A few weeks ago my local newspaper published a piece on Lifelong Learning that expressed concerns about the lack of support the Dutch Government is giving to it. The argument is that there are good intentions, but action is missing. “No one is against Lifelong Learning, but we need more people promoting it actively”, according [...]

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On the weblog of Mindleaders I read a post by Beth Griese . She stated that one of the popular topics at the ASTD conference 2007 was International learning and diversity. This is no big surprise with the increased globalisation in mind (25% of ASTD’s audience from outside the US). So far I haven’t been [...]

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According to a study of the UK National Institute of Continuing Adult Education workers in the UK prefer informal learning to improve work performance. In the study 2,057 workers were asked what ways of learning are useful in learning to do a job better. In total 10 interventions were presented. Learning by doing was the [...]

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A recent study by the University of Maastricht has shown that working is a good form of learning. Although both government and corporate policies regarding learning mainly address formal learning (like training courses), informal learning has a lot to offer. Researchers De Grip, Golsteyn and Borghans mapped out the knowledge development and learning processes of [...]

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