ERIC Number: ED572944
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Oct-21
Pages: 6
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Integrating Informal Workplace Learning into the Workflow through the Development of Performance Support Tools
Caruso, Shirley J.
Online Submission, Paper presented at the Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing, and Community Education (Chicago, IL, Oct 21-23, 2009)
This paper imparts the value of recognizing, embracing, integrating, and supporting informal workplace learning. The author uses research as well as her undergraduate and graduate studies in the field of Human Resource Development (HRD) and professional career experiences as a construction project manager to make a correlation between informal learning experiences in the workplace and the need for developing performance support tools to recognize the significance of and support the education that takes place in a setting rarely prepared to cultivate learning. Findings indicate a need for organizations to work hand-in-hand with HRD professionals to adopt methods to combine formal and informal learning to produce high-performing, knowledgeable business professionals.
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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