Adapting Informal and Formal Learning Skills for Success in the Virtual Learning Environment

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Author(s): Bob G. Barrett, Jr. (American Public University, USA)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 23
Source title: Synergic Integration of Formal and Informal E-Learning Environments for Adult Lifelong Learners
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Sabrina Leone (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4655-1.ch005

Keywords: Adult Learning / Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference

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Learning in itself is not done in a vacuum. In today’s competitive worlds of academia and business, students and current workers struggle daily to compete and remain competitive in a vastly changing world, market, and technological evaluation. What one prepared for prior to joining the job market has probably changed greatly in only a matter of a few years, and technology is still evolving. However, two items have remained constant over the past several centuries, the use of formal and informal learning. While not all people have the luxury attending college and university, informal learning has served as a tool in which a variety of stakeholders have helped others to learn and grow from each other. The key emphasis of this chapter is to focus on these two types of learning, but with a concentration on their relevance in the virtual learning environment. The topics of time management, group interaction, communication skills, and social media are examined in terms of how these skill sets can be useful to the virtual learner.

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