Education Week

Learning Science in Informal Settings

A major recent study showed that informal science learning can play an important role in improving student learning in that subject. Such out-of-class learning can include trips to zoos or museums and ...
The Hechinger Report

Informal education: What students are learning outside the classroom

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. One thousand ...
The Conversation

School’s out – but as young people paint, skateboard and play with their friends, they’re still learning

Ioannis Costas Batlle does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...
Science Daily

Augmented reality advances learning especially in informal science education context

The aim of a new research project was to analyze learning using Augmented Reality (AR) technology and the motivational and cognitive aspects related to it in an informal learning context. The aim of ...
Campus Technology

Pairing E-Portfolios With Badges To Document Informal Learning

E-portfolios have always offered an avenue to showcase informal learning, but at the University of Notre Dame's Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning, digital learning designers realized that the ...
Retail TouchPoints

How Embracing Informal Learning Can Help Retail Organizations Thrive

Engaging, retaining and growing talent in retail has implications far beyond employee churn. Companies that cultivate an organizational culture of learning and development (L&D) have a distinct ...
American Libraries

Making Room for Informal Learning

The maker movement and makerspaces have swept the country and grown in numbers in libraries in recent years, as communities and libraries work to support science, technology, engineering, arts, and ...
The Conversation

Learning music the informal way some popular musicians do could inspire more school students

Music is a school subject facing difficult times. In England, fewer students are taking the subject at GCSE, not enough people are training to become secondary music teachers, and the subject is ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Enhancing the Reach and Contributions of Informal STEM Learning

Since the release of Learning Science in Informal Environments: Peoples, Places, Pursuits (NRC, 2009), opportunities for STEM learning in informal environments have greatly expanded and now serve as ...
Inside Higher Ed

What Learners Really Think About Informal Virtual Learning Spaces

S uzan ne Dove, Patrice Torcivia Prusko and Jennifer Cutts are all well-known scholar/practitioners in the centers for teaching and learning and learning innovation worlds. They met through the HAIL ...
Forbes

20 Ways Managers Can Create A Culture Of Continuous Learning

A culture of continuous learning can help organizations encourage adaptability and growth among their teams. To bring this culture to life, department managers must focus on creating an environment ...