How to Promote Informal Learning in the Workplace? - The Need for Incremental Design Methods

Carine Touré, Christine Michel, Jean-Charles Marty

2017

Abstract

Informal Learning in the Workplace (ILW) is ensured by the everyday work activities in which workers are engaged. It accounts for over 75 per cent of learning in the workplace. Enterprise Social Media (ESM) are increasingly used as informal learning environments. According to the results of an implementation we have conducted in real context, we show that ESM are appropriate to promote ILW. Indeed, social features are adapted to stimulate use behaviors and support learning, particularly meta-cognitive aspects. Three adaptations must nevertheless be carried out: (1) Base the design on a precise and relatively exhaustive informational corpus and contextualize the access in the form of community of practice structured according to collaborative spaces; (2) Add indicators of judgment on the operational quality of information and the informational capital built, and (3) Define forms of moderation and control consistent with the hierarchical structures of the company. Our analysis also showed that an incremental and iterative approach of user-centered design had to be implemented to define how to adapt the design and to accompany change.

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Touré C., Michel C. and Marty J. (2017). How to Promote Informal Learning in the Workplace? - The Need for Incremental Design Methods . In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-240-0, pages 220-229. DOI: 10.5220/0006355502200229


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@conference{csedu17,
author={Carine Touré and Christine Michel and Jean-Charles Marty},
title={How to Promote Informal Learning in the Workplace? - The Need for Incremental Design Methods},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2017},
pages={220-229},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006355502200229},
isbn={978-989-758-240-0},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - How to Promote Informal Learning in the Workplace? - The Need for Incremental Design Methods
SN - 978-989-758-240-0
AU - Touré C.
AU - Michel C.
AU - Marty J.
PY - 2017
SP - 220
EP - 229
DO - 10.5220/0006355502200229