tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620571313898910998.post8050942481371309324..comments2023-08-02T21:36:19.414+02:00Comments on Stories to TEL - Peter B. Sloep: About formal and informal (non-formal) learningPeter B. Sloephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563604068247115182noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620571313898910998.post-63122332937429678852012-09-06T22:58:44.630+02:002012-09-06T22:58:44.630+02:00Thanks for your thoughtful and useful reactions. W...Thanks for your thoughtful and useful reactions. When writing a comment, this quickly turned into a full blog post and even that was not enough to address all you raise here. So please check my latest postPeter B. Sloephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02563604068247115182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620571313898910998.post-75098637634141368332012-09-03T11:10:49.941+02:002012-09-03T11:10:49.941+02:00Hi Peter - I would agree with you, but am inclined...Hi Peter - I would agree with you, but am inclined to be slightly less diplomatic: formal learning is a cultural artifact, a norm arisen through historical accident for a practice which has little to do with learning, bar the name. I take this to be your intent in defining formal learning as that covered by a 'social contract'. Informal learning is learning, period. It is only defined by shackletonjoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742707556911164797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620571313898910998.post-32688362879202668762012-09-01T21:54:23.558+02:002012-09-01T21:54:23.558+02:00Peter, I've been exploring and writing about i...Peter, I've been exploring and writing about <a href="http://www.jaycross.com/wp/?portfolio=informal-learning%22" rel="nofollow">informal learning</a> for years and I can't agree that formal/informal is either/or. It's both/and.<br /><br />Learning is a continuum of degrees of formality. The challenge is choosing among shades of gray. <br /><br />Learners can have a social contract jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271633210993298646noreply@blogger.com