Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance
Jay Cross
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Description for Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 620.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780787981693
SKU
V9780787981693
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99-50
About Jay Cross
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.
Reviews for Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance
"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)