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Fahlman, Dorothy – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2013
The study of workplace learning and informal learning are not new to adult education and pedagogy. However, the use of mobile devices as learning tools for informal learning in the workplace is an understudied area. Using theories on informal learning and constructivism as a framework, this paper explores informal learning of registered nurses…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Workplace Learning, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education
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Taylor, Maurice; Trumpower, David; Pavic, Ivana – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2013
This article reports on a mixed methods study that investigated aspects of formal, non-formal and informal learning for workers and adult high school learners seeking literacy and essential skills. Three key themes emerged from the qualitative data: motivations for participation in various forms of learning; seeking out informal learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Informal Education, Adult Basic Education
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Wang, Yina – Teaching in Higher Education, 2012
This study aims to explore Chinese international students' academic and personal transformation under the influences of formal education in schools and informal education outside of the classroom. A qualitative inquiry using in-depth, semi-structured interviews was employed with eight senior undergraduate Chinese international students attending…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews, Structured Interviews
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Bradley, Stacy; Drapeau, Martin; DeStefano, Jack – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Continuing education is one of the means by which professionals maintain and increase their level of competence. However, the relationship between continuing education and the professional's sense of personal competence and other practice-related variables remains unclear. This study examined practicing psychologists' continuing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Clinical Psychology, Psychologists, Certification
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Clover, Darlene E.; McGregor, Catherine; Farrell, Martha; Pant, Mandakini – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2011
Our feminist cross-national comparative study explored the informal and nonformal education and learning of women politicians in Canada and India. Using individual interviews, focus groups, surveys and observations of training sessions we compared and contrasted socio-cultural contexts, challenges, education and learning philosophies, and diverse…
Descriptors: Feminism, Females, Politics, Nonformal Education
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Irving, Catherine J.; English, Leona M. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2011
Feminist nonprofit organizations are sites of informal and nonformal learning where citizens learn advocacy, literacy, and the practices of social democracy. With the growing use of information and communication technologies in the nonprofit sector, there are questions as to how well organizations are able to make use of this technology to further…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feminism, Nonprofit Organizations, Informal Education
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Gorham, Robyn; Carter, Lorraine; Nowrouzi, Behdin; McLean, Natalie; Guimond, Melissa – Journal of Distance Education, 2012
Social media allows for a wealth of social interactions. More recently, there is a growing use of social media for the purposes of health education. Using an adaptation of the Networked student model by Drexler (2010) as a conceptual model, this article conducts a literature review focusing on the use of social media for health education purposes.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Social Networks, Web 2.0 Technologies
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Taylor, Alison; Servage, Laura; Hamm, Zane – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2014
This article examines two Canadian high school work experience programs that focus on rural youth. The first encourages students to consider work in skilled trades, while the second encourages them to become qualified as healthcare aides. Both programs were designed to encourage high school students to explore careers in fields where labor market…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Work Experience Programs, Rural Education
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Hunter-Johnson, Yvonne, Ed.; Cherrstrom, Catherine, Ed.; McGinty, Jacqueline, Ed.; Rhodes, Christy, Ed. – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
The American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) was founded in 1982 as the result of a merger between the National Association for Public and Continuing Adult Education (NAPCAE) and the Adult Education Association (AEA). This prestigious association is dedicated to the belief that lifelong learning contributes to human…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Adult Education, Continuing Education, Lifelong Learning
Freifeld, Lorri – Training, 2011
Innovation has been part of The Economical Insurance Group (TEIG) throughout its 140-year history--its first insurance policy was written on a barn in Berlin, Ontario. Today, the company continues to pursue innovation through its leaders, utilizing a variety of programs to develop the talent needed to guide the 2,500-employee organization through…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Outcomes of Education, Innovation, Leadership Effectiveness
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Jubas, Kaela – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2011
This article discusses shopping, especially critical shopping, as a process of informal and incidental adult learning about the intersecting politics of globalization and consumption. The author uses academic skills and disciplines as a metaphor to respond to an emerging conceptual question: To what extent can formality, informality, and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Concept Formation, Informal Education, Figurative Language
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Hunter, Carrie Patricia – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to document the ways pharmaceutical representatives learn for work and report attributes of (in)formality and other characteristics of ways of learning perceived as effective and frequently used. Design/methodology/approach: A total of agents 20 from 11 pharmaceutical manufacturers across Canada participated…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Foreign Countries, Pharmaceutical Education, Pharmacy
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Mallia, Gorg, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
As technology is being integrated into educational processes, teachers are searching for new ways to enhance student motivation and learning. Through shared experiences and the results of empirical research, educators can ease social networking sites into instructional usage. "The Social Classroom: Integrating Social Network Use in…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Social Networks
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Cassidy, Alice – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2010
How do you know what students in your course "took away" with them? Why not ask? Through a learning portfolio assignment, I invited students to show: how they met the course objectives; connections they made to other courses as well as aspects of their lives; and their views and perspectives about the course material and processes. They…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Portfolio Assessment, Course Objectives, Student Attitudes
Eaton, Sarah Elaine – Online Submission, 2010
This research report investigates the links between formal, non-formal and informal learning and the differences between them. In particular, the report aims to link these notions of learning to literacy and essential skills, as well as the learning of second and other languages in Canada. It builds upon the work of the OECD (n.d.) and Werquin…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Foreign Countries, Research Reports, Nonformal Education
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