Great questions, LaDonna.

On initial thinking, one of the ways of fostering and promoting informal learning is by doing what we do here. Engage the blogosphere (and anybody out there who may stumble upon these posts or Tweets or what have you) with some of the same messages we promote in our work, but in more of an interactive (conversational? engaging? relevant?) way to try to promote reflective practice and the like.

One of the ironic things I have noticed at the conference is the variety of ways people within the training and development field have been trained themselves. Few of my colleagues have formal training in adult learning theory, with a focus more on technical skills, design and process models, and the like. I have studied both adult education and business education (HRD) formally, and was surprised in the process how little overlap there is in the formal academic world.

I have never read Jay Cross (though I have some of his books I have gathered over the years). Where can you suggest to start?