chess, Monopoly, Scotland Yard… And that is for a reason, because games make learning not seem like ‘learning’. As we grow up, such informal learning is replaced with a more structured, more formal way of instruction – the effectiveness of which has been questioned time and again.

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Allison Rossett

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

We have much in common, including that she likes to blog. After a bit of emailing, I sent her to a posting in my blog. Blog posting Informal Learning instructional design personal growth standards Training + Development' ” Focus. Somehow focusing is OK, but not efforting.

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

That’s primarily because it has the potential to change the paradigms of workplace learning by tracking and recording learner data outside the traditional elearning environment. How did I learn about the Tin Can API. I trawled through multiple blogs. It’s great for tracking: Mobile Learning. Informal Learning.

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Learnnovators

MARCH 8, 2023

If the need is to inform people about a change in a policy, send an email explaining the change, and point them to the updated policy. Do that over a blog post or a company intranet page. Want teams to share information with and learn from each other? Want to share stories of how someone did something successfully?

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

People familiar with my blog will know that I’m not a member of the anti-LMS brigade. On the contrary, I think a Learning Management System is a valuable piece of educational technology – particularly in large organisations. You see, when most people think of an LMS, they think of formal learning. I don’t.

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Absorb LMS

DECEMBER 22, 2011

These are the learning and development myths to which I’ve subscribed that are currently being debunked from speaking with organizations daily. If you’re reading this blog, you may be a learning professional with interests in online learning. He may know how I should do this task.”

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Learnnovators

MARCH 15, 2014

Passion for learning and improvement in the areas of instructional design and informal/social learning, and all related fields. Appreciation of the power and effectiveness of informal/social learning over the traditional mode (formal) of learning.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 7, 2014

More frequently, the term is used in the domain of elearning and related fields in the sense of a new paradigmatic perspective on learning processes in mediated environments on micro levels.” And this is just one of the needs that short capsules of learning can fulfil. And micro-learning prominently features in all these areas.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Rhizomatic learning is something that I have been superficially aware of for a while. I had read a few blog posts by Dave Cormier (the godfather of the philosophy) and I follow the intrepid Soozie Bea (a card-carrying disciple), but unfortunately I missed Dave’s #rhizo14 mooc earlier in the year.

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InSync Training

JUNE 13, 2017

Training has a great track record of successfully teaching learners during formal events, but our programs often don’t address informal learning. How does Learning & Development get better at the thing we’ve traditionally been bad at? Nothing we design stands alone anymore, and no moment of learning need goes unaddressed.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 26, 2013

Mobile Learning or eLearning in tablets is more suited to workforce that is field-based/ on the go while normal eLearning is apt for a workforce working out of an office environment. At what maturity level should a company look towards mobile Learning? – What are the most popular applications used to develop m/t learning?

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Docebo

JANUARY 27, 2016

In fact, studies have shown that most learners forget up to 90% of what they learn over time. Measuring the ROI of Informal Learning. Find out what opportunities you could be missing to help your people retain more information and discover new knowledge through other, more informal channels. DOWNLOAD THE REPORT.

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Allison Rossett

APRIL 21, 2012

I harkened back to these findings after reading Xyleme CLO Jeffrey Katzman’s provocative blog posting about new instructional design. The Katzman blog posting, and influential voices like Jane Bozarth and Jay Cross , encourage us to consider a new ID that is characterized by informality, choice, learner centricity, and connections.

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Allison Rossett

APRIL 21, 2012

I harkened back to these findings after reading Xyleme CLO Jeffrey Katzman’s provocative blog posting about new instructional design. The Katzman blog posting, and influential voices like Jane Bozarth and Jay Cross , encourage us to consider a new ID that is characterized by informality, choice, learner centricity, and connections.

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Paradiso

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In this blog, we will explore what makes an LMS platform great, the features to look for, and some of the Best LMS Platforms for employee training that can elevate your workforce’s skills and capabilities. Paradiso LMS Paradiso LMS is an all-in-one learning management system designed for businesses of all sizes.

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