Customized work based learning support system for less academically prepared adults in online environment

Abstract

In these dynamic times, when everything changes fast, being unprepared is not an excuse. Work-based learning is used as a tool to achieve the goal of converting tacit knowledge into explicit by maximizing learning opportunities and internalizing knowledge by practical experience in the workplace. Information and communication technology plays an important role in the knowledge management process, helping academically prepared adults learn and solve lots of different problems more effectively. In this regard, it is very important to figure out the principal directions for implementing work-based learning strategies in the learning process. The work with knowledge implies creation of content: generation of a new knowledge in order to stimulate the development of innovative processes. The goal of the paper is to get a new perspective on and understanding of the future of work-based learning involving the use of new technological opportunities. The research idea is to describe the principles of a system focusing on an online support system for adults, the influence of different conditions and the unique patterns of development in each individual. In order to find the most efficient application of ICT resources and knowledge management technologies with an aim to save time and use work-based learning to its utmost potential, it is necessary to study different theories, which will help us understand how information systems have to be created and structured to reach the set goals. The result of the research is the analysis of the information system as an online learning platform, improved quality of knowledge flow, and recommendations for developing work-based learning with regard to the encouragement of efficient knowledge management.