We constantly go through a process of looking at bits of information and trying to make sense of them by adding to our existing knowledge or testing out new patterns in our sense-making efforts. Here is an internal process based on repeating four activities: Sort. Exchanging: We exchange and note ideas and information all of the time. MORE >>

Notice that these are all informal. It’s amazing how many Learning & Development departments do not get involved in these types of activities. Not supporting active, informal workplace learning will just make the formal training function even less relevant. Informal Learning MORE >>

I heart Activity Streams. Over at Gartner , Craig Roth put together, just recently, a rather thought provoking blog post where he is questioning whether Activity Streams are heading in the very same direction as our Inboxes have been heading over the course of time; that one of Information Overload. Information Overload? MORE >>

Personal Knowledge Management: A way to deal with ever-increasing digital information. Aids in observing, thinking and using information & knowledge (I Sense). They are different ways of addressing similar issues: How do I keep track of all of this information? Tags: Informal Learning PKM How can we cooperate ? MORE >>

One no longer needs to own a television station, a printing press, or a broadcast transmitter to disseminate information, for example. With just a computer and access to the internet, one can view or consume an almost unimaginably diverse array of information and points of view. Informal LearningThe Emergence of the Collective. MORE >>