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Within the workplace, there is the potential for continuous learning to occur not only through formal learning initiatives that are associated with training, but also through informal learning opportunities that are embedded within everyday work activities. This paper surveys the growing body of literature on informal learning, makes some critical observations about the importance of informal learning, and explains the various ways that informal learning can occur in the workplace. |\n\n356 Megan LeClus  \nIntroduction  \nIn the last few decades, the workplace has been increasingly recognised as a legitimate environment for learning new skills and knowledge, which in turn enables workers to participate more effectively in ever-changing work environments. Many scholars agree that the workplace provides a rich environment for learning (see for example, Hager 2001, Beckett & Hager 2002, Boud & Middleton 2003). Billett (1996) proposed that changes in the contemporary workplace represent the importance of workplaces as significant sites for learning. Therefore, learning has become important on many organisational agendas. However, there is no clear or consistent definition of workplace learning and, although often confined to learning that takes place in the workplace, definitions can be broad and include other types of work-related learning which support work roles.  \nConsequently, in the literature learning in the workplace has become a somewhat confusing concept that is represented by a variety of meanings. Hager (1998) described workplace learning as ambiguous and Spencer claimed that ‘much of the rhetoric proclaiming the virtues of workplace restructuring seldom matches workplace reality’(2002: 298). A year earlier, Engeström noted that current theories of organisational learning were ‘typically weak in spelling out the specific processes or actions that make the learning process’(2001:  \n150). For this reason, workplace learning has become a contested notion by some educationalists, despite the processes involved having received little research attention (Boreham & Morgan 2004). The emerging body of literature related to learning in the workplace suggests that this is widely researched and in continuous development.  \nThe way co-workers and their organisations perceive learning can be very different. This is perhaps, as Hager (2001) suggested, because the term ‘learning’ is used in so many diverse ways and it can refer to  \nInformal learning in the workplace 357  \neither process and product, or both. In general, these views include formal types of learning that are organisational (see for example, Senge 1990, Rylatt 2000), and more non-formal types of learning, such as informal and incidental learning (e.g. Marsick & Watkins 1990 & 1999, Marsick & Volpe 1999, Hager & Halliday 2006) . Therefore, within the workplace, there is the potential for continuous learning to occur not only through formal learning initiatives that are associated with training, but also through informal learning opportunities that are embedded within everyday work activities. This paper surveys the growing body of literature on informal learning in the workplace, beginning with an overview of learning in the workplace.  \nLearning in the workplace  \nToday’s co-workers are constantly faced with challenges that affect both the way they perform their job and their participation in everyday workplace activities. They are expected to continually modify and update their work practices in order to sustain competitive advantage, re","cbCair7z8hb68AL6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCair7z8hb68AL6","pdf",198180,"English","# Introduction\n## Informal learning in the workplace\n# Learning in the workplace\n## Situated learning and workplace context","[{\"question\":\"What role does the workplace play in workers’ learning and development?\",\"answer\":\" \"},{\"question\":\"Why is workplace learning described as a confusing or contested concept?\",\"answer\":\" \"},{\"question\":\"How does informal learning occur in workplace settings?\",\"answer\":\"Informal learning can be embedded within everyday work activities and can be linked to situated social practice, where work provides opportunities to connect theory to practice. 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