Category Archives: Informal Learning

Serendipity – An Aptitude for Luck?

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Tom Spiglanin

I admit, I love the word Serendipity. It rings magical, of good fortune and happy happenstance. Without much thought, I recently wrote that serendipitous discovery was one of the ways I learn, but somehow I felt I’d cheated. Serendipity alone wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Does Vine Have a Place in Learning & Development?

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Tom Spiglanin

Vine is a mobile service from Twitter that enables capturing and sharing short (six second) videos. It currently requires an iPhone or iPod Touch – it’s not on the Android platform as of this writing – and there’s no third-party … Continue reading →

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How We Learn

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Tom Spiglanin

Those of us working in the field of Learning and Development continually look for ways to create meaningful experiences that our customers/employees/co-workers can learn from. It’s often useful to look at how we learn ourselves. Do we learn well from … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Learning Solutions 2013 – Overview

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Tom Spiglanin

A feature-packed conference for anyone in L&D The wide variety of learning activities featured at LSCon 2013 made it a particularly exciting and dynamic conference experience, more than most others I’d attended in the past. I found myself engaged in one learning … Continue reading →

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Social Learning From the Employee Perspective

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Tom Spiglanin

Note: This article was originally published in JoAnn Corley’s HR & Management 3.0 blog at http://www.hr-management3-0.com/2012/07/social-learning-from-employee.html. I’m publishing it here now to complete my timeline, but please be sure to check out the original and other articles therein. Chances are good if … Continue reading →

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Social Media Day 2012: My Reflections

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Tom Spiglanin

Happy Social Media Day, all! Jane Hart suggested we write how social media have affected our lives within the Social Learning Centre. I did, then realized I’d like to share this with everyone. For me, social media have been a … Continue reading →

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