Informal Learning

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.

• Preface. Acknowledgments.Introduction.PART ONE: CONCEPTS.Chapter 1: Out of Time.Chapter 2: A Natural Way of Learning.Chapter 3: Show Me The Money.Chapter 4: Emergence.Chapter 5: Connecting.Chapter 6: Meta-Learning.PART TWO: LEARNERS.Chapter 7: Learners.PART THREE: CASES.Chapter 8: Envisioning.Chapter 9: Conversation.Chapter 10: Communities.Chapter 11: Unblended.Chapter 12: The Web.Chapter 13: Grokking.Chapter 14: Unconferences.PART FOUR: JUST DO IT.Chapter 15: Just Do It.Appendix A: Informal Learning in a Nutshell.Appendix B: Where Did The 80 Percent Come From?Appendix C: Institute for Research On Learning.Glossary.Resources.References.Index.About The Author.

"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)