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The abstract below gives you a brief overview of THE INFORMAL LEARNING RESEARCH REPORT 2006. To access the report itself you must be logged in so you can see, and click on, the PDF link at the bottom of the abstract. With the exception of Sample Reports marked , access to Guild Research reports is limited to eLearning Guild Member, Member Plus, and Premium Members.

Published Date: 09/11/2006 The Informal Learning Research Report 2006 Many training professionals today are realizing that formal training and development programs represent only one part of the learning mix in their organizations because of the pervasive, yet intangible role that informal learning plays in their employees’ acquisition of job-related knowledge and skills. As a result, there seems to be increasing interest in encouraging, promoting, and supporting informal learning in the workplace, especially using e-Learning. Yet, there does not seem to be a good deal of know-how and commonly accepted best practices about how to provide for this. As a result, The Guild Research Committee decided to conduct a study that would explore four aspects of informal learning among the Guild community: common opinions and beliefs about informal learning, informal learning in organizations, e-Learning and informal learning, and personal experience of informal learning. In this report, we present the results of this study.