This post is in response to the Adidas Blog Carnival on a New Way of Working and Learning  and more specifically responding to the question, “What should a true learning organisation look like?” The real barrier to systemic change, such as becoming a learning organization, is command & control management. MORE >>

We may learn on our own but usually not by ourselves. People learn socially. One is internally focused, as in “How do I learn this?” and the other is external, as in “Who can help me learn this?”. Exchanging: We exchange and note ideas and information all of the time. Tags: Informal Learning Retrieve. MORE >>

There are lots of “learning specialists” in organizations and they work for variously named departments. As learning specialists, I assume they are supporting workplace learning, so let me ask: If I’m sitting at my desk with a work-related problem can I call the Training Department to quickly get me up to speed? MORE >>

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 >>

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 >>