Computer-supported Workplace Learning

Abstract

This paper deals with the following conceptual issues: What is workplace or organisational learning? What is learning? What is computer-supported learning? And what is computer-supported organisational learning? The grounds for dealing with these issues are an empirical study on the organisation of IT-supported workplace learning. This study shows that there are many ways of organising IT-supported education in organisations ranging from IT-training to training that results in different kinds of certificates to highly specialised university degrees via distance learning. In conclusion, the paper suggests that there is a need to develop new models for computer-supported workplace learning based on the concrete organisational work practices and the information systems employed by the organisation.