E-learning Curve Blog at Edublogs

We now live in a multiplex world of many voices and ideas, mediated by the internet. At the forefront in using these digital technology is the e-learning industry.

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Concluding our overview of influences which are contributing to the emergence of informal and non-formal learning in the workplace.

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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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The Irish Government is set to tax learners with a “failure fee” in the budget next week.
Today, a source close to the ‘Grandpa Simpson of Irish Politics’ Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe TD (yes, that really is his name) announced that the Department intends to tax the corporate sector through a levy on incorrectly answered [...]

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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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One of the central components of the impact of learning (and specifically the development of information workers’ expertise in organizations) 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, it is apparent that a dichotomy exists [...]

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There is a dichotomy between formal, goal-directed training programs and informal learning initiatives – “learning at the watercooler.”

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Changes in the world economy are forcing corporations to rethink how workers learn and to perform effectively. How do people learn? Why? What accounts for the upswing in interest in less formal learning? Does it work?
In the corporate context, learning is about mastering technical and social skills, and product knowledge. The focus is on [...]

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Changes in the world economy are forcing corporations to rethink how workers learn and to perform effectively. How do people learn? Why? What accounts for the upswing in interest in less formal learning? Does it work?
In the corporate context, learning is about mastering technical and social skills, and product knowledge. The focus is on [...]

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