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Katane, Irena; Kristovska, Ineta; Vjatere, Gita; Katans, Edgars – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2015
The process of globalization and the changeability of environment nowadays demand that society ensure sustainability for itself and its lifewide environment. Therefore nowadays the paradigm of personality's and specialist's competitiveness is changing. The old paradigm is substituted by a set of new viewpoints and concepts. The issue of ensuring…
Descriptors: Competition, Specialists, Global Approach, Research Needs
Graf, Lukas – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2016
Austria, Germany and Switzerland are renowned for their extensive systems of collective vocational skill formation, which, however, have developed largely in separation from higher education. This divide has become increasingly contested as a result of a variety of socioeconomic factors that have led to an increasing demand for higher level…
Descriptors: Models, Cross Cultural Studies, Vocational Education, Higher Education
Noesgaard, Signe Schack – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
Stand-alone e-learning is unlikely to change work practices. This claim contrasts with a comprehensive body of research arguing that e-learning is at least as effective as face-to-face instruction in improving work performance. Such a comparison is, however, problematic. On the one hand, it relies on the premise that face-to-face instruction is…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Workplace Learning, Work Environment, Individualized Instruction
Powell, Stephen; Olivier, Bill; Yuan, Li – Research in Learning Technology, 2015
This article aims to show how Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) can recognise and best respond to a disruptive innovation. A disruptive innovation creates a new business model using a new process and usually a new technology to offer a product or service with new features and/or lower cost and initially addresses a group of people who are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Case Studies
Percival, Jennifer C.; Cozzarin, Brian P.; Formaneck, Steven D. – International Journal of Training and Development, 2013
One of the central problems in managing technological change and maintaining a competitive advantage in business is improving the skills of the workforce through investment in human capital and a variety of training practices. This paper explores the evidence on the impact of training investment on productivity in 14 Canadian industries from 1999…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Workplace Learning, Foreign Countries
Nilsen, Per; Nordstrom, Gunilla; Ellstrom, Per-Erik – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: This paper seeks to present a theoretical framework with the aim of contributing to improved understanding of how reflection can provide a mechanism to integrate research-based knowledge with the pre-existing practice-based knowledge. Design/methodology/approach: The paper begins with an explanation of important concepts: research-based…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Evidence, Social Desirability, Foreign Countries
Khammar, Zahra; Heidarzadegan, Alireza; Balaghat, Seyed Reza; Salehi, Hadi – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2013
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between knowledge management and organizational learning with the effectiveness of ordinary and smart high school principals in Zahedan Pre-province. The statistical community of this research is 1350 male and female teachers teaching in ordinary and smart students of high schools in that 300 ones…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Principals, Administrator Effectiveness, Workplace Learning
Kodwani, Amitabh Deo – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2017
Purpose: Organisations invest heavily in training and development initiatives (Miller, 2012). However, a small percentage of what is learnt by the trainees from training gets transferred to the job (Mackay, 2007). The purpose of this study is to extend previous findings and examine various organisational factors, which have not been studied…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training, Instructional Effectiveness, Organizational Climate
Hodgson, Ann; Spours, Ken – Journal of Education and Work, 2015
This article uses a multi-level ecological model to explore the dynamics of localities in England and their effects on the 14+ participation, progression and transition (14+ PPT) of young people at a time when nationally and internationally there is a recognition that transitions from education to employment are both more complex and take longer.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Place Based Education, Ecology, Models
Washington, Rhianon; Cox, Elaine – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2016
In this paper, we explore how the use of a specific mentoring model focusing on the evolution of the relationship between mentor and mentee, may influence the incidence of failure. In our research we employed a case study methodology to examine a regional public service mentoring scheme in the UK where a developmental relationship mentoring model…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Mentors, Learning Experience, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
Tanis, Hasan; Barker, Ian – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2017
The rapid growth of technology has had a significant effect on educational activities. As a result of this growth, a shift has taken place from a behaviorist teaching style to a constructivist perspective which enables adult learners to build up knowledge collaboratively. Mentoring, a valuable tool within the constructivism approach, can offer a…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Mentors, Distance Education, Computer Mediated Communication
Zhao, Fang; Kemp, Linzi – Research in Learning Technology, 2013
Web 2.0-based workplace learning is defined in this article as informal learning that takes place in the workplace through connections and collaborations mediated by Web 2.0 technology. Web 2.0-based workplace learning has the potential to enhance organisational learning and development. However, little systematic research has been published that…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Web 2.0 Technologies, Informal Education, Social Exchange Theory
Richard, Alan – Jobs For the Future, 2015
Advanced manufacturing is growing and thriving in the United States. Companies are in great need of reliable employees who can communicate well, effectively make decisions, and are interested in long-term careers with opportunity for advancement. Employers have identified a need for a more robust talent pipeline to narrow America's skills gap--a…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Skilled Workers, Labor Force Development, Training
Kelly, Hope – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Open educational resources (OER) are making their way into a variety of educational contexts from formal lesson planning to just in time learning. Educators and training professionals have been recognized as an important audience for these materials. The concepts of "self-efficacy" and "outcome judgment" from social cognitive…
Descriptors: Path Analysis, Self Efficacy, Open Education, Teacher Attitudes
Capece, Guendalina; Campisi, Domenico – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2013
This study aims to explore how satisfaction--from employees' view--using e-learning technology influences organisational learning effectiveness. To this aim, the level of satisfaction using an e-learning platform as a complementary instrument of training and education is measured in a multinational company operating in the energy sector. Our…
Descriptors: User Satisfaction (Information), Electronic Learning, Human Capital, Learning Processes