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This paper reviews practical experiences in digitalizing competence development in a large corporation. Many practical experiments have shown that building learning portals and purchasing off-the-shelf courses are easier tasks than creating demand and understanding new ways of learning at the grassroots level of an organization. Digital competence development should be seen as a strategic approach rather than as a new operational tool. It is a change process that requires successful showcases, careful plans and strategic steps in the right direction. Blended learning models, which support informal learning at the workplace, should replace older classroom-based learning paradigms. Only in this way can corporations bring their learning into the knowledge-intensive era.
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Alamäki, A., Mäkinen, K. (2005). Competence Development Supported by Digital Means in a Knowledge-Intensive Company. In: Nicholson, P., Ruohonen, M., Thompson, J.B., Multisilta, J. (eds) E-Training Practices for Professional Organizations. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol 167. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23572-8_12
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