International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning (iJAC) 8:2 Published on EdITLib

An issue of International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning (iJAC) has just been added to EdITLib.

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Contents

The Construction of Personal Learning Networks to Support Non-Formal Workplace Learning of Training Professionals

Christin Manning
Workers in the 21st century workplace are faced with rapid and constant developments that place a heavy demand on them to continually learn beyond what the Human Resources and Training … More

Engineering Education in an Industrial Context

Thomas Hagenreiner, Grazia Engelmann & Peter Khler
Learning is a lifelong process, which may not end at the transition from school to work. To exploit modern software systems used in design engineering, in order to increase efficiency … More

Staff and Students Views on Industry-University Collaboration in Engineering

Sivachandran Chandraseakaran, Guy Littlefair & Alex Stojcevski
The university-learning environment in engineering is not sufficient for students to become engineers. The practical role of engineering is working on real world problems in an industry environment. Industry-university collaboration … More

Teaching Staff’s and Students’ Initial Perceptions and Satisfaction With Teaching and Learning via the Blackboard LMS

Norah Al-Malki, Abdul AbdulKarim & Fouad Shoie Alallah
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the degree of teaching staff’s and Students’ satisfaction with the teaching and learning experience via the Blackboard ™ Learning Management System (LMS), … More

A Socratic E-Learning Approach

Mikael Snaprud & Gerd Helmikstl
Using questions to elaborate knowledge, is widely used in learning today. In this position paper we argue that there are new benefits to reap from using ICT in a learning … More

Integrating Social Knowledge and Collaboration Tools into Dispersed Product Development

Richard Evans, James Gao, Nick Martin & Clive Simmonds
Employee collaboration and knowledge sharing is vital for manufacturing organisations wishing to be successful in an ever-changing global market place; Product Development (PD) teams, in particular, rely heavily on these … More

Motivating Course Completion in Executive Development

David Foster
An innovative online approach to executive development is described. The approach utilizes asynchronous and synchronous elements, required submission of assignments, and other features resembling those of online college courses. Design … More

Keep It Simple: Challenges, Solutions, and Best Practices for Global eLearning Initiatives

Kristen Giovanis
Creating effective global eLearning initiatives requires strategic planning and process development to avoid mistakes that can turn off global learners. In order to successfully implement a global training program in … More