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Using Personal Learning Environments to Support Workplace Learning in Small Companies

Authors : Miloš Kravčík, Kateryna Neulinger, Ralf Klamma

Published in: Advances in Web-Based Learning – ICWL 2016

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Small companies play a crucial role in developed economies. In order to address new challenges they have to fill promptly their competence gaps, when these appear. To achieve this, suitable forms of informal learning at the workplace are usually needed. As a possible solution we have developed a customized Personal Learning Environment for this purpose and evaluated it in the German Information Technology sector. Our experimental study has shown that although it is not easy to get small companies involved in this kind of piloting, the approach can be viable and has a potential for further improvements.

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Metadata
Title
Using Personal Learning Environments to Support Workplace Learning in Small Companies
Authors
Miloš Kravčík
Kateryna Neulinger
Ralf Klamma
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Advances in Web-Based Learning – ICWL 2016

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-47439-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-47440-3

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47440-3_33

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