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The didactical gap in the “didactical self choice” In adult education didactics are closely conglomerated with learn theoretical concepts without clearly naming its own questions in content. This becomes especially obvious in the newly research on e-learning. After the failure of the technically possible, the call for didactics has become loud. When one regards the pertinent publications, one finds remarkably many which take their didactical foundation from the learn theory and therewith ha…
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When crediting non-university previous achievements in higher education courses, the term “professional competence” is often used. However, the results of the 2014 “AnHoSt study” and the 2016 “Anrechnungsmonitor” show that the crediting procedures at German HEIs have so far mainly related to formal qualifications, but not to competences acquired in non-formal or informal learning contexts. Even individual crediting procedures are generally based on the formal curricula of apprenticeship and fur…
How can virtual spaces, digital media and its potential be utilised for cultural education programmes? The authors analyse the issue by looking at three good practice examples from adult education centres and point out the contributive effect of a reasonable and elaborate use of digital tools in cultural education for the participants’ digital education.
Web 2.0: Chance oder Risiko, neue Möglichkeiten oder das Ende der bisherigen organisierten Erwachsenenbildung? Wie wird sich das Verhältnis zwischen Lehrenden und Lernenden ändern? Welche didaktischen Leitlinien braucht es, damit Lehren und Lernen im Web 2.0 gelingen? Diese und weitere Fragen beschäftigen Bildungsakteure aus Forschung und Praxis gleichermaßen, wie die rege Beteiligung im DIE-Online-Forum bestätigt. Eben dort prophezeit der Forum-Experte Frank Thissen, dass sich dem Sog des Web …
