Boosting informal workplace learning in small enterprises

نویسندگان

  • Milos Kravcik
  • Kateryna Neulinger
  • Ralf Klamma
چکیده

Where participation of small enterprises in vocational education and training decreases, it risks obsolescence of their knowledge base compared to competitors. Currently we are participating in two projects that aim to address the issue of how to boost take-up of informal learning at the workplace: Learning Layers and BOOST. Previous projects [e.g., ROLE] show the importance of having personalised learning solutions with high relevance, high effectiveness and low barriers to use. Therefore we aim to provide predefined and customizable Personal Learning Environments that support awareness and reflection of users, especially workers in small enterprises.

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تاریخ انتشار 2014