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Direct linkConceição, Simone C. O. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2016
This chapter addresses the transitions and changes occurring because of technological innovation, how these changes are affecting the workplace, and the skills needed to thrive today. It also presents generational characteristics of adult learners and strategies for adult educators and higher education institutions for effectively dealing with…
Descriptors: Global Education, Technological Advancement, Technological Literacy, Competition
Meyer, Pamela – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2012
Organizational learning and transformation and attainment of organizational goals are not at odds. Those who value and consciously integrate whole-person and whole-body strategies in their formal and informal learning practices encourage people to bring their whole selves, including their emotional, physical, and spiritual life, to work. As…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Motivation, Work Environment, Workplace Learning
Thompson, Terrie Lynn – Studies in Continuing Education, 2012
Actor network theory (ANT) is used to explore how work-learning is enacted in informal online communities and illustrates how researchers might use sociomaterial approaches to uncover complexities, uncertainties, and specificities of work-learning practices. Participants in this study were self-employed workers. The relational and material aspects…
Descriptors: Researchers, Informal Education, Self Employment, Workplace Learning
Caminotti, Enzo; Gray, Jeremy – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: As two doctoral students and adult learners, the authors strongly believe that story telling can be a great tool for educators working with adult learners. The purpose of this paper is to increase awareness of how effective storytelling can be for adult learners. Design/methodology/approach: The approach of this paper is one of gathering…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Story Telling, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
Sherwani, Naseem Saeed – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate Pakistani Workplace Learning and Performance (WLP) practitioners' perceptions of the importance of WLP competencies at the present time and in the next five years. The goals were to: (1) identify and characterize a profile of Pakistani WLP practitioners; (2) analyze perceptions of the current and future…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Expertise, Learning Theories
Download full textMurray, Fiona, Ed. – Movement for Canadian Literacy, 2006
The "literacy.ca" newsletter is a vehicle for literacy workers and supporters to share information, ideas, resources and research on emerging literacy issues. This issue of "literacy.ca" contains the following articles: (1) Riding The Wave: How will the federal election affect progress on a pan-Canadian literacy agenda?; (2)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Elections, Politics of Education
