The article focuses on the significance of social media for informal learning. Based on the potential of online communities, online networks, blogs, wikis etc. for informal learning, the utilization for learning is critically discussed and examined differentially. Possible consequences for adult education, which result from new informal learning opportunities on the internet, are also taken into account.
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Education and occupation The categories of occupation and education were considered to constitute a contradiction in classic educational theory. A paradigm change is taking place through current societal modernisation processes: occupation and education are especially characterised by mutual interaction. This issue of the REPORT examines the tension-fraught relationship between occupation and education in articles offering theoretical and empirical insight, focusing on four focal points: the …
The article provides an education-theoretical reflection of spaces for teaching and learning in education centres. Adult education is defined as a »learning process concerning everyday life«, which requires particular architectural adjustments. In this context, Joachim Ludwig stresses that architecture is by far more than a simple arrangement of building material. Room structures rather contain a »significance« which has a great influence on the »standard of living« for learners as well as teac…
Diese Reihe des DIE stellt Praktikerlnnen der Erwachsenenbildung bewährtes Handlungswissen, innovative Methoden, aktuelle Themen und neue Arbeitsfelder aus Sicht der in der Bildungspraxis Handelnden vor. Die Einzelpublikationen der Reihe gehen dabei nicht systematisch – wie im Studium üblich – von der Struktur des Gegenstandes oder Arbeitsfeldes aus. Vielmehr sind sie aus der Perspektive des Berufsalltags entworfen und zielen darauf ab, eine erste Orientierung, verwendungsbezogenes Wissen un…
References to theory of present research on further education Commonly in the scientific discourse one distinguishes between basic research and implementation orientated research. The latter often takes place as order research that in the ususal case is application orientated and practice orientated. This type of research often exhibits only an implicit reference to theory as several examples show. In this context an intensified co-operation between basic research and implementation orientat…
