Informal Learning Opportunities in the Workplace – a practical approach with Small and Micro firms in traditional Manufacturing and Hospitality sectors

This paper seeks to explore how informal learning can be recognised, validated and accredited within small enterprises. It is based on the experiences to date within the Leonardo Da Vinci project, Informal Learning Opportunities in the Workplace, INFLOW. The developments provide input into considerations regarding the development of learning communities and communities of practice and how technology can facilitate processes of informal recognition and validation. This specifically relates to Theme #1 for the ilearning Forum 2007 around eStrategies and learning organisations and presents an approach that focuses on smaller enterprises in the real business world rather than Corporates and Universities.

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