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The Marriage of Formal & Informal Learning
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Web 2.0 technology is a key enabler for this marriage
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Technological tools and leadership support alone will not be enough to make the marriage of informal and formal learning work. The shared values, beliefs, mental models, habits, and behaviors of the workforce in an organization – its culture is key.
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How do people feel about knowledge – is it power to be hoarded, or a gift to be shared?
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The two key advantages of informal learning are that it happens at the point of need
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In the cooperative model, the learning and development group can shift from being the producer of content to being the guide, initiator, facilitator, and coach.
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Based on alignment with agreed upon organizational and learning goals, the learner takes responsibility for his or her own learning – with the support and guidance of the organization.
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People who are not used to working in a learning organization culture, where cooperative learning within communities of practice is the norm, need the knowhow and a new mindset regarding learning to cooperatively in the workplace.
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The positive is that this incidental learning doesn’t take people away from the work. The disadvantage is that when they are so caught up in doing, people often miss an important ingredient for learning: reflection.
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The combination of structured and incidental learning can give us intentional learning.
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David Kolb, wrote about a model of experiential learning consisting of the following cycle: action, observation, reflection, concept formation, and back to action.
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The key to solidifying this learning is reflection.
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Morgan McCall and George Hollenbeck asked managers to stop once a week and answer just two simple questions, “What did you do last week?” and “What did you learn from it?” They found that this simple process of reflection enabled the managers learn from their experiences and to change the way they managed.
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integration of formal and informal learning can create a virtuous cycle that leads not only to increased productivity but to the real innovation that is necessary for long term success in a dynamic marketplace.
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From the Department of Don’t Get Ready, Get Started | metacool
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Ruminating on design principles for new ventures | metacool
Principles for Innovation along right margin of blog are all links to posts about innovating.
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The Top Three Things I Learned from Teaching Design Students | open change
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Inviting the Public Back to Public Education | ThinkThankThunk
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Authenticity in assessment, (re-)defined and explained | Granted, and…
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How Are Universities Grooming the Next Great Innovators? | Innovation | Smithsonian
By offering courses on innovation, colleges aren’t just adding another subject matter—they are fundamentally shifting how they approach the path that students can take in school and the way they confront questions and problems after graduation.
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There is a growing consensus that higher education, moving forward, should be a flexible experience that can be customized in both subject matter and structure to fit individual interests and learning styles.
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More than 900 colleges and universities now afford students the opportunity to create their own majors, tailoring a field of study to fit their specific interests.
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“Actually trying something is very different from learning about it in theory,”
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Companies recruiting across industries specifically seek out students who have taken design-thinking courses.
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