Informal learning is learning which takes place outside the formal system (and which happens in an informal way) such as that provided by family, friends, work, leisure, libraries, museums and mass media.
Informal Learning Resources
Community-based discovery centres which bring children, families and others together to learn about the world through fun, first-hand experiences
www.centresforcuriosity.org.uk/
Space for Learning, The Clore Duffield Foundation, 2004.
www.art-works.org.uk
This new site (managed by the Arts Education Exchange) presents innovative ways of learning about art through a series of engaging and interactive on-line workshops.
www.accessart.org.uk
BIG (British Interactives Group) forum for people involved in interactive education projects in the UK. www.big.uk.com
The National Trust Education Page contains news of education events and activities in Britain�s largest conservation charity.
www.nt-education.org
The Learning Research Centre has been established by the Department for Education and Skills to investigate the non-economic benefits that learning brings to the individual learner and to society as a whole. www.learningbenefits.net/
The Society for Effective Affective Learning is an international association (UK based) of individual and institutional members who are passionate about learning. They are interested in how the brain works, how people learn and how they can help people learn better.
www.seal.org.uk/
Opening The Doors was a national three-year programme of work aimed at encouraging young people outside formal education to visit museums and galleries and use the resources they offer www.museumsassociation.org
