These are separated by a central «street» which runs the full length of the building and provides good passive supervision and
zones for informal learning.
Students enrolled in the HGSE course will study how to recognize opportunities and assess
needs for informal learning interventions; how to conduct, assemble, and synthesize research on media - based teaching and learning in a particular domain; how to design, test, and revise materials that are responsive to particular audiences and objectives; how to make diversity a fundamental component of the design process; and how to gauge the short - and long - term impact of an intervention.
But so also it does between the designers and producers of other media of learning — in particular games and other leisure products, but also the facilities for the kind of leisure facilities that are the
sites for informal learning.
My selection includes the following 6 formats to deliver microlearning - based support
for informal learning at workplace:
For 70:20:10 to ultimately be really effective, there needs to be a change in an organization's culture of learning, and there needs to also be a
strategy for the informal learning part of the 70:20:10 concept, so that it has a defined and clear structure.
Ironically, the GoodPractise Index states that 76 % of practitioners surveyed didn't have any kind of strategy in
place for informal learning.
Whether it's relationships, health, entertainment, or tips about anything else, studies show that young people's number one «go to»
source for informal learning is other youth online.
Corridors can be
spaces for informal learning, to display work, to meet and to reflect, as shown in the Denver School of Science and Technology designed by Klipp.
Instead of being subject to specific, mandated, districtwide PD, teachers should receive
credit for informal learning opportunities (such as online PLNs or Twitter Chats; Twining, Raffaghelli, Albion, & Knezek, 2013).
While many examples of informal training involve unofficial, impromptu ways of learning,
planning for informal learning is key in making it a functional part of your overall training strategy.
Events that I have designed and facilitated using concepts from games and play for informal learning
This theme cuts across my games, from tabletop games that are built around creating a specific experience for the player to transformative
games for informal learning, to game design workshops and game jams for everyone, tomeaningful gamification focused on the benefit of the player instead of the organization.
Jay Cross did not really focus on the technologies
needed for informal learning, but really put forward a call to action (just do it and trust your people as they want to learn) and a series of interesting models that would play a part... Unconferences and Grokking, as well as a real recognition of the importance of communities, networks, and the role of the web in resourcing this and facilitating this change in how organizations actually learn.
Dr. Pooja also talks about how Adobe products are a breed ahead when it comes to
support for informal learning and interactive - video based courses.
While the exact ratio of how we learn may be debatable, what is evident is that Learning and Development teams need to go beyond the focus on 10 % of formal training and must align their learning strategies to encompass the need
for informal learning.