Abstract
At the workplace, learning is often a by-product of working on com plex projects, requiring self-steered, need-driven and goal-oriented retrieval of infor mation just in time from documents or peers. The personal desktop provides a rich source for learning material and for adaptation of learning resources. Data with in that personal infor mation space enables learning from previous exper ience, sharing tacit and explicit knowledge, and allows for estab lish ing con text and context-aware delivery of learning materials and all relevant information. Results from personal desktop studies and the corresponding technologies thus have great poten tial to en hance TEL. Therefore, this paper (1) provides a short overview of desktop orga ni za tion and search studies as well as appli ca tions and (2) sug gests tighter incorpo ration of desktop research for innovative TEL infra structures.
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Bischoff, K., Herder, E., Nejdl, W. (2007). Workplace Learning: How We Keep Track of Relevant Information. In: Duval, E., Klamma, R., Wolpers, M. (eds) Creating New Learning Experiences on a Global Scale. EC-TEL 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4753. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75195-3_34
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