Characteristics of Informal Learning
Changes in the world economy are forcing corporations to rethink how workers learn and to perform effectively. How do people learn? Why? What accounts for the upswing in interest in less formal...
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Informal and Non-Formal Workplace Learning
One of the central components of the impact of learning (and specifically the development of information workers’ expertise in organizations) is the context within which the learning takes place. A...
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Informal and Non-Formal Workplace Learning
One of the central components of the impact of learning (and specifically the development of information workers’ expertise in organizations) is the context within which the learning takes place. A...
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Looking specifically at learning in the workplace, Michael Eraut in Non-formal learning, implicit learning and tacit knowledge (2000) makes a clear distinction between his interpretation of the term...
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Defining informal learning
Informal learning should no longer be regarded as an inferior form of learning whose main purpose is to act as the precursor of formal learning; it needs to be seen as fundamental, necessary and...
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Many commentators, including Stern and Sommerlad (1999) assert that informal and non-formal learning have acquired visibility and saliency [because they] sit at the juncture of new thinking concerning...
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Many commentators, including Stern and Sommerlad (1999) assert that informal and non-formal learning …have acquired visibility and saliency [because they] sit at the juncture of new thinking concerning...
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Informal Workplace Learning: paradigm changes – more
I’m looking at some influences which are contributing to the emergence of informal and non-formal learning in the workplace. In my previous post on this topic, I outlined five and change factors:...
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Informal Workplace Learning: paradigm changes – more
I’m looking at some influences which are contributing to the emergence of informal and non-formal learning in the workplace. In my previous post on this topic, I outlined five change factors: Blended...
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Informal Workplace Learning: KMs and virtual environments
Concluding our overview of influences which are contributing to the emergence of informal and non-formal learning in the workplace. Yesterday, I discussed three of the five change factors influencing...
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