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M1 - Train less, learn more - the realities of informal learning
- Informal learning – friend or foe?
- How involved should L&D get in informal learning?
- Defining what you mean by informal learning
- Making learning available where and when people want it
- Tools to facilitate and encourage community and knowledge sharing
- How comfortable are people with utilising Web 2.0, blogs, wikis, podcasting, and virtual worlds for learning?
- How can you encourage informal learning without enforcing training?
- How do you integrate it with existing forms of formal learning?
- Can learning and skills improvements be monitored and tracked without making it formal?
Session Info
Date :
14/11/2007
Time :
10:50 – 11:50
Speakers
Nick Shackleton-Jones
BBC
Nick Shackleton-Jones is the Online and Informal Learning Manager at the BBC, responsible for the e-learning portfolio, as well as for informal knowledge sharing methodologies.
Margaret Simmonds
The MRS Consultancy
As Director of The MRS Consultancy Ltd, Margaret headed the team that managed the Yorkshire and Humber’s initiative to raise the ICT Skills of three million people within the region between 2000 and 2004. This initiative included the raising of skills to enable participation in e-learning, with particular foci on the businesses of the region.