Top 3 Informal Learning Tips. Do your employees struggle to keep up with all the latest trends, new data and constantly changing business information? Today, workers need to be able to learn on demand, as well as to maximize their annual training. Informal learning helps employees stay knowledgeable and ready for industry shifts. Want to initiate more informal learning in your organization? Check out these tips! Start the trend.If you want your employees to buy into informal learning and feel free to share their ideas, you have to show that you support and encourage discussion and collaboration. Be open and lead by example! Learn more about Lectora Mobile and start your free m-Learning 30-day trial today. From E-Learning to We-Learning. The corporate training industry is undergoing some major changes.
Over last few months we have been involved in many discussions with organizations about the tremendous needs to build, manage, and formalize their social and collaborative learning programs. This is being driven by many factors: the slowing economy, the "always-connected" nature of the workforce, and the explosion of social software tools and platforms now available. In many ways, this transition is very similar to the last "big thing" to hit corporate training - the "e-learning" era. The word "e-learning" started in 1998 and we went through a radical change in thinking about training over the next 10 years. I think today's transformation is very similar and we have much we can learn from that history. The History of E-Learning and What We Learned E-learning radically changed the training industry. Today of course as e-learning has matured, there are many forms of online training and education. Enter "We-Learning" 1. 2. 3.
Connected Learning. Social Learning: An explanation using Twitter. Charles Jennings: The Real Power of eLearning is Social – Part 1. The first of a two part blog from guest poster and eLearning thought leader, Charles Jennings. Learn more about Charles here: Homepage, Twitter, LinkedIn Some Background eLearning has been with us in one form or another for at least 50 years, maybe longer. Probably the first player on the enterprise eLearning block was the University of Illinois’ PLATO learning management system, built in 1960 to deliver training through user terminals (which, even then, had touch-screens). Some would argue that quite a few of today’s LMS offerings have not advanced a great deal from PLATO. My own exposure to eLearning started in 1964 when I recall learning speed reading via an electronic system at my secondary school in Australia. However, despite the obvious limitations, technology was making its way into learning through a number of routes even back then.
My first involvement in working with and learning technology that we’d recognise today was when tutoring at the University of Sydney in the early 1970s. Real Power of eLearning is Social–Part 2. The second and final blog from guest poster and eLearning thought leader, Charles Jennings. View part one here. Learn more about Charles here: Homepage, Twitter, LinkedIn The Changes Needed A major drive for us to re-think eLearning approaches is the move away from the 20th Century ‘push’ models of learning – with modules, courses, content and curricula being pushed at employees. We’re seeing a move towards a 21st Century ‘pull’ model – where workers people ‘pull’ the learning and performance resources they need when they need to improve their work performance. They may need a course, but are more likely just to need some ‘here-and-now’ support to solve a problem or overcome an obstacle. I see a requirement for two principal changes in thinking to address the challenge this change presents to Learning professionals: A move away from content-centric mind-sets.A move away from ‘course’ mind-sets.
Step 1: Leaving Content-Centricity Behind Our lives are inundated with content. Content to Context. Social Media for Learning: A Balanced Approach. What Is Connected Learning? There are a ton of resources floating around out there about connected learning. Connected learning brings together all of the various experiences, interests, technology, academics, people and communities that learners are a part of in order to make all of these scenarios and experiences learning opportunities.
Many teachers naturally do this to some degree in their classroom already, without perhaps the official ‘name’ attached. The handy infographic below, from Mia MacMeekin, takes a deeper look into connected learning, and highlights what is so great about it! Look with a critical eye – do you already try to incorporate all or some of the elements?
Do you value the same ideas in your teaching? What Is Connected Learning? Connected learning leverages a number of different things in order to create a larger reaching spread of learning opportunities. ExperiencesInterestsTechnologyPeopleCommunitiesAcademics What Does Connected Learning Value? The Beginner's Visual Guide To Connected Learning. Connected learning is a term I’ve been seeing a lot these days. As you all know, some trends take off, others stutter. Not everything ends up being the best of the best and works for everyone. I’m not sure how much of ‘connected learning’ is really a ‘thing’ versus the idea of leveraging certain concepts in your teaching style, but I have to say that I like a lot of what I read.
The concepts are logical, relevant, and pretty basic – and you don’t have to make huge changes to your curriculum in order to put some of these ideas to use. The handy infographic below takes a more in depth look at connected learning.