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ERIC Number: EJ1069185
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0973-0559
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The Role of Informal Learning in Today's Successful Training Department
Wittkopf, Colleen; Berge, Zane L.
Journal of Educational Technology, v4 n2 p15-22 Jul-Sep 2007
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.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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