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Informal Learning - The Other 80%

This interesting paper by Jay Cross addresses the phenomenon of 'informal learning', an activity that is purported to make up 80% of a person's learning on the job. The premise is simple: learning is a social activity (lots of learning theorists agree with this idea) and learning occurs most often on the job when people go to other people for help. The paper also address concepts around how people like to learn and what many of the Web's most successful tools can tell us about future possibilities for learning technologies. Very interesting stuff.

http://www.internettime.com/Learning/The%20Other%2080%25.htm#_Toc40161516