Posts Tagged informal learning

Informal Learning’s on first, Whats on second, and I Don’t Give a Damn is on Third

Posted by Robert Bacal in Mouthing Off, Robert's Editorials, Stupid Trainer Tricks on October 21, 2009

So, tell me. If I happen to go to the water cooler down the hall, and bump into George, who tells me about the new software I could use, is that informal learning? Sounds like it.
We don’t know what position Social Learning plays on this team. And you know what? I don’t give a [...]

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Shocking Discovery In Education: Most Breathing Done Informally

Posted by Robert Bacal in Humor on October 14, 2009

In a shocking study recently published in the Journal of Training and Development, meta study review reveals that over 95% of breathing is done without formal structure, or outside interference. Not only is breathing informal, but it was discovered that training in breathing did not effectively cause breathing and neither did the absence of training [...]

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What Do Intellectually Impoverished Educators/Trainers Do To Make A Living? Why They Make Up New Fancy Sounding Terms

Posted by Robert Bacal in Robert's Editorials, adult education on October 11, 2009

Traditionally educators and trainers have not been leaders in intellectual pursuits. For example, tradionally SAT scores for those entering faculties of education have been the lowest among all university attendees. Why? That’s a complex question for another time, but it is clear that many people who are becoming “experts” in education and training have little [...]

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ASTD President Bingham Posts Intellectually Impoverished, Embarrasing Article on Learning Part II

Posted by Robert Bacal in Learning Theory To Practice, Mouthing Off, Robert's Editorials, Training & Technology, adult education on August 5, 2009

In Part I of this series we looked at the first part of Tony Bingham’s post on “Learning Socially” and pointed out that so far in the article, nothing the President of ASTD mentioned is relevant or telling regarding the need or movement towards “social learning. Let’s look further at Bingham’s article to see if [...]

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ASTD President Bingham Posts Intellectually Impoverished, Embarrasing Article on Learning Part I

Posted by Robert Bacal in Robert's Editorials, Training & Technology, Training Tools & Techniques, Training Wisdom or Training Foolishness, adult education on August 3, 2009

For many it will come as no surprise that the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) continues to come up with some downright stupid things. It’s a long standing issue within the training profession, and there are those that hate ASTD and question its function and actions, and those that appreciate ASTD. Mostly I’m [...]

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Informal Workplace Learning – Practice Application Brief

Posted by Robert Bacal in Learning Theory To Practice, Managing and Organizations, Research, adult education, human resources on July 26, 2009

Informal Workplace Learning
Practice Application Brief 10
by David A. Cofer
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Elearning Related Free Whitepapers. Keep up with the field

Posted by Robert Bacal in FREE!, Featured, Learning Theory To Practice, Training & Technology, Uncategorized on March 17, 2009

Here are a few elearning and informal learning white papers that have come across our desk. Please note that these offers tend to be available for only short periods of time, so if you are interested, please grab your copies ASAP.
Top 5 Trends in Learning Technology

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Informal Learning Thoughts

Posted by Robert Bacal in Training & Technology on January 22, 2009

There have been attempts to make “informal learning” a new buzzword in the training world, and while there’s some obvious sense in looking at how learning “happens” in informal situations (since most of our lives are “informal”), there probably isn’t much new in the term. That said, it probably is worthwhile for trainers to put [...]

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