Training senior employees for ICT skills enhancement through "refocus": The european project

Proceedings of the European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, EMCIS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Themistocleous, Marinos ^a   Serrano Rico, Alan Edwin ^a   Kamal, Muhammad Mustafa ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European project; ICT competencies; REFOCUS; Senior employees; Training

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC LEARNING (E-LEARNING); EMPLOYEES TRAINING; EUROPEAN ECONOMY; EUROPEAN PROJECT; EUROPEAN UNION; ICT COMPETENCIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; PUBLIC ORGANISATION; RAPID CHANGES; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; REFOCUS; STRATEGIC RESOURCE; TRAINING SYSTEMS; UNITED KINGDOM;

E-LEARNING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 84857578091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (35)

1. Agostinho, S., Oliver, R., Harper, B., Hedberg, J., and Wills, S. 2002. 'A tool to evaluate the potential for an ICT-based learning design to foster high-quality learning', In A. Williamson, C. Gunn, A. Young & T. Clear (Eds.), Winds of change in the sea of learning, Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, Auckland, New Zealand: UNITEC Institute of Technology, 29-38.
2. th Edition, Penguin, Harmondsworth.
3. Beaver, G. and Hutchings, K. 2005. 'Training and developing an age diverse workforce in SMEs: The need for a strategic approach', Education and Training, 47(8/9): 592-604.
4. Ben-Jacob, M. G., Levin, D. S. and Ben-Jacob, T. K. 2000. 'The Learning Environments of the 21st Century', Educational Technology Review: International Forum on Educational Technology Issues and Applications, 13: 8-12.
5. Bocij, P., Chaffey, D., Greasley, A. and Hickie, S. 1999. 'Business Information Systems', Technology, Development and Management.
6. Bosman, E. A. and Charness, N. 1996. 'Age-related differences in skilled performance and skill acquisition', in Blanchard-Fields & T. Hess (Eds) "Perspectives on cognition in adulthood and aging" McGraw-Hill, New York.
7. Buckley, P., Henry, P., and Gurmukh, D. 2000. 'Digital Economy 2000', Office of Policy Development, Available [online at: http://www.esa.doc.gov/ de2000.pdf.].
8. Checkland, P. and Scholes. J. 1990. 'Soft Systems Methodology in Action', Wiley, Chichester.
9. Collins, C., Buhalis, D. and Peters, M. 2003. 'Enhancing SMTEs business performance through the Internet and e-learning platforms', Education & Training, 8(9): 483-494.
10. Daelen, M., Miyata, C., Beeck, I., Schmitz, P., Branden, J. and Petegem, W. 2005. 'E-learning in continuing vocational, particularly at the workplace, with emphasis on Small and Medium Enterprises', European Commission Report.
11. Dickson, D, Hargie, O and Morrow, N. 1997. 'Communication Skills Learning for Health Professionals', Chapman & Hall, London.
12. European Commission. 2006. 'Ageing and Employment: Identification of Good Practice to Increase Job Opportunities and Maintain Older Workers in Employment', Warwick Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick Economic Research & Consulting, Munich, Available [online at: http://ec.europa.eu/employment-social/emplweb/news/index-en].
13. European Commission. 1996. 'The demographic situation in the European Union', Luxembourg: OOPEC.
14. European Commission. 1995. 'Telework and Small Business Networking', Directorate-General XIII-B, European Commission, Luxembourg.
15. Galliers, R. D. 1992. 'Choosing Information Systems Research Approaches', Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, UK.
16. Galliers, R. D. 1994. 'Points in Understanding Information Systems Research', Systemist, 16(1): 32-40.
17. Honey, P. 2000. 'E-learning - could do better!', Available online at www.peterhoney.com/article/63.
18. Iacovou, C. L., Benbasat, I. and Dexter, A. S. 1995. 'Electronic data interchange and small organisations: adoption and impact of technology', MIS Quarterly, 465-85.
19. Irving, P. 1995. 'A Reconceptualisation of Rogerian Core Conditions of Facilitative Communication: Implications for Training', Unpublished Mphil thesis, University of Ulster, Jordanstown.
20. Johnson, S.D. and Aragon, S.R. 2003. 'An instructional strategy framework for online learning environments', New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 10: 31-44.
21. Lauder, G. and Westall, A. 1997. 'Small firms on-line', Commission on Public Policy and British Business: Issue Article No. 6, Institute for Public Policy Research, London.
22. Maguire, P., Roe, P. and Goldberg, D. 1978. 'The Value of Feedback in Teaching Interviewing Skills to Medical Students', Psychological Medicine Journal, 8: 695-704.
23. McCormack, C. and Jones, D. 1997. 'Building a Web-Based Education System', John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY, USA.
24. Naidu, S., Cunnington, D., and Jasen, C. 2002. 'The Experience of Practitioners with Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning', Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 5(1): 23-34.
25. Neville, K. 2004. 'A Government Crossing the Digital Divide to Promote ICT for Adult Learners', Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2(1): 145-158.
26. Otero, M. S. and Mcchosan, A. 2005. 'Study on Access to Education and Training', European Commission, Birmingham, UK.
27. Phillips, K. and Fraser, T. 1982. 'The Management of Interpersonal Skills Training', Gower, Aldershot.
28. Philipson, G. 2002. 'The ROI on E-learning: the Australian Experience', Click to Learn, Inc.
29. Sambrook, S. 2001. 'Factors Influencing Learning in Work: a Comparison of Two Research Projects', Second Conference on HRD Research and Practice across Europe, University of Twente, Enschede.
30. Sambrook, S. and Betts, J. 2001. 'Report on the Second Conference on HRD Research and Practice across Europe: Perspectives on Learning at the Workplace', paper presented at the University of Twente, Enschede, January, University Forum for Human Resource Development.
31. Sambrook, S. 2003. 'E-learning in Small Organisations', Journal of Education and Training, 40(8/9): 506-516.
32. Smith, D. and Vaughan, S. 1997. 'The outdoors as an environment for learning and change management', Industrial and Commercial Training, 29(1): 26-30.
33. Van Weert, T. J. and Pilot, A. 2003. 'Task-Based Team Learning with ICT, Design and Development of New Learning', Education and Information Technologies, 8(2): 195-214.
34. Walker, A. 1999. 'Combating Age Discrimination at the Workplace', Journal of Experimental Aging Research, 25(1): 367-377.
35. Yin, R. K. 1994. 'Case Study Research Design and Methods', Sage, London.