The Role Of Informal Learning In Today’s Successful Training Department

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dc.contributor.authorWittkopf, Colleen
dc.contributor.authorBerge, Zane L.
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-11T17:28:23Z
dc.date.available2019-11-11T17:28:23Z
dc.date.issued2007-09
dc.description.abstractThe integration of work and learning is becoming the dominant means of workforce training in many organizations today. Though structured classroom learning will likely never entirely recede, a preponderance of current research indicates that the future of most job-related learning will lie in non-traditional methods such as short e-training modules delivered directly to the desktop, podcasts, informal knowledge-sharing sessions, and even structured gaming environments. This paper will explore why such learning is becoming increasingly more critical, how a successful blend of informal and formal learning can achieve the individualized training that a majority of employees are beginning to demand, and the difficulties involved, specifically with respect to evaluation and the ways in which it can be leveraged by a training department. These types of learning can be combined with some traditional training events to create a meaningful learning path for new employees and existing ones alike, and training and development specialists will have to find ways to achieve the right blend to achieve improved workforce performance.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.imanagerpublications.com/article/609en_US
dc.format.extent8 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2jihy-ixox
dc.identifier.citationWittkopf, Colleen; Berge, Zane L.; The Role Of Informal Learning In Today’s Successful Training Department; i-manager’s Journal of Educational Technology, 4(2), 15-22 (2007); https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.4.2.609;en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.26634/jet.4.2.609
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/16229
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisheri-Manager Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Graduate School
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.rights©2007 i-manager Publications
dc.subjectknowledge-sharing sessions.en_US
dc.subjectstructured gaming environmentsen_US
dc.titleThe Role Of Informal Learning In Today’s Successful Training Departmenten_US
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