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August 25, 2015

Real Learning

The missing manual for do-it-yourself learners


These are the current (beta) graphics from Real Learning.

I believe all non-fiction books communicate best with illustrations. As you’ll see, this book is chock full of them.

Pictures provide another means of getting to the message. They reinforce the concepts in the text. They’re also a graphic index to the book, the site, and the content. For many, they’re the only part of Real Learning they will read.

Please don’t share this file with others; it’s beta-beta-beta. I assembled most of this by cutting and pasting drawings licensed from Common Craft. The concept is there; time will tell if I improve the execution.

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LEARNING,

Fast: Real Learning Slow: Seat of the pants


These are the most recent graphics from the Real Learning book. Whip through them to get a feel for the what this is about.

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Work smarter and have greater impact.Learn faster and remember more.Work out loud. Embrace openness.Co-create knowledge with colleagues.Plan how to achieve your growth

goals.Become the person you aspire to be.

Learn from experience without instructors or classrooms.

Real Learning is for me. It’s self-directed learning. It focuses on two areas: what I need to do to keep up with my job and what experience I need to advance in my career.

They said I was responsible for my own learning, but I don’t know where to start or what to do. It feels haphazard.

Real Learning is based on what

neurologists and learning scientists

have foundto be most effective.

Do-it-yourself learning.


Seeing a photo of a lightbulb can increase your creative capacity by 15%. One of many science findings that you can apply to learn more naturally.


Scientists have discovered lots about how we learn and grow, but most of the findings never make it down to workers who have to get

the job done and people who want to advance.

I created the Real Learning Project to share advice on what works with people who are striving to learn and

prosper.

JAY

Brain scientists know how to improve the way you learn.


Your Progress Log (“Plog”) is key to your learning.

Your Plog may be a blog or a journal.

Record your goals.

Jot down what you learn (and how) every day. Reflect on your progress

every week.

or


Maybe I can get assigned to the new AI project here. I’d sure learn a lot.

I am keeping track of my daily progress.

I share what I am doing with

my peers.

I’ve got my personal network in

place. Bots bring new stuff to my

attention. I curate my team’s research.

An independent learner, taking charge of her destiny.


Set your goals and review them frequently.

Assess your level of commitment and motivated skills, and core values.

Consider what you are proud of and what makes you feel good about yourself.

Think about where you want to be five years from now, ten years, twenty years.

Write down your major goals at work, in your career, and for your life.


You will achieve more by leveraging your strengths than by shoring

up your weaknesses.


School probably taught you it’s okay to learn about something

rather than to learn to do it. Lessons that aren’t tied to action

have no staying power.

You learn by living your life, doing your job, and

paying attention.

Experience is the best teacher.

Discover

Act

Assess

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Connect

How people learn.


I learn bits and pieces, sometimes without even realizing it. In the end, it all comes together, and superior performance is the result.

Learning from experience is tough.

Not learning from experience is the end

of the road. I learn as I work, not apart from it.

I learn what I need to know. It’s always relevant, unlike

some workshops I’ve attended.

These days, learning is the job.ahasite.com

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Bullshit

The web is made of this. Cut on your crap detectors.


Let’s hook up!

Neurons just want to connect.

Act

Assess

REAL LEARNING

ConnectDiscover


Formal Learning

Informal Learning

Spending LearningAbsurd corporate spending:

80+% of professional learning is informal.


What Jane Hart calls Modern Workplace Learning is social.

We learn from one another. “We store our knowledge in our friends.”

We share information and collaborate. Our networks and “life lines” are vital to our performance.

Each one teach one.

Learning is social.


ExperientialLearning

Social Learning

InformalLearning

Formal Learning

SerendipitousLearning

70:20:10

SituatedLearning

Double-loopLearning

PerformanceSupport

Connectivism

21st CenturyLearning

FlippedLearning

RealLearning

Real Learning embraces them all.


Nothing is all black or all white.Look for shades of gray.


Store things in your outboard braininstead of memorizing them.


What it is. How to do it.Real Learning is the sequel to Informal Learning.


Learning is a social act.Find other people to learn with and from.

Let’s figure this out together.


Conversations are the stem cells of learning.

Act

Assess

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Your mind spins from Act to Access to Act at blurring speed.


Very special people.

CoachMentorBoss

Studybuddy

Teammates

Community of Practice


Harold Jarche


The focus has shifted from knowing stuff to

getting things done. You learn experientially — in the course of doing your

job. It’s a new deal entirely.

Built on material from Jane Hart’s book Modern Workplace Learning. c4lpt.co.uk

“No more courses,

no more books.” In a complex world where progress is

accelerating, learning is the

work.

Modern Workplace Learning

http://c4lpt.co.uk/


The #1 way to increase your learning on the job is to tackle challenging assignments.


Great. Our new robotics group could use a hand. Why

don’t we get you assigned there for the next quarter?I’d like to take on

some new challenges.

“Stretch” assignments provide a powerful way to learn and grow.


In business school, Jay learned more from his study group than from his professors. Form your own.


Conditions for Optimal Learning

Alert, happy, mindfulEngaged, motivatedHealthy, well-exercisedMindful, not stressedFeeling valued


Follow in Steve Jobs’ footsteps. Walk while you meet.


http://www.clker.com/

http://www.clipartsheep.com/http://commoncraft.com

Search Google for what you want and click Images. Be

careful not to take copyrighted material.

You need not be an artist to communicate visually.

An inexpensive license gives me access to

more than 2000 images.

http://commoncraft.com/


FamiliarLand

Unknown Territory

You

Unknown Territory

Unknown Territory


Risk Reward


Unknown Territory

The Edge

Unsafe

Safe

Unknown Territory

Unknown Territory

High risk

Moderate Risk

Low Risk

How far into Unknown Territory do you want to go?

What’s your risk profile?


Trips deep into unknown territory are scary but that’s where you learn.


Low Risk

Moderate Risk

High riskRisk prone, daredevil, gambler, hair on fire.High risk but high return if it works.

Risk averse. Timid. Low risk, low reward.

Adventurous. Optimistic. Loves challenge. Best odds of success.


Which would you choose?

One million dollars in cash.

50-50 chance ofwinning $2.4 million.or


Average performers

Happy Employees

Productivity+31%

Sales+37%

Creativity+200%from Positive Intelligence

by Shawn Achor

The happier you are, themore productive you become.


Cue Reward

Routine

The Habit Loop (Duhigg)


Work Out Loud

Leave breadcrumbsso others can findwhat you found.

Share what you are doing on your blog.

Show samplesso others can understand.

Post artifacts from meetings, events,

conferences.

Share an iPhone video on how to

accomplish something.

Share your presentationson SlideShare

Make transparencyyour default mode

of working.

Tweet your discoveries.

Work with a spirit of generosity. Build up

your karma.

Provide feedbackto others.

Speak your mind.


Formal LearningPush

Passive learnerCourses, workshopsGrades, obedience

Most often soloAnticipateConform

Assumes world is predictable

Informal LearningPull

Active learnerLearn from experienceCompetence, growth

Most often socialRespondInnovate

Assumes all is unpredictable

Learning is migrating from top-down Push to bottom-up Pull.

What’s our time-to-market?

How can we increase sales?

How competitive are we?When are new products

coming on stream?

How can we do more for our customers?Are we poised for

digital transformation?

Speak the language of business to learn how business works.


Twitter is the public square where we find out what’sgoing on, share ideas, and gossip. The modern agora.


Why you must take responsibility for your own learning.

Response by 200 Chief

Learning Officers


Real Learning

The missing manual for do-it-yourself learners


JAY CROSS has shaped the way millions of professionals make decisions. He designed the first business degree program at the University of Phoenix and literally wrote the book on Informal Learning. A champion of experiential learning and systems thinking, Jay’s calling is to create happier, more productive workplaces. He is a graduate of Princeton and Harvard but was struck by how much more one learns from life than from schooling. He leads The Real Learning Project and is CEO of the Internet Time Alliance.


“Real Learning is the manual we've been waiting for to help empower self-directed learners in really practical ways.”

Laura Overton, Founder and CEO, Towards Maturity.

“Jay’s straightforward style will lead you into the age of learner empowerment, choice, and personal freedom.”

Curt Bonk, Professor, Indiana University

“A suite of tools for understanding yourself as a learner and to kick-start you into learning better, faster, deeper. Learning to learn gives you the advantage you need to be a better you for yourself and your future.”

Clark Quinn, Managing Director, Quinnovation

“Jay Cross' collection of resources for Aha! Learning rockets thinking, planning, and action into the future. If you're up for new views and ideas and tools, get onboard.”R. S. Webster, Prof. Emeritus Ohio State University


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