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Garcia-Penalvo, Francisco J.; Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo; Lytras, Miltiadis D. – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2012
The Internet and its increasing usage has changed informal learning in depth. This change has affected young and older adults in both the workplace and in higher education. But, in spite of this, formal and non-formal course-based approaches have not taken full advantage of these new informal learning scenarios and technologies. The Web 2.0 is a…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Informal Education, Work Environment, Workplace Learning
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Winch, Christopher – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2012
Research into Vocational Education and Training (VET) has undergone major developments in the last 60 years. This is particularly true of the last 30 years. The rising political, social and economic priority of VET has been principally responsible for this development. However, it is also true to say that some of the disciplines of education have…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Research, Comparative Education, Educational Sociology
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Filstad, Cathrine – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to investigate how organizational socialization tactics affect newcomers' organizational commitment and learning processes. Design/methodology/approach: A survey was conducted using a measurement tool based on Van Maanen and Schein's theory on organizational socialization tactics and Kuvaas' measurement tools of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Administrative Organization, Socialization, Translation
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Yau, Hon Keung; Cheng, Alison Lai Fong – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the IT professionals in a Hong Kong public transport company have a general perception of influence of the organisational defensive patterns on learning of ICT; and whether skilled incompetence, organisational defensive routines and fancy footwork are positively associated with each…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transportation, Industry, Information Technology
Doe, Heather; Ledvina, Barb – Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2018
Since 1998, the Iowa Department of Education's Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation (Division) has compiled and published "The Annual Condition of Iowa's Community Colleges," commonly known as the "Condition Report." The intent of this report is to provide clear, objective data about Iowa's community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends, Full Time Students, Student Characteristics
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Armatas, Christine; Papadopoulos, Theo – International Journal of Training Research, 2013
Evaluation of a government-sponsored program for promoting work-integrated learning (WIL) in information communication technology (ICT) courses offered to vocational education students is discussed in this paper. The program provided the opportunity to incorporate WIL in the curriculum which had not previously been a feature of these ICT courses.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Workplace Learning, Program Evaluation
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FitzSimons, Gail E. – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2013
The aim of this review of selected literature on research into mathematics in the workplace is to offer researchers from the field of adult mathematics education an opportunity to become more familiar with this specialised area. In recent years much progress has been made, building on earlier research, but with increasingly nuanced understandings.…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Workplace Learning, Mathematics Education, Adult Education
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Harth, H.; Hemker, B.T. – Research Papers in Education, 2013
The assessment of vocational workplace-based qualifications in England relies on human assessors (raters). These assessors observe naturally occurring, non-standardised evidence, unique to each learner and evaluate the learner as competent/not yet competent against content standards. Whilst these are considered difficult to measure, this study…
Descriptors: Certification, Workplace Learning, Vocational Education, Test Reliability
Newmann-Godful, Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The use of technology at the workplace has been confirmed both in practice and in theory to be an inalienable right for many organizational employees partly because of what these employees do, or the general role of technology in the organization (Sekar, 2011). As useful as technology may be, employees sometimes misuse it. Such misuse, over time…
Descriptors: Productivity, Internet, Mass Media Role, Educational Technology
Snyder, Phyllis, Ed.; Barth, Michael C., Ed. – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2013
People aged 55 and older are one of the fastest growing demographic groups in much of the developed world. While they have seen tremendous changes in technology and everyday living over their lifetime, some of the biggest societal changes are those that they themselves are helping to make. In the U.S., these mature individuals can expect to live…
Descriptors: Talent, Older Adults, Social Change, Retirement
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van de Wiel, Margje W. J.; Van den Bossche, Piet – Vocations and Learning, 2013
This study examined physicians' motivation to engage in work-related learning and its contribution to expertise development beyond work experience. Based on deliberate practice theory, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 residents and 28 experienced physicians in internal medicine, focusing on the activities they engaged in during…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Questionnaires, Semi Structured Interviews, Learning Motivation
Burk, Erlan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Aerospace companies needed additional research on technology-based training to verify expectations when enhancing human capital through online systems analysis training. The research for online systems analysis training provided aerospace companies a means to verify expectations for systems analysis technology-based training on business…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Manufacturing Industry, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education
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Alves, Anabela C.; Dinis-Carvalho, Jose; Sousa, Rui M. – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the lean production paradigm as promoter of workers' creativity and thinking potential, and recognize this human potential as a fundamental asset for companies' growth and success, being a major factor to face the disturbing and unpredictable needs of current markets, providing companies with the necessary…
Descriptors: Productivity, Wastes, Energy Conservation, Case Studies
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Ooms, A.; Burke, L. M.; Marks-Maran, D. J.; Webb, M.; Cooper, D. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2012
In 2008 there were 87,339 people enrolled on foundation degrees (FDs) in the UK (Foundation Degree Forward, 2009), and educational institutions in the UK offered 1700 different foundation degrees in over 25 subjects, with nearly 900 more in development (Action on Access, 2010). In addition, student views are seen to be of importance, as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Focus Groups, Two Year College Students
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Zhao, Fang; Kemp, Linzi J. – Educational Media International, 2012
Informal learning takes place in the workplace through connection and collaboration mediated by Web 2.0 applications. However, little research has yet been published that explores informal learning and how to integrate it with workplace training. We aim to address this research gap by developing a conceptual Web 2.0-based workplace learning and…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Educational Change, Communities of Practice, Web 2.0 Technologies
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