Informal Learning: It’s A Relationship
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Online Forums 2011 - October 6, 2011


Jeannette Campos
Adjunct Faculty
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Learning events are formal experiences designed to influence positive changes in workplace performance. In most formal learning events, the instructor-to-learner relationship is dominant. Instruction is organized around this hierarchal relationship, leaving the learner subservient to lesson plans and learning objectives. As a result, formal learning events often neglect the relationships that prove to be the most durable drivers of workplace performance: student-to-student, student-to-content, and student-to-self.
Participants in this session will focus on the relationships that are best nurtured through informal learning. You’ll discuss strategies and tools for building strong informal-learning networks, and learn why informal learning is more than just learning — it’s a relationship.
In this session, you will learn:
- About the different types of relationships that exist in formal learning events
- About strategies that learners can use to build informal-learning relationships
- About ways you can use informal learning to enhance formal learning events
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