The third Instructional Designers Meetup was conducted by IDCI on June 27th, 2009. The meetup was sponsored by Adobe and happened in the Adobe office for around 2 hours.
This time, there were some new participants, also a non-learning professional, with great interest to get into the field of learning and development.
The participant list goes on like this:
- Ram
- Rupa
- Prem Kumar
- Mayank
- Puja
- Miriam
- Shameer
- Gaurav Maheshwari
- Hareesh
- David
- Christine
- Sharad Single
- Sadhana
- Malini
- Nilanjana
The June session was about informal learning or social learning. Well, most of us keep hearing about informal learning or social learning. However how many of us actually know what it implies.
Ram’s session was an instant hit with the participants because it was at the beginner level and threw light on what is informal learning and how does it work.
Ram used a short interactive exercise to explain what is informal learning. He used some scenarios and asked the audience to choose the best response. For example one of the scenarios was : What would you do if your printer at office got repaired?
The response choices were: Call technical support, Read the instructions next to the printer, Ask a colleague etc
The audience unanimously said they would try finding some written instructions or ask their colleauge for steps to fix the printer.
Ram’s scenarios and the audience response drove the point home that informal learning is part and parcel of everyday life.
Ram continued to talk about the different forms of learning and distinguished between formal and informal learning.
He also spoke about the role of Web 2.0 in promoting informal learning. Why informal learning is relevant today was also talked about and discussed.
Ram used a CISCO Telepresence commercial to explain how informal learning works very well using new tools and technologies.
The participants completely enjoyed watching the commercial and the commercial was not just about technology. It was about how informal learning or social learning works.
There were discussions on how difficult it is to measure informal learning, challenges with respect to getting people to collaborate and some ways in which you can get people to collaborate in organizations.
The session ended with feedback and suggestions. The participants showed lot of enthusiasm and asked for more such face to face meetups and knowledge sharing sessions.
Here is a snapshot of the feedback cards:
The June session was recorded. Thanks to Hareesh for getting the camcorder. The video clippings will be made available soon.
Watch out the IDCI site for more news on July meetup.
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