"Learning is that which enables you to participate successfully in life, at work and in the groups that matter to you."
Summary of Informal Learning Research, 12/05, 23 slides, pdf
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December 2005. "The concepts we had when knowledge was fixed in place don’t work anymore. I look at all learning as adaptation to the communities that matter to you, to your ecosystems, if you will. Informal learning is simply that which is not directed by an organization or somebody in a position of control."
Presentation on Natural Learning to Finnish Learning Business Cluster, 12/05, Breeze, 28 minutes
November 2005. OL Daily: "Writing from the Middle East, Jay Cross explores the role of conversation in learning. I like this take (my insertions): 'Emergence is the key characteristic of complex systems (like networks)... Emergent learning enables us to push beyond the confines of elearning to explore combinations with informal learning (in other words, collective intelligence)... Imagine that conversation is the core process for accessing collective intelligence and co-evolving the future.'"
George Siemens and Jay Cross: November 4, 2005. OL Daily: "It will take an hour of your time, but this conversation between George Siemens and Jay Cross, along with the hosts of Ed Tech Talk, is well work your while as the guests chat about "connectivism, informal learning, objectivity vs. subjectivity, corporate and higher education, and lots more."
April 2005. OL Daily: "Jay Cross - with whom I will be sharing a stage at the upcoming CSTD conference in Fredericton - discusses the blend of formal and informal learning. "Novices learn best through formal learning, for it provides the structure, signposts, and scaffolding a newby lacks. Old hands learn best informally, because they already have foundation knowledge, familiarity, and a framework for understanding."
October 2004. OL Daily: "Jay Cross gets funky with his take on personalized learning that is genuinely personalized (as opposed to, say, some swicthes that allow you to change the font, or a pretest that will channel the student into one or another predefined learning stream). "Today's workers perform without a script. Everything's impromptu.... Training was appropriate when actors memorized their lines.... When workers are actors, and customers the audience, CLOs must be more than drama coaches. They must prepare cast members to be agile, spontaneous and innovative. They must coax the audience into playing its part."
May 2004. OL Daily: "Blogging up a storm this week is Harold Jarche, reporting on the ASTD conference now taking place. He refers us to this fascinating discussion taking place on Jay Cross's website in which, in response to the conference, Hal Richman says "I am beginning to see the collaboration thing as a clash of civilizations. There is a thread running through the LMS/training outsourcing world that sees people as input/output devices to be trained. Informal learning and collaboration are for quiche eaters."
April 2004. OL Daily: "It's funny, isn't it? When people need to know something, they are more likley to ask someone they know - even though the person may have no expertise - rather than to consult an online database or knowledge repository. That's why Jay Cross talks about the need to get social networks into the workplace - so when people ask someone, they ask someone who knows."
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January 2004. OL Daily: "This 25-minute presentation will take you, well, 25 minutes to get through (audio presentations completely negate the advantage of speed reading), but it's a sampling of the best of Jay Cross. The best take-away bit is on slide 36: "The world is getting more complex, and complexity means that you can't just be a specialist. It's no longer good enough to be an expert in your own field but not recognize what's going on in other fields. Cross talks about informal learning, neural (and other) networks, blogs, RSS, social software and collaboration. This is great stuff; book a half hour, get a coffee, put your feet up and have a listen."
October 2003. OL Daily: "In another useful article, Jay Cross outlines the investment case for informal learning. He writes, "Informal learning is effective because it is personal. The individual calls the shots. The learner is responsible. It's real. How different from formal learning, which is imposed by someone else. Workers are pulled to informal learning; formal learning is pushed at them."
May 2003. OL Daily: "I don't know how to emphasize more that this - rather than classroom-based learning - is where we should be focussing our efforts. As Cross writes, 'Informal learning has always played a larger role than most people imagined, but it’s becoming increasingly important as workers take responsibility for their own destinies. Formal learning consists of instruction and events imposed by others. When a worker chooses his path to learning independent of others, by definition, that’s informal.' This is an outstanding article, clearly documenting the importance of informal learning, defining it, and showing how organizations can make the most of it."
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