The bank has a central online learning portal where employees can take “courses”, particularly compliance training. Developing all of this compliance training must account for a significant amount of revenue for the e-learning industry (anyone have figures on this?). Informal LearningWikipedia. MORE >>

Informal learning environments tolerate failure better than schools. For that, we have a robust informal learning system that eschews grades, takes all comers, and is available even on holidays and weekends. We have museums for the public, mostly aimed at basic levels of learning and often focused on children. MORE >>

In the book Informal Learning: rediscovering the natural pathways that inspire innovation and performance , Jay Cross draws a parallel between the development of: 1) Bands, 2) Kingdoms, and 3) Democracies. The learning analogy Jay provides is. 1) One on One, 2) Classes & Workshops, and 3) Informal learning. MORE >>

This interconnected world sure makes it easy to learn informally though. This weekend I came across an article in The Atlantic, Lies, Damn Lies and Medical Science that showed that “as much as 90 percent of the published medical information that doctors rely on is flawed&#. Informal LearningAdvertisers? MORE >>

Why is social learning important? With social learning, everyone contributes to collective knowledge and this in turn can make  organizations and society more effective in dealing with problems. How does personal knowledge management relate to social learning? Tags: Informal Learning MORE >>