<p>I teach vet tech students.&nbsp; They're job is extremely hands-on.&nbsp; It varies day to day and patient to patient.&nbsp; We try to teach as much hands-on learning as possible.&nbsp; I do agree that learning is 80% informal training and 20% formal training.&nbsp; We try to get the students more informal training during their college years by having them do interships.&nbsp; We also have them volunteer.&nbsp; I have been encouraging a program where the students go to a local animal rescue and just do some exams on animals.&nbsp; It teaches them restraint and exam techniques that they will need to use on the job.&nbsp; It is important to have the formal background but I think that informal learning needs to be mixed in at the same time as the formal learning.&nbsp; It helps the students tie in the concepts.</p>