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Rief die technologische Weiterentwicklung in den USA nach anfänglicher Euphorie für elektronisches distance learning bald Skepsis – vor allem auf Grund nur marginaler Lernerfolge – hervor, so ist seit etwa fünf Jahren auf College- und Universitätsebene eine breite Akzeptanz von e-learning in Kombination mit face-to-face-Lernarrangements zu verzeichnen. Landesweit wird der Anteil aller Belegungen für Online-Kurse bis 2009 auf 31 Prozent prognostiziert. Allerdings zeigen sich heute vor allem priv…
Im Oktober 2003 hat das DIE eine Literaturdatenbank zum Thema E-Learning auf seiner Homepage bereitgestellt. Die Datenbank enthält Angaben zu vorwiegend aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum stammender Literatur, die in der Zeit von 1997 bis 2003 erschienen ist. Neben Monographien sind Buch- und Zeitschriftenbeiträge sowie Graue Literatur berücksichtigt. Soweit Abstracts zu den Veröffentlichungen vorhanden waren, sind sie mit aufgeführt.
In Germany, participation in continuing education has been on a respectable level since 2012. In 2016, 50 per cent of all adults were active in continuing education and training. Based on these findings, the Adult Education Survey (AES) 2016 provides numerous detailed results, which are presented in the final evaluation report. The authors of this report analyse and comment the representative data with regard to key issues, such as: Who are the participants of continuing education and for what …
The ways in which computer games can affect learning are identified using the example of games for fun, starting out with the aspect of research into learning and teaching theory. Approaches used in behaviourism, cognitivism and individual and social constructivism are compared. In the psychology of emotions, activating and deactivating emotions are distinguished with regard to their learning effect. From the point of view of the psychology of motivation, special emphasis is placed on the self-…
Die Potenziale von E-Learning sind derzeit in der Diskussion. Vielfältige Studien haben in den letzten Jahren zu unterschiedlichen Bewertungen geführt. Mit dem hier vorliegenden Überblick über ausgewählte Studien zum Themenfeld „E-Learning“ von 2001 bis Anfang 2003 wird ein Service zur Verfügung gestellt, der die Orientierung erleichtern soll. Die zentralen Ergebnisse einiger Studien werden ausführlich dokumentiert. Links und weiterführende Hinweise erleichtern die weiterführende Recherche.
Representative surveys on participation in continuing education are the basis for analyses of lifelong learning as well as a description of the continuing education sector within the educational system. The information which is made available should be sufficiently differentiated in order to be able to distinguish different types of learning activities. One of the most important distinctions is the one between general and continuing vocational education. This article examines how and with what …
Teaching adults with low basic skills requires a large set of special know-how and competences. Due to this fact, the general aim of this module is to give teachers and tutors all necessary information, practices, skills, competences and attitudes to work effectively with adults. - Poster - Description of the module - Timed agenda - Detailed workplan - Handout
Opening higher education for new target groups is regarded as an important political and social goal. Based on central political frameworks the following article analyses, which new target groups are addressed in higher education institutions and which specific demands they have for the organization and structuring of teaching and learning. In the focus of the analysis are studies from higher education research and instructional design. The perspectives of these two in the past almost separated…
