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Direct linkThitiporn Onsawarng; Prapassorn Wongdee; Pichet Pinit – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2025
Purpose: This study addresses the need for a validated tool to assess self-directed learning (SDL) behaviors among Thai operational employees in the petrochemical industry. Understanding SDL capabilities is essential for effective human resource development, given the complexity of plant operations and the need for continuous skill enhancement.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Independent Study, Work Environment
Download full textKellie Johnson; Tiffany Drape; Joseph Oakes; Joseph Simpson; Anne M. Brown; Donna Westfall-Rudd – Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2024
Cyberbiosecurity and workforce development in agriculture and the life sciences (ALS) is a growing area of need in the curriculum in higher education. Students that pursue majors related to ALS often do not include training in cyber-related concepts or expose the 'hidden curriculum' of seeking internships and jobs. Exposing students through…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Curriculum, Biological Influences
Coetzer, Alan; Susomrith, Pattanee; Ampofo, Emmanuel Twumasi – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2020
Small businesses are characterised by resources constraints; therefore, their managers need to know the exact nature of additional benefits, beyond knowledge and skill acquisition, that might accrue from employee participation in different types of learning activities. However, research that simultaneously examines the attitudinal and behavioural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Informal Education, Workplace Learning
Improving Belonging and Connectedness in the Cybersecurity Workforce: From College to the Profession
Mary Beth Klinger – Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2024
This article explores the results of a project aimed at supporting community college students in their academic pursuit of an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in Cybersecurity through mentorship, collaboration, skill preparation, and other activities and touch points to increase students' sense of belonging and connectedness in the…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Sense of Community, Associate Degrees, Community College Students
Ryu, Jae; LaPaglia, Sonja Kirsten; Walters, Riveraine – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2020
The Idaho Drone League (iDrone) was launched to inspire the next generation's workforce through engagement with STEM research and education. Idaho youth (middle/high school students) participated in four twoday drone workshops in locations across Idaho. Although drone applications are prevalent in many civil operations, including emergency…
Descriptors: Aviation Technology, STEM Education, Labor Force Development, Group Activities
Hyo-Jeong So; Hyeran Lee; Seak-Zoon Roh – Computer-Based Learning in Context, 2020
Considering the increasing demand for microlearning in informal learning spaces, the main purpose of this research is to examine the design of microlearning perceived by adult learners and experts in Korea. The research questions include: (1) what modality and content length do adult learners perceive to be relevant for microlearning? (2) what…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Design, Learning Activities, Electronic Learning
Schürmann, Eva; Beausaert, Simon – European Journal of Training and Development, 2016
Purpose: The topic of informal learning at work has received increasing attention in the past years. The purpose of this study is to explore in which informal learning activities employees engage and what are the drivers for informal learning. Design/Methodology/Approach: Semi-structured interviews were taken from ten human resources (HR) and ten…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Learning Activities, Semi Structured Interviews, Employees
Pool, Inge A.; Poell, Rob F.; ten Cate, Th. J. – Vocations and Learning, 2013
The need for nurses to participate in continuing professional development (CPD) is growing to keep abreast of rapid changes in nursing care. Concurrently, the nursing workforce is growing older. Ageing leads to changes in biological, psychological, and social functioning. Little is known about the effects of age-related changes on nurses'…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Professional Development, Nursing Education, Aging (Individuals)
Enos, Michael D.; Kehrhahn, Marijke Thamm; Bell, Alexandra – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2003
This study examined how the extent to which managers engaged in informal learning, perceptions of support in the transfer environment, and level of managerial proficiency related to transfer of learning in twenty core managerial skills. The results suggested that informal learning is predominantly a social process and that managers with high…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Metacognition, Informal Education, Administrators
Auburn Univ., AL. Dept. of Vocational and Adult Education. – 1993
This document contains samples of work specific curricula for the basic level (I) and advanced level (II) of the safety section of the Auburn University (Alabama) Demonstration project in adult education. The samples consist of instructor manuals and student books. Content of each instructor manual--one for level I and another for level…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives
1999
This document contains four symposium papers on workplace learning issues. "The Changing Role of Training Consultants in Organizing Work-related Learning" (Rob F. Poell, Geoff E. Chivers) draws on interviews with training consultants in 19 different organizations to describe how their role is changing in response to the trend toward…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Consultants
Weil, Amandine; Woodall, Jean – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2005
Purpose: To explore and describe the roles, activities and strategies of French human resource development professionals. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is based primarily on exploratory and descriptive research. A range of secondary sources on European and French human resource development is critically reviewed to generate a number of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Foreign Countries, Management Development, Human Resources
Cooperative Educational Services, Norwalk, CT. – 1985
A project involving educators and business leaders in southwestern Connecticut was undertaken to develop an intensive, competency-based business course to provide high school students with the skills to fill entry-level administrative support positions. The project was designed to: (1) recruit and motivate students with high potential for success…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration, Business Education
