Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance

By J. Cross. 2006

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Citations in the corpus

• Integrative Literature Review on Informal Learning: Antecedents, Conceptualizations, and Future Directions (2018, background): “In the preface of his book, Informal Learning, Cross (2007) states that “the workhorse of knowledge economy has been, and continues to be, informal learning” (p. xiii).”
• Mobile instant messaging support for teaching and learning in higher education (2016, background): “The readily available service is well-suited to the continuum of formal, non-formal, and informal learning environments (Cross, 2007; Eshach, 2007).”
• Learning Networks and Connective Knowledge (2010, background): “Cross (2006) is talking about a similar thing when he talks about informal learning.”
• Personal Learning Environments, social media, and self-regulated learning: A natural formula for connecting formal and informal learning (2012, background): “, learning that happens in courses, classrooms, and schools, resulting in learners receiving grades, degrees, diplomas, and certificates, whereas informal learning is learning that rests primarily in the hands of the learner and happens through observation, trial and error, asking for help, conversi”
• Informal workplace learning: An exploration of age differences in learning competence. (2010, background): “Informal learning has been claimed to be the most frequently used kind of learning in the workplace (Clarke, 2004; Cross, 2007; Marsick, 2006).”
• Integration of Play, Learning, and Experience: What Museums Afford Young Visitors (2007, background): “In what has been called informal learning (Cross 2006), experiential learning (Kolb 1984), discovery learning (Bruner 1960), or self-directed learning (Deci and Ryan 1982), play-based inquiry is understood as a fundamental mediator of children’s learning as they engage in their activity.”