Forum Discussion
Difference between training, education, and learning?
I have a strong belief that if you're not being taught a new skill, it's not really training, it's a presentation or information session.
I'd be interested in hearing the community's take on this...
The working definitions I've used for years...
Learning - The big umbrella as it were. The process of learning never stops. While each of us often learns better via certain methods, there are three "formal" categories of learning in the business/professional world.
* Education - Learning about something. Sometimes "awareness", sometimes background, sometimes rationale/value.
* Training - Learning how to do something. Be it a hard skill, soft skill, process, etc.
* Experience - Learning that happens as a result of being in the role. While less structured than either education or training, it can overlap either type in that you may learn about something or how to do something through experience.
