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The Mobile Segment of the Learning Marketspace - new report

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

A few months ago, I received an e-mail from a correspondent about my view on opinion might be on
mobile learning (m-learning) and mobile device adoption as an e-learning delivery mechanism in the future (video lectures, e-book reading, short message texting).

With the emergence of so-called ’smart’ mobile devices including the BlackBerry and the iPhone, the [...]

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Tags: content delivery · definition of e-learning · definition of learning · learning channel · m-learning

The Mobile Segment of the Learning Marketspace - new report

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

A few months ago, I received an e-mail from a correspondent about my view on opinion might be on
mobile learning (m-learning) and mobile device adoption as an e-learning delivery mechanism in the future (video lectures, e-book reading, short message texting).

With the emergence of so-called ’smart’ mobile devices including the BlackBerry and the iPhone, the [...]

[Read more]

Tags: content delivery · definition of e-learning · definition of learning · learning channel · m-learning

Non-formal Learning in the Workplace

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Looking specifically at learning in the workplace, Michael Eraut in Non-formal learning, implicit learning and tacit knowledge (2000) makes a clear distinction between his interpretation of the term ‘non-formal learning’ and what others including Scribner (1988), Conner (2002) and Cross (2003) would call ‘informal learning’ – what Eraut terms ‘incidental learning’ or ‘the acquisition of [...]

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Tags: Eraut · definition of learning · informal learning · learning theory · non-formal learning · organizational development · organizational learning · workplace learning

Non-formal Learning in the Workplace

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Looking specifically at learning in the workplace, Michael Eraut in Non-formal learning, implicit learning and tacit knowledge (2000) makes a clear distinction between his interpretation of the term ‘non-formal learning’ and what others including Scribner (1988), Conner (2002) and Cross (2003) would call ‘informal learning’ – what Eraut terms ‘incidental learning’ or ‘the acquisition of [...]

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Tags: Eraut · definition of learning · informal learning · learning theory · non-formal learning · organizational development · organizational learning · workplace learning

Non-formal Learning in the Workplace

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Looking specifically at learning in the workplace, Michael Eraut in Non-formal learning, implicit learning and tacit knowledge (2000) makes a clear distinction between his interpretation of the term ‘non-formal learning’ and what others including Scribner (1988), Conner (2002) and Cross (2003) would call ‘informal learning’ – what Eraut terms ‘incidental learning’ or ‘the acquisition of [...]

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Tags: Eraut · definition of learning · workplace learning

More on Non-formal Learning

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

As discussed in a previous blog entry, one of the central components of the impact of learning (and specifically the development of knowledge workers’ expertise in organisations) is the context within which the learning takes place. A central pillar of this discussion is the type or format of the learning taking place. In the literature, [...]

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Tags: Eraut · definition of learning · informal learning · learning theory · non-formal learning · nonformal learning

More on Non-formal Learning

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

As discussed in a previous blog entry, one of the central components of the impact of learning (and specifically the development of knowledge workers’ expertise in organisations) is the context within which the learning takes place. A central pillar of this discussion is the type or format of the learning taking place. In the literature, [...]

[Read more]

Tags: Eraut · definition of learning · informal learning · learning theory · non-formal learning · nonformal learning

More on Non-formal Learning

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

As discussed in a previous blog entry, one of the central components of the impact of learning (and specifically the development of knowledge workers’ expertise in organisations) is the context within which the learning takes place. A central pillar of this discussion is the type or format of the learning taking place. In the literature, [...]

[Read more]

Tags: Eraut · definition of learning · nonformal learning

Introduction to Non-formal Learning

January 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Well, I had to redefine all learning in order to write the book because the world is changing so fast. The concepts we had when knowledge was fixed in place, like something you could put in a library, don’t work anymore. So I look at all learning as adaptation to the communities that matter to [...]

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Tags: definition of learning · formal learning · informal learning · learning styles · learning theory · non-formal learning

Introduction to Non-formal Learning

January 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Well, I had to redefine all learning in order to write the book because the world is changing so fast. The concepts we had when knowledge was fixed in place, like something you could put in a library, don’t work anymore. So I look at all learning as adaptation to the communities that matter to [...]

[Read more]

Tags: definition of learning · formal learning · informal learning · learning styles · learning theory · non-formal learning