E-learning Curve Blog at Edublogs

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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The tender shoots of non-formal learning will inevitably be destroyed by the weeds of empire building.

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Learning professionals need to begin working with lines of business outside of the HR / Training orbit to provide learning opportunities for employees.

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Looking at workplace learning, Michael Eraut makes a clear distinction between his view of the term ‘nonformal learning’ and what others call ‘informal learning’

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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. What accounts for the interest in informal learning? Does it work?

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The domain characterized as “informal learning” by Bersin & Associates (and other organizations) is more correctly called Non-Formal Learning.

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In this post, I will look at the some of the learning theories that support mobile learning.

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Well now. Back from NY and totally energised by my trip to Manhattan. Where were we…? Oh yes -
The methodology I’ll be describing is a generalised account of the type work I carry out when developing and implementing non-formal learning initiatives in organisations – I invite you to argue, discuss, praise etc. as [...]

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I’m going to begin this post by mentioning Donald Clark’s view on Donald Kirkpatrick’s model – the post has the tongue-in-cheek title Donald Talks Bollocks, and it gives an alternative view on the four levels; have a read, it’s good stuff.
However, as Mr. Clark points out, rejecting Kirkpatrick doesn’t provide a answer to how [...]

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