Corporate intranets as adaptive learning environments

Abstract

We observe that informal learning in the workplace is the norm for employees. Therefore all workers are simultaneously learners, and the workplace is a learning environment, albeit an impoverished one. We have added two tools to the corporate intranet to provide individualized learning experiences for every employee. Both tools provide feedback related to the information employees post on the intranet. One tool also provides recommendations to employees regarding valuable information they might find on the intranet. These tools illustrate a general way to accelerate workplace learning.