Since informalscience.org was down (probably due to ongoing manufactured funding chaos), I've downloaded the NISE reports that fellow evaluator Amy Grack Nelson shared. It's about 10 years of previously publicly available reports from museums and nonprofit organizations.
If there's interest here, I can share the link, but I don't want to give the bots/scrapers more fuel.
#evaluation #research #InformalLearning #museums #glam #DigitalPreservation
@kdnyhan just today I was delving in this, for me it ís about informal learning, with positive and negative outcomes https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-42875-3 Up till now I thought about the unintended effects of the hidden curriculum #InformalLearning
Als het gaat om theorieën over menselijk kapitaal, ligt de focus volgens de Maastrichtse onderzoeker Andries de Grip nog steeds op opleiden en formele trainingen. Meer recente onderzoeken laten echter zien dat een groot deel van de prestaties van nieuw aangetrokken werknemers voortkomt uit al doende leren of leren van collega’s of leidinggevenden op de werkplek.
https://www.te-learning.nl/blog/over-het-belang-van-informeel-leren-op-de-werkplek/
#formeelinformeelleren #informallearning #learninganddevelopment #onderzoek #effectiviteit #edutoot
Don't miss the new chapter by @Yolandalopezgarcia from @tuchemnitz: "Exploring the Interplay of Lifewide Learning, Migration, & Social Network Sites in the Postdigital Field of Action"
https://transcript-open.de/doi/10.14361/9783839468890-007#read-container
#LifewideLearning #InformalLearning #Migration #Postdigital #SocialNetworkSites
Taking a break from a massive and poorly scoped (despite my many and varied efforts otherwise) literature review.
To the surprise of no one, it turns out there's a lot out there about online learning environments, but finding any work that is rooted in actual and actionable equity is a rare thing (apparently) (so far) (lolsob) :yell:
It's early days of my search, but I'm not feeling confident about any aspect of this!
#InformalLearning #museums #evaluation #equity #WheresTheEquity
Please...informal learning, library, museum, zoo, aquarium, historical site, science center folks:
Invest in the personnel, effort, and time to thoroughly develop not only your goals, outcomes, and processes, but the implications of them - all of this reveals your values.
Relatedly, stop putting this (rarely done) work on grant writers and/or interns.
Signed,
A proposal reviewer
#grants #museums #libraries #InformalLearning #zoos #ScienceCenters #history #values #evaluation #FigureItOut
I'm not affiliated with this effort, but the panel seems pretty interesting!
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@Anneheathen FWIW, I've seen this with some museum curation efforts (which I understand as a former cataloger is related but not the same). I've also read evaluation studies about the efficacy of such tagging elements in museum learning outcomes, community curation, and attitudinal changes.
I guess it depends on the purpose of this functionality. Are they for a discovery aid, community building, highlighting different epistemologies and ontologies?
@DigitalScholarX 1/ The book highlights informal and incidental learning, where most significant learning occurs on the job. This becomes even more important in a complex world. #informallearning #complexity
Learning-based complex work: how to reframe learning and development
The following is excerpted from Watkins, K.E. and Marsick, V.J., 2023. Chapter 4. Learning informally at work: Reframing learning and development. In Rethinking Workplace Learning and Development. Edward Elgar Publishing.
This chapter’s final example illustrates the way in which organically arising IIL (informal and incidental learning) is paired with opportunities to build knowledge through a combination of structured education and informal learning by peers working in frequently complex circumstances.
Reda Sadki, president of The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF), rethought learning and development (L&D) for immunization workers in many roles in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Adapting to technology available to participants from the countries that joined this effort, Sadki designed a mix of experiences that broke out of the limits of “training” as it was often designed by conventional learning and development practitioners.
He addressed, the inability to scale up to reach large audiences; difficulty to transfer what is learned; inability to accommodate different learners’ starting places; the need to teach learners to solve complex problems; and the inability to develop sufficient expertise in a timely way. (Marsick et al., 2021, p. 15)
This led his organization, to invite front-line staff from all levels of immunization systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to create and share new learning in response to the social and behavioral challenges they faced.
Sadki designed learning and development for “in-depth engagement on priority topics,” insights into “the raw, unfiltered perspectives of frontline staff,” and peer dialogue that “gives a voice to front-line workers” (The Geneva Learning Foundation, 2022).
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#complexity #immunization #incidentalLearning #informalLearning #KarenEWatkins #PerformanceManagement #RethinkingWorkplaceLearningAndDevelopment #TheGenevaLearningFoundation #VictoriaJMarsick #workforceDevelopment
Our article exploring how digital work practices can promote informal workplace learning is out 🤩 #workplacelearning #informallearning #research https://doi.org/10.1080/0158037X.2023.2274596
Job listings updated weekly - no paywall - for museums, zoos, historical sites, libraries, and places of general #InformalLearning. Courtesy of Alliance for Midwest Museums (USA), who require salary information to be shared in the post.
A good question from @TeaKayB about #InformalLearning in #museums, though for me "standards" (as well as the similar phrase "best practices" that isn't used here) aren't part of my practice because of the need for cultural responsiveness. So much depends on context, eh? Still, I sense that he's searching for comparisons or places to start.
Ideas? Reply in his thread below.
@TeaKayB To be clear, are you specifically searching for "object-based learning" theoretical approaches, or more how objects/artworks are incorporated into other theories and frameworks?
For example, both the general Montessori and inquiry-centered frameworks use objects/artworks, but they aren't central to either.
I think I remember some evaluation reports on the subject, but it depends what we're really discussing.
My son has started skateboarding lessons. I've been noticing the parallels between the general acceptance of street sports like this as legit and the general acceptence of popular music genres in schools.
I've also been thinking about the ways in which these sports are often learned—outside of school, within friend groups, through personal interest, and through imitation.
Sounds familiar. 🤔
Anyone around here attending the Visitor Studies Association annual conference (online) this year? I'd love to compare notes, during or after.
https://visitorstudies.org/2023-annual-conference
#VSA23 #evaluation #museums #zoos #ScienceCenters #libraries #InformalLearning #conference
New paper from the Science Everywhere project in AERJ! My collaborators are awesome.
Clegg, T., Hernly, K., @ahnjune, @jasoncyip., Bonsignore, E., Pauw, D., & @carolinerpitt. (2023). Changing Lanes: Relational Dispositions That Fuel Community Science Learning. American Educational Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.3102/00028312231165909
#education #learningSciences #EduTooters #communitylearning #InformalEd #informallearning #edresearch #science #sciencelearning
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Great article from #geekwire on the research I did with #foundry10 in partnership with #GameToGrow!
Great timing with the #DnDMovie!
We explored how #SEL (#socialemotionallearning) can be supported by #TTRPG / #DnD / #DungeonsandDragons using skilled facilitation and the ludic space.
#InformalEd #informalLearning #education #EduTooters #RPG #gametogrow #Seattle
#King5Seattle covered some of the research I did during my internship with #foundry10 in partnership with #GameToGrow!
We analyzed #TTRPG / #DnD / #DungeonsandDragons sessions to examine how #TTRPGs can support #SEL (#socialemotionallearning ) skills and found that the game space + facilitators allowed youth to practice complex reflection and conflict resolution.
#InformalEd #informalLearning #education #EduTooters #RPG #gametogrow #Seattle
