Informal Learning
Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance
1st Edition
Published on 14. November 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7879-8169-3 (ISBN)
Description
Most learning on the job is informal. This book offers advice on how to support, nurture, and leverage informal learning and helps trainers to go beyond their typical classes and programs in order to widen and deepen heir reach. The author reminds us that we live in a new, radically different, constantly changing, and often distracting workplace. He guides us through the plethora of digital learning tools that workers are now accessing through their computers, PDAs, and cell phones.
Reviews / Votes
"I was an unlikely candidate to buy into Jay Cross's theory that formal learning is largely ineffective. But my curiosity got the better of me, and I found myself totally engrossed in his out-of-the-ordinary thinking on learning." (T+D Magazine, February 2007)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
600 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-8169-3 (9780787981693)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Jay Cross
Informal Learning
Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance
E-Book
01/2011
Pfeiffer
€43.99
Available for download
Jay Cross
Informal Learning
Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance
E-Book
01/2007
Pfeiffer
€43.99
Available for download
Person
Jay Cross coined the term eLearning. He has championed informal learning since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix. He served as long-term CEO of eLearning Forum. An internationally acclaimed strategist, speaker, and designer of corporate performance systems, Jay is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School.
Content
Preface. Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
PART ONE: CONCEPTS.
Chapter 1: Out of Time.
Chapter 2: A Natural Way of Learning.
Chapter 3: Show Me The Money.
Chapter 4: Emergence.
Chapter 5: Connecting.
Chapter 6: Meta-Learning.
PART TWO: LEARNERS.
Chapter 7: Learners.
PART THREE: CASES.
Chapter 8: Envisioning.
Chapter 9: Conversation.
Chapter 10: Communities.
Chapter 11: Unblended.
Chapter 12: The Web.
Chapter 13: Grokking.
Chapter 14: Unconferences.
PART FOUR: JUST DO IT.
Chapter 15: Just Do It.
Appendix A: Informal Learning in a Nutshell.
Appendix B: Where Did The 80 Percent Come From?
Appendix C: Institute for Research On Learning.
Glossary.
Resources.
References.
Index.
About The Author.
Introduction.
PART ONE: CONCEPTS.
Chapter 1: Out of Time.
Chapter 2: A Natural Way of Learning.
Chapter 3: Show Me The Money.
Chapter 4: Emergence.
Chapter 5: Connecting.
Chapter 6: Meta-Learning.
PART TWO: LEARNERS.
Chapter 7: Learners.
PART THREE: CASES.
Chapter 8: Envisioning.
Chapter 9: Conversation.
Chapter 10: Communities.
Chapter 11: Unblended.
Chapter 12: The Web.
Chapter 13: Grokking.
Chapter 14: Unconferences.
PART FOUR: JUST DO IT.
Chapter 15: Just Do It.
Appendix A: Informal Learning in a Nutshell.
Appendix B: Where Did The 80 Percent Come From?
Appendix C: Institute for Research On Learning.
Glossary.
Resources.
References.
Index.
About The Author.