The Role of Informal Learning in Today's Successful Training Department

Autor/inn/en	Wittkopf, Colleen; Berge, Zane L.
Titel	The Role of Informal Learning in Today's Successful Training Department
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Technology, 4 (2007) 2, S.15-22 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-0559
Schlagwörter	Informal Education; Individualized Instruction; Workplace Learning; Training; Learning Modules; Blended Learning; Educational Benefits; Personnel Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Individualisierender Unterricht; Ausbildung; Learning module; Lernmodul; Bildungsertrag; Personalbeurteilung
Abstract	The integration of work and learning is becoming the dominant means of workforce training in many organizations today. Though structured classroom learning will likely but never entirely recede, a preponderance of current research indicates that the future of most job-related learning will lie in non-traditional methods such as short e-training modules delivered directly to the desktop, podcasts, informal knowledge-sharing sessions, and even structured gaming environments. This paper will explore why such learning is becoming increasingly more critical, how a successful blend of informal and formal learning can achieve the individualized training that a majority of employees are beginning to demand, and the difficulties involved, specifically with respect to evaluation and the ways in which it can be leveraged by a training department. These types of learning can be combined with some traditional training events to create a meaningful learning path for new employees and existing ones alike, and training and development specialists will have to find ways to achieve the right blend to achieve improved workforce performance. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01