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Ridiculous research findings on informal learning

Jay Cross

companies spent money on informal learning tools or services last year. Most informal learning takes place despite training departments, not because of them. Most informal learning takes place despite training departments, not because of them. What an astounding finding! L&D people.

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Is There a Better Way to Social Learning?

Xyleme

To stay relevant, George believes training vendors should do two things: Stop talking “learning” and start talking “capacity” and “execution” like the rest of the C-suite. Augment their systems with components that provide opportunities for people to interact in social systems for informal learning.

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Snake Oil 2.0: Lipstick on a pig

Jay Cross

Several large LMS companies added “informal learning&# to their sales shticks this week. One says “All documents accessed can be tracked as informal learning events.&# (Documents are events?) Related: Informal Snake Oil. What really is informal learning? It’s a joke.).

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Wills New Taxonomy for Learning Objectives

Learning Visions

How does this jive with how youve been thinking about objectives? Posted by Cammy Bean at 11:41 AM Labels: instructional design , learning objectives 2comments: Robert said. This is an interesting perspective.

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What's on Your Social Wish List?

CLO Magazine

Front-running companies are installing social networks such as Chatter, Jive, Connections, Socialcast, Yammer, Socialtext, SharePoint, Ideo and HootSuite like there’s no tomorrow. Jay Cross is CEO of Internet Time Group and a thought leader in informal learning and organizational performance.

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What Universities Must Learn About Social Networks

Jay Cross

Collaboration is the key to success in both working and learning; they usually take place simultaneously. The social business bandwagon has arrived and companies are installing Chatter, Jive, Connections, Socialcast, Yammer, Socialtext, Sharepoint, HootSuite, and more to replace outmoded intranets and improve the way they transact business.

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Profile of a learning architect: Tiina Paju-Pomfret

Clive on Learning

Community and collaboration Working alongside the new blended learning offering sits a powerful community, collaboration and social media platform called Bupa Live, which is based on Jive SBS software. The team also uses Bupa Live for more informal training needs analysis to gather requirements directly from the learner audience.