Jay
Cross在第一個PPT演講中把正式學習比喻為搭公共交通工具,把自己開汽車、騎腳踏車喻為informal
learning,是個很好的譬喻
歡迎大家一同來聽這個演講,然後把自己的看法說出來討論
我自己第一個問題是『informal
learning』的中文譯名怎麼翻?「非正式學習」太白了,不夠響亮,好像激不起他人重視,有人用「非線性學習」,我今天想到「隨機學習」、「有機學習」或「因緣學習」這三個名詞,我比較喜歡有機學習這個譯名,有目標的隨著工作問題、同事等機會和因緣而學習。也比喻學習有機植物一樣不斷孕育與成長
我的一點讀後心得是:informal learning 是強化我們learning
network的利器。
在網路時代,學習途徑非常多元。若我們只依靠正式學習管道來學習,學習範圍會非常侷限且緩慢(就像公車能到的地方是有限的一樣)。
我們唯有建立起能自行與人及與物有效連結的能力,才能夠自由地、快速地到達想要到的地方。
我學到一個新觀念是:Informal learning可以分為 rapid
informal learning (開車) 及deep informal
learning(騎腳踏車)兩種。
Jay
Cross針對這兩種學習方式舉了些例子,我摘錄於下供大家參考:
Rapid Informal Learning:asking, searching, skimming, observing,
conversing, subscribing, trial-and-error.
Deep Informal Learning:reflecting, mentoring, storytelling,
nurturing, modeling, connecting, giving feedback.
我不認同Jay Cross所說rapid informal learning “is
expensive.”,但我很喜歡他所說deep informal
learning就像騎腳踏車,你可以stop to help others.
至於informal
learning的翻譯,我覺得「非正式學習」雖不夠響亮但很白話,一聽就明白。
(我拿老公當實驗品,念了幾個翻譯名詞給他聽,只有非正式學習是他一聽就懂的。)
Jay
Cross除了用informal這個詞外,他也用free-range作為替換。
我第一次看到free-range這個名詞是在超市買「放山雞」時所學到的,free-range應有自由、自然的意味。
先和大家說一聲2007新年快樂,也期待參與下個月的「每月焦點」。
似乎Jay把個人主動學習相關的放在rapid一類,而把與幫助他人和教導相關的做中學放在一類,這類跟人際情感交流相關。
正式學習跟學校、學分、學位相關,主要以知識為主
非正式學習跟我們所處的實體世界相關,如工作、家庭與社會,其中牽涉到意願、情感、體力與創意的整合。
非常謝謝Hanyun,由你的心得引發我的歸類和聯想。讓我對非正式學習有更深的思考。
On 1月17日, 下午10時45分, "goldred" <jingping.c...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 我一直對skimming這個詞的正確含意搞不清楚,哪位高手可以說明一下呢?
看來swiming就是悠遊涵泳於文章之中了
朱子談讀書的精要是「虛心涵泳,切己體察」,假如是讀人文、哲學與社會書籍時,這比較容易做到
但若是工程或科技方面,要怎麼辦呢?
原文及投影片 http://informl.com/?p=699
People tell us we are either really, really good or irredeemably god-
awful. As with abortion, everyone has a strongly-held opinion.
Interpretations from other speakers about the split opinion on
informal learning suggests that learning professionals fall into two
camps.
1. People who think our position is flaky feel the status quo is
working fine and see no reason to change. When we advocate
conversation or web technology or social networking, they question
whether informal learning works at all and whether their management
will buy it. Some tell me that this informal stuff sounds great, and
they would like to offer a course in it. (Don't!) When we model
informal approaches, many think we are scattered and don't know any
better.
2. People who support our position agree that the world is
speeding up, and traditional training and design no longer map to
reality. They want to start re-inventing what they do as soon as they
get home. They have fire in the belly and don't mind shaking things up
to bring on change.
You can't please all of the people all of the time.