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Hi MosquitoDestroyer and Czarking0, thanks for flagging this. Sorry for the confusion! My request was described earlier in this thread, but I see it wasn’t clear in my most recent post.

What I’m asking for is to add two brief, neutral, well-sourced bullet points to the “Characterizations” section of the Informal learning article, summarizing the Octagon Model and the CAM-OS framework as they’re discussed in informal learning research, using independently authored secondary coverage (in addition to the original work).

As I mentioned in the beginning of the thread, I believe this would improve the somewhat atheoretical article by adding frequently cited models on informal learning.

 - Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=de&user=JEa3A0oAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=JEa3A0oAAAAJ:tS2w5q8j5-wC  

and

 - Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=de&user=MyHKcHEAAAAJ&citation_for_view=MyHKcHEAAAAJ:UeHWp8X0CEIC  

I’m reposting below in the requested format (before and after).

Thanks again for taking a look.

This is BEFORE:

Informal learning can be characterized as the following:

• It usually takes place outside educational establishments;
• It does not follow a specified curriculum and is not often professionally organized but rather originates accidentally, sporadically, in association with certain occasions, from changing practical requirements;
• It is not necessarily planned pedagogically, systematically according to fixed subjects, test and qualification-oriented, but rather, either unconsciously incidental or consciously intended intuition, holistically problem-related, and related to actual situations and fitness for life;
• It is experienced directly in its "natural" function of everyday life.
• It is often spontaneous and creative.
• It is a key component to an alternative learning system coined, Learning by Observing and Pitching In (LOPI),^[2] which is based on the learning methods observed to be common in many Indigenous American communities.

This is AFTER: