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Micael Sousa – Educational Media International, 2024
Board gaming is a popular activity, growing despite all the pressures of digitalization. People are gathering to play socially. Besides this ludic movement, modern board games can be used directly or adapted to achieve other goals beyond entertainment, approaching serious game methods as a modding exercise. This paper describes a process where a…
Descriptors: Games, Adult Learning, Informal Education, Employees
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Hong Hanh Tran – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2024
This paper focuses on learning that takes place outside formal classrooms within groups or teams. Based on the conceptual framework of informal learning, adult learning and lifelong learning, it investigates how two contrasting groups of adult learners in Vietnam, Mekong doctors and Hanoi hairdressers, learn, interact, and collaborate through…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Adult Learning, Informal Education, Confucianism
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Tina van Duijn; Nagwa Yehya Ahmed Sabrah; Jeffrey L. Pellegrino – Online Submission, 2024
Background: Layperson cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an important skill with the potential to save millions of lives. However, CPR courses often require commercial, complicated, and expensive manikins. To increase access to CPR training worldwide at very low costs, Do-It-Yourself (DIY) devices may be a suitable tool for practising…
Descriptors: First Aid, Training, Unskilled Workers, Independent Study
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Simone C. O. Conceição; Susan Yelich Biniecki – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
This article explores the evolving role of technology in nonformal and informal adult learning settings, guided by the theory of connectivism. It examines how digital platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), and other technological advancements enhance the accessibility, personalization, and efficiency of adult learning. The various educational…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Informal Education, Conventional Instruction, Artificial Intelligence
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Yunjo An; Regina Kaplan-Rakowski – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
Most research on virtual reality (VR) for learning has focused on young populations in formal learning contexts. Little research has been conducted on how adults engage in informal learning using VR. This study examined adults' informal learning experiences in high-immersion VR, focusing on the aspects of VR they enjoyed and the challenges they…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Computer Simulation, Experiential Learning, Adults
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Terrance J. McClain – Adult Learning, 2025
The purpose of this study was to examine the workplace learning activities professional academic advisors (AAs) utilize to serve their African American male advisees more effectively. Workplace learning was used as a lens to identify learning strategies through: (a) formal learning, (b) nonformal learning, and (c) informal learning. Findings from…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Workplace Learning, Academic Advising
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Chen-Ting Chang; Tricia A. Gorby; Bret R. Shaw; Jeremy Solin; Patrick Robinson; Kris Tiles; Chad Cook – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2024
Purpose: Using the framework of Adult Learning Theory, this study worked to uncover the composition of rural landowners' information sources and learner characteristics that impact information-seeking behavior among maple syrup producers in Wisconsin. Design: Regression models were used to analyze data from a survey targeted at Wisconsin maple…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Production, Farm Management, Adults
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Anke Grotlüschen; Alisa Belzer; Markus Ertner; Keiko Yasukawa – International Review of Education, 2024
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), launched by the United Nations in 2015, established ambitious targets to be achieved by 2030, including in education. SDG 4, which focuses on ensuring "inclusive and equitable quality education and promot[ing] lifelong learning opportunities for all", attracted attention from the adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Sustainable Development, Lifelong Learning, Case Studies