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Informal learning
Informal, casual, instant, spot, embedded or workflow learning
is now recognised as perhaps the most important form of adult learning,
quantifiably more important than formal learning interventions.
We all know that over a lifetime, most of what we learn is not within
the context of a college, classroom or course. We develop daily
through natural exploration, exposure and encounters with knowledge
and people. It has even been described as learning that ‘takes
place at subconscious levels’ Rusaw (1995).
It excludes those planned, timetabled events where learning is
formally planned and executed. These are normally classroom courses
but could be planned tutorials, assignments, e-learning sessions
or any other learning that is tied to a specified time and place.
A looser definition of informal learning could therefore be unplanned
learning.
This new paper by Donald Clark, Epic, takes
a look at more relaxed ways of learning.
White Paper: Informal learning
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Summary of contents:
- What is informal learning?
- EPSS
- Workflow learning
- Invisible learning
- Viral learning
- Conclusion
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