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15 Top Learning, Technology & Media Links: Weekly Digest –10

Upside Learning

157 of the Most Useful Websites on the Internet. Informal Workplace Learning. One way that valuable knowledge in the workplace is acquired is through the informal learning experiences of the everyday work life of employees. The Evolution of the Learning Game. The Social Side Of The Internet.

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Formal vs informal learning and what the LMS should do about them

Matrix

Every time we buy a new piece of technology, be it a smartphone, a TV or a blender, we need to learn how to use it. Some of us go by trial and error, few of us read the manual and the younger lot simply go online and watch tutorials about how to do it. Formal and informal learning – two peas in the same pod.

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100 eLearning Articles and White Papers

Tony Karrer

Creating Passionate Users: Crash course in learning theory 2. Keeping Up with the Pace of Change Informal learning will help employees survive in the future workplace 3. Understanding E-Learning 2.0 There are some very interesting changes going on in the world of e-learning that seem to have crept up on practitioners.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Best Practices for Software Training?

Learning Visions

For instance, in using FreeHand, I took the tutorial, but it was only later I found what I really needed, that the objects were composed of paths. However I havent seen tutorials use scenarios. One principle that should be incorporated but often isn't is invoking, during training, the underlying 'model' of the software.

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Why Micro Learning Is the Future of Corporate Training

TOPYX LMS

According to eLearning Industry’s contributor Asha Pandey, micro learning consists of “ short, 3- to 5-minute focused learning nugget(s)…designed to meet a specific learning outcome.” Practically, micro learning could entail a learner watching a tutorial on YouTube or reading a 300- to 500-word educational article.

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How to drive up learner engagement in digital training

Matrix

It’s also advisable to have good tutorials and whitepapers readily available for the users. It’s time to recognize informal learning as legitimate. Informal learning may be harder to track and quantify, but its relevance is very high. Read more: 8 Best practices to facilitate informal learning.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Continuing in Second Life

Learning Visions

I finally learned how to fly with relative ease (its as simple as using the page-up and page-down keys to change altitude.duh). Today I spent some time going back through the basic navigation tutorials on SL Orientation Island. As with any new learning experience, I find I need to dive in and learn what I dont know.