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	<title>SelfDirectedLearning.org - Be Your Own Chief Learning Officer &#187; Informal Learning</title>
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		<title>Approaching Formal and Informal Learning Differently: Realities of Managing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana  Skiff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because there are significant differentiating factors between the nature of formal and informal learning, they have several significant but practical implications for the implementation and support of formal and informal learning.
The first has to do with managing and controlling learning. This extends to design and development efforts as well as the delivery of training. By [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Differentiating Factors Between Formal/Informal Learning: Factor #1 &#8211; Structure.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana  Skiff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The differentiating factors of formal/informal learning to be discussed in the next several blogs include the following:
1.	Structure
2.	Time
3.	Prerequisites
4.	Delivery method
5.	Relevance to the job
6.	Purpose
7.	Intentionality
1.	Structure
The first differentiating factor is structure. Formal learning is characterized by structure whereas informal learning is not. By structure is meant a process by which the learner goes about learning. More likely than not, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Needed: A Closer Look At Informal Learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana  Skiff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past several years there has been increasing interest in informal learning. This interest has tended to surround the question of how informal learning can better complement formal learning in terms of just-in-time learning as well as reducing training costs. Unfortunately, questions have been discussed and ideas proposed with unstated assumptions about what informal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Measure the Workplace Environment, Not Informal Learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana  Skiff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can you measure informal learning? I don&#8217;t believe you can, at least directly. Even if you could, why would you want to? The only reason I can think of is to attempt to control and/or replicate it. If you do that, don&#8217;t you destroy the essence of informal learning? If you control learning, does it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Informal Learning Be Measured?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana  Skiff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think it can. The characteristics of informal learning are such that measurement is all but impossible. Essential characteristics include being:

Random
Idiosyncratic
Spontaneous
Multi-modal

First, informal learning is random. It can happen at any time, anywhere. For example, learning about feature “X” of a new software program can be learned by asking an IT colleague when you bump into [...]]]></description>
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