![]() The secondary component of my ILE is an open discussion forum. This empowers the learner to share their knowledge with their colleagues, build on the knowledge that has already been contributed by others, and communally keep it up to date. The flexibility of a wiki also allows anyone to contribute content. The learner can search and explore the content that’s relevant to them, just-in-time if need be. In a big corporation like the one I work for, knowledge is distributed everywhere – on obscure intranet pages, in random folders, in people’s heads – which makes it really hard to find.Ī wiki enables the organisation to centralise that collateral, whether directly (by inputting it) or indirectly (by linking to where it exists elsewhere), thereby functioning as the first port of call.Ī wiki can contain – or point to – all manner of media, such as text, graphics, documents and multimedia. The primary component of my ILE is a comprehensive wiki. However, if I were to consider (read “fantasise”) a greenfield opportunity (read “pipedream”), what would I design?Įssentially I would base my design on three core components, as illustrated in Figure 1. There are a thousand and one possible combinations and permutations of an ILE. This is where the ILE fits in: It’s a space (like a website or intranet site) that centralises those tools and resources. In a practical sense, that means we need to provide our learners with tools and resources that they can use to drive their own development. In fact, I go so far as to say it should be the central philosophy of the organisation’s learning model. I believe in the power of informal learning. Heeding the advice of Bill Brandon, I will now flesh out that idea with an illustration of how it might be implemented in a real organisation. In my articles Online courses must die! and The ILE and the FLE in harmony, I advocate the development of a virtual Informal Learning Environment (ILE) to work in tandem with the Formal Learning Environment (FLE) to support both the learning process and its administration.
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