This is my first post

This blog is dedicated to Informal Learning. Today, i am still a novice of sorts: there is a lot I know about learning and training, but the Informal aspect of it – especially the web based informal learning – is still quite a mystery.

To start, I made a resolution: I decided to try, on a daily basis, to apply informal learning principles in my ongoing projects. I am a training design consultant to several organizations so there are a lot of opportunities to try this stuff.

Here is today's first trial.

Today I was coaching a training manager who specializes in computer based learning. My coaching sessions with him deal mainly with the cognitive aspects of learning, with a special focus on CBT. most of the training we discuss is blended into formal courses. In his organization the trainees actually use computers in the classroom to do their CBT learning.

Today, true to my "one informal learnign a day" resolution we discussed the possible use of his CBT learnware by other people in the organization, right from their desktop, durnig regular work hours. We searched some JIT (just in time) features we can add to the training, in order for this to work. For example, search capabilities, better menus and internal links, possible intranet forums on the training subject with direct link from the CBT unit etc.

We decided to try and add such features to our future training projects. Hope this works.