The five informal learning methods described in yesterday’s post on Learning in the Workplace have one thing in common. They are all relatively simple. Most of today’s larger companies have a complicated structure. Over time, to enable growth and efficiencies, more processes have been put in place. It’s time to simplify. MORE >>

As a prelude to a small webinar I’ll be doing next week (though it also serves to tee up the free Best of mLearnCon   webinar I’ll be doing for the eLearning Guild next week as well, here’re some deliberately provocative thoughts on mobile: According to Tomi Ahonen , mobile is the fastest growing industry ever. And more. MORE >>

Magyar, A.E. 2012) "Plagiarism and attribution: an academic literacies approach?" Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education , 4. In many Higher Education courses in the UK the ability to write extended academic prose is central to assessment and therefore to student success. link] Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom, 2012. MORE >>

Last week I had an early evening meeting set up with Indy Johar , the inspiring co-founder of Hub Westminster. Another Hub Westminster member Pamela joined us. To be frank I don’t completely understand the protocol, even after viewing the very interesting Prezi explanation below from David Pinto. eco^external on Prezi. MORE >>

Jane Hart asked readers “ how regularly are you “learning” in the workplace? ” Here are the top five ways that people learn, with my comments below on how this can be facilitated in the organization, either by management or the learning support group. Notice that these are all informal. Email (keeping up to date inside the organization). MORE >>