Informal learning environments tolerate failure better than schools. For that, we have a robust informal learning system that eschews grades, takes all comers, and is available even on holidays and weekends. It was just a blog, connected to LinkedIn and other social media. Informal Learning Play, explore and converse. MORE >>

Clearly there is the potential for insider information to be made available if people are currently, or even possibly recently, employed by the company in question. The reality is that LinkedIn has been used as a proxy expert network by many for some time now. A third-party expert network could be built on LinkedIn APIs. MORE >>

Find information. Approximately 14 percent of SMB Knowledge Workers’ time is spent: Duplicating information (e.g. Finding the right information faster can be addressed individually through frameworks like networked learning ( personal knowledge management ). Informal Learning NetworkedLearning PKM SocialLearning MORE >>

This work, in turn, is suggesting and supporting the model of learning described in the first section, that of a course network supporting and informing an ever-shifting set of course episodes. This is the basis for the models and strategies that characterize what has come to be called informal learning. Why is this necessary? 2007). MORE >>

In its place enters social and informal learning hubs like on-demand content, live online discussions, wikis and forums, and searchable content archives. Connections to friends and colleagues, like Facebook and LinkedIn. diverse learning library, made up of videos, FAQs and links to relevant information. Third post in a series. MORE >>