Here is a podcast of a conversation between Jay Cross and George Siemens that took place leading up to the Online Educa Berlin conference in late November of 2006. Both are advocates of informal learning -- Jay in the corporate world and George in education-- and they talk about how they will be engaged in informal learning at the conference. George will be the keynote at the upcoming ODCE conference where will be encouraging informal learning with a wiki , blog and social bookmarks.
I wonder, to what degree to we nurture informal learning in higher education? How do you benefit, and how have you seen your students benefit, from informal learning? Do you design for it as you design for formal learning in the space defined as "the course?"
Rich
