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The two terms “Flipped Classroom” and “Flipped Learning” are mixed up often and seen as the same item. But this is not true – especially if you care about “Flipped Learning 3.0” (the topic we will address in this project). Flipped Classroom If you search on the internet you will find many similar descriptions of Read More …
Today’s learning often is mixed up with information procurement, especially when it is done with smartphones: Someone is searching for some information, takes the smartphone, checks “oncle Google” and finds the requested information. Now he thinks he has learned something. Short time later (that can be even minutes) he has forgotten what he had found. Read More …
Digital competences are necessary to survive in our current society. This has been made clear in the moment where thousands of people started to work from their home office. The same way pupils and students stayed at home because their school or university was closes. Suddenly, there was a situation where the teachers taught their Read More …
What does learning mean? There exists a very old definition of learning, done by R.M. Smith 1982: It has been suggested that the term learning defies precise definition because it is put to multiple uses. Learning is used to refer to (1) the acquisition and mastery of what is already known about something, (2) the Read More …
Adult education has been a fundamental part of further education and Life Long Learning for decades. It can be seen as a tool to remove illiteracy from society. It gives people a chance to increase their education after school has finished or besides their vocational education or professional development. In many European countries, Adult Education Read More …
A framework is a particular set of rules, ideas, or beliefs which you use in order to deal with problems or to decide what to do[1]. Typical problems in education are: quality enhancement, needs and preconditions of learners, pedagogical concepts, structure of lessons (or courses) and other more. Teaching and learning frameworks are research-informed Read More …
The flipped approach means active and self-directed learning, to “flip” the roles (Trainer ⇒ Facilitator, Learner ⇒ Self-determining adult) with self-responsibility for their learning (heutagogical approach). Heutagogy means self-determined learning. It is important that learners acquire both competencies and capabilities. Competency can be understood as proven ability in acquiring knowledge and skills (and attitudes), while Read More …