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In February I blogged on the iPhone: as a new model and a new version of the OS are both being rolled out, I think it’s a good time to revisit the topic.

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I hadn’t planned on blogging about informal learning today, but an article in Irish e-zine Silicon Republic interested me, and I thought I’d bring it to you.

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I’m looking at some influences which are contributing to the emergence of informal and non-formal learning in the workplace. In my previous post on this topic, I outlined five change factors:

Blended learning
Talent management
Web / Learning 2.0
Knowledge centers
Immersive learning simulations (serious gaming).

I will discuss the first three of these today. [...]

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Many commentators, including Stern and Sommerlad (1999) assert that informal and non-formal learning
…have acquired visibility and saliency [because they] sit at the juncture of new thinking concerning the nature of learning about new forms of knowledge, about the transformation of the nature of work and about the modern enterprise in a globalized economy
(cited in [...]

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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 knowledge [...]

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According to Everett M. Rogers, people’s attitude toward a new technology is a key element in its diffusion. Roger’s Innovation Decision Process theory asserts that innovation diffusion is a process that occurs over time through five stages:

Awareness
Interest
Evaluation
Trial
Adoption

Awareness At this first phase in the diffusion process, individuals or [...]

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This month’s Big Question emerged from a short essay written by James Collins in LEARNING JOURNEYS Top Management Experts Share Hard-Earned Lessons on Becoming Great Mentors and Leaders (2000). The author wrote:

A true learning person also has a “to-learn” list, and the items on that list carry at least as much weight in how one [...]

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This month’s Learning Circuits Blog Big Question emerged from a short essay written by James Collins in LEARNING JOURNEYS Top Management Experts Share Hard-Earned Lessons on Becoming Great Mentors and Leaders. The author wrote:
A true learning person also has a “to-learn” list, and the items on that list carry at least as much weight in [...]

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In concluding this part of the E-Learning Curve Blog’s series on Knowledge Work, I will describe the final characteristics that define a knowledge economy.
Systems of creation, production and distribution
The commonly-held notion that a knowledge economy is a services economy is misleading. As information and knowledge add value to basic products manufacturing and services are [...]

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In concluding this part of the E-Learning Curve Blog’s series on Knowledge Work, I will describe the final characteristics that define a knowledge economy.
Systems of creation, production and distribution
The commonly-held notion that a knowledge economy is a services economy is misleading. As information and knowledge add value to basic products manufacturing and services are [...]

[Read more]