International Business Machines Corporation

Peter Z Orton

John Martin Wattendorf

Nancy J Lewis

Dick W Richardson

Tony Michael O'Driscoll

Karen A Ughetta

Kevin Ray Cowherd

Gordon Fuller

Leon S Wasson

Lynn Dorsett

Learning activities in an organization are allocated for work apart, work embedded, and work enabled learning types. In work apart learning, employees leave the work itself and learn through traditional classroom or technology enhanced methods. Work embedded learning occurs on the job without interrupting the flow of work. Work embedded learning uses the power of experience and execution with small responsive training modules embedded in the work process. Work enabled learning provides knowledge transfer and comprehension through experiences and interactions within the context of the work place. A business process permits an organization to rework existing learning programs and allocate resources for new programs to optimally address employee learning needs.

On demand learning

Method system and storage medium for creating and implementing a personalized training program. The method includes receiving a request to generate a personalized training program by a user and retreiving feedback surveys associated with the user. The feedback surveys are received from the peers, direct reports, and supervisors of the user. The feedback surveys include skill levels and knowledge acquired by the user as perceived by the peers, direct reports, and supervisors. The method also includes assessing the self-perceived skill levels and knowledge acquired by the user via input received from the user in response to a questionnaire compiling information provided in the feedback surveys and results of the assessing, generating a personalized training plan for the user as a result of the compiling, and tracking the progress of the user during implementation of the personalized training program.

Method and system for creating and implementing personalized training programs and providing training services over an electronic network

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Peter Z Orton