A meeting of the eLearning Forum will be held on October 21, 2005 to address the subject of the “Leveraging Informal Learning for Improved Business Results” (www.elearningforum.com). Speaking at this meeting will be Bob Mosher (Learning Evangelist for Microsoft), Jay Cross (CEO, Internet Time Group), and myself. In preparing to moderate the meeting, I was lucky enough to be included on an email thread with Gunnar Brückner, CEO of coachingplatform Inc., with offices in Canada and Germany (http://coachingplatform.com). In his correspondence with Jay Cross and Eilif Trondsen (former and present CEOs of the eLearning Forum), Gunnar made us aware of the extensive work that has been going on for several years throughout Europe to better understand how to recognize, assess, and validate informal learning practices. Having not been previously aware of this excellent body of work, I am indebted to Gunnar and heartily recommend the following three articles/studies as a primer on the subject. Thanks Gunnar!
“http://www2.trainingvillage.gr/etv/publication/download/
panorama/5164_en.pdf
“http://www.kenniscentrumevc.nl/site/documenten/Bjornavold.pdf
“Non-Formal Learning: Mapping The Conceptual Terrain. A Consultation Report.” Helen Colley, Phil Hodkinson & Janice Malcolm provide a very helpful overview of different discourses around non-formal and informal learning and find that the boundaries or relationships between informal, non-formal and formal learning can only be understood within particular contexts.
http://www.infed.org/archives/e-texts/colley_informal_learning.htm
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