Informal Online Learning: Implications for Professional Development Anne Mims Adrian @aafromaa eXtension Alabama Cooperative Extension System Karen Jeannette @kjeannette eXtension Sarah Baughman @programeval eXtension Virginia Tech#ExtPSDP December 13, 2012
Learning results in changing- Way of thinking- Perspective- Understanding and making senseof life, humanity, and morality- Possibly behaviorhttp://www.psu.edu/dept/site/2010/04/more-thoughts-on-social-learning-and-context.html
Formal learning –- is intentional, organized & structured- usually arranged by institutions- guided by a curriculum or other formalprogram. (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development / Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques (OECD), n.d.; Werquin, 2007)
Non-formal learning –- may or may not be intentional orarranged- usually organized in some way, evenloosely- no formal credits granted(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development /Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques(OECD), n.d.; Werquin, 2007)
Informal learning –- is never organized- not guided by a rigid curriculum- is often experiential and spontaneous(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development /Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques(OECD), n.d.; Werquin, 2007)
Informal Learning "the acquisition of skills, knowledge,and values from daily experience andpeople around us.”http://www.psu.edu/dept/site/2010/04/more-thoughts-on-social-learning-and-context.htmlTo learn by observing and doing.
Best form of informal learning isin our "natural" tasks ofeveryday life.
85-90% of a person’s job knowledge is learned on the job.10-15% is learned in formal training.Raybould, 2000
Work is learning; learning is work.– taken from Keats Harold Jarche
Informal learning allows for co-learning across organizationsand outside of organizations.Informal learning and co-learning are betterfor dealing with emergent problems.
“In a knowledge economy, theindividual is the knowledgecreator, and relationships are thecurrency”. Harold Jarche
Empowering learnerstake responsibility for theirown learning, assessmentopenly sharetheir learning processlearn through reflection,reflection, and peer topeer assessmentaccept failure
ExpectationsImmediacy Just in time—when and where needed.Finding through search and networks.Have to ability to learn as I want to.
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We used to think of ourselvesas the opportunity, but now wehave to think about how theopportunity finds us. Karen Jeannette v e? wa the ide ng? we r rfi su Can v en ht ee rig s? ew the lace Ar in p rfing su we Are
Incorporating informal learningShare information and provideaccess before, during, and aftermeetings.Allow others to use and remix content.Openly share.Make it easy for others to connectand share among and with each other.Use flipped classroom style.
Don’t forget that co-learningand informal learning can befun!