TY - GEN
T1 - Global trends in workplace learning
AU - Lee, Lung Sheng
AU - Lai, Chun Chin
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The paradigm of human resource development has shifted to workplace learning and performance. An identification of global trends of workplace learning can help us to better connect with workplace learning stakeholders. Using a comprehensive search of 43 contemporary journal, magazine and newspaper articles, this paper reviews and synthesizes global trends in workplace learning in terms of the following five aspects: people/who, approach/how, time/when, place/where and thing/what. Consequently, five main trends are identified as follows: (1) Types of participants and facilitators are diversifying, (2) Emerging approach focus is practice-based systemic learning, (3) The flexibility of learning time has been increasing, (4) Learning by working and learning through systematic instruction at the workplace have been highly appraised, and (5) Workplace learning culture as well as practitioner's active engagement and motivation to learn have become key elements.
AB - The paradigm of human resource development has shifted to workplace learning and performance. An identification of global trends of workplace learning can help us to better connect with workplace learning stakeholders. Using a comprehensive search of 43 contemporary journal, magazine and newspaper articles, this paper reviews and synthesizes global trends in workplace learning in terms of the following five aspects: people/who, approach/how, time/when, place/where and thing/what. Consequently, five main trends are identified as follows: (1) Types of participants and facilitators are diversifying, (2) Emerging approach focus is practice-based systemic learning, (3) The flexibility of learning time has been increasing, (4) Learning by working and learning through systematic instruction at the workplace have been highly appraised, and (5) Workplace learning culture as well as practitioner's active engagement and motivation to learn have become key elements.
KW - human resource development (HRD)
KW - paradigm shift
KW - work-based learning
KW - workplace learning
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U2 - 10.1109/IMIS.2012.153
DO - 10.1109/IMIS.2012.153
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84867725655
SN - 9780769546841
T3 - Proceedings - 6th International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing, IMIS 2012
SP - 962
EP - 964
BT - Proceedings - 6th International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing, IMIS 2012
T2 - 6th International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing, IMIS 2012
Y2 - 4 July 2012 through 6 July 2012
ER -