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Direct linkKlein, James D.; Moore, Alison L. – Educational Technology, 2016
This article focuses on informal learning and its implications for instructional design and performance improvement. The authors begin by sharing a story of how a novice instructional designer employs informal learning strategies in her professional and personal life. Next, they offer a definition of informal learning that encompasses both…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Instructional Design, Performance Factors, Improvement
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Download full textFahlman, Dorothy – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
Effective educational leadership can make a difference in the resolution of complex issues that impact today's demand-driven educational marketplace. The ongoing professional and skill development needs of human health resources may be best managed through distributed strategic leadership blended with servant leadership. Together these two…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Skill Development, Instructional Leadership, Workplace Learning
Pocock, Barbara; Skinner, Natalie; McMahon, Catherine; Pritchard, Suzanne – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
This monograph is the culmination of a three-year research program undertaken by the University of South Australia's Centre for Work+Life. It considers the barriers, support and benefit of vocational education and training (VET) for workers in the low-paid occupations (that is, those earning around $17 per hour). The research considered a wide…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Low Income Groups, Educational Benefits
Colleges Ontario, 2009
Ontario's colleges share the provincial government's belief that apprenticeship must play a greater role in addressing skills shortages and contributing to innovative, high-performance workplaces that enhance Ontario's competitiveness. Given the severity of the economic downturn, Ontario faces an immediate, serious challenge as apprenticeship…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Educational Needs, Apprenticeships, Job Training
Long, Greg – PEPNet 2, 1996
Within the congenitally deaf population there exists a sizeable number of individuals who are considered to be traditionally underserved. These individuals are characterized by severe communication deficits irrespective of modality (e.g., speech, sign language, reading, writing). Unfortunately, until now there has not been a comprehensive…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Deafness, Workplace Learning, Workplace Literacy
Billett, Stephen; Barker, Michelle; Hernon-Tinning, Bernie – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2004
This article discusses workplace participatory practices: the reciprocal process of engaging in and learning through work. The reciprocity between the affordance of the workplace (its invitational qualities) and individuals' engagement in the workplace is proposed as a means of understanding how learning through work proceeds. How workplaces…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Educational Practices, Workplace Learning, Learning Processes
