The problem with Lurkers A NVL-DISTANS / Nordplus Project

2. IS SILENT THE SAME AS PASSIVE?
• THE PROJECT DEALS WITH SILENT OR PASSIVE LEARNING IN ONLINE EDUCATION FOR ADULTS.
• CLARIFY/EXPLORE/UNDERSTAND WHAT SEEMS TO BE A STRUCTURAL CHANGEIN THE WAY ADULT
LEARNERS PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

3. THE 2 YEARS LIFETIME OF THE PROJECT
CONSISTS OF FOUR DEVELOPMENT AND
TEST PHASES.
• 1. TOOLS FOR ACTIVATING PASSIVE LEARNERS.
• 2. TOOLS FOR PREDICTING PASSIVE LEARNERS.
• 3. TOOLS FOR RECOGNITION OF OF PASSIVE LEARNERS’ LEARNING .
• 4. TESTING THE THREE TYPES OF TOOLS ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER.

4. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT THAT EASY…
• ADULT - LEARNING
• FORMAL LEARNING (SCHOOLS)
• NON-FORMAL LEARNING (COURSES)
• INFORMAL LEARNING (LIFE)

5. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT THAT EASY…
• ADULT - LEARNING … OR DID THEY LEARN?
• FORMAL LEARNING - IT´S EASY - WE CAN JUST MAKE AN EXAM
• NON-FORMAL LEARNING – IT´S NOT THAT EASY AS WE DO NOT HAVE SPECIFIC LEARNING GOALS
• INFORMAL LEARNING – IT´S IMPOSSIBLE AS WE NOT EVEN DEFINE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

6. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT THAT EASY…
• ADULT - LEARNING
• FORMAL LEARNING - IT´S EASY - WE CAN JUST MAKE AN EXAM - OR IS IT?
• NON-FORMAL LEARNING– IT´S NOT THAT EASY AS WE DO NOT HAVE SOME SPECIFIC LEARNING GOALS – OR IS IT?
• INFORMAL LEARNING – IT´S IMPOSSIBLE AS WE NOT EVEN DEFINES THE LEARNING OBJECTIVES – OR IS IT?

7. WHAT IS ADULT LEARNING?
• WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LEARNING?
• DIRECTLY USE OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
• INDIRECT USE OF KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION AND NEW
OPPORTUNITIES
• WHAT IS THE INTENSITY OF LEARNING
• CONTRUCTIVE ADDITION OF KNOWLEDGE TO THE EXISTING PERSONAL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE
• CREATION OF A PERSONAL PARADIGME SHIFT

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9. Intensity of learning: adding to the (personal)
existing body of knowledge (constructive)
Purpose of learning:
directly use
knowledge and
understanding
Learning contributes to
slightly improving
conducting a task.
For example:
course on working with an
ICT tool
Learning contributes to
building further towards
new knowledge,
innovation and new
opportunities
For example:
a language course/
specific non-work related
subject course
Purpose of learning:
use what is learned
to develop new
knowledge and start
innovations and new
opportunities
Learning contributes to
doing things differently on
the basis of a new
understanding.
For example:
Learning on a management
skills or a personality
training
Learning contributes to
changes in career, work,
society etc.
For example:
Learning by experiencing
a life-changing, disruptive
event
Intensity of learning: creating a (personal)
‘paradigm shift’ (disruptive)

10. Socialsoftware
Personal
I am here out of personal reasons
Visitor
I am here for some
specific information. I
have no intentions
leaving a track and I
leave when have found
what I was looking for.
Seeing the web as a
pool of Information
Resident
I am living out a
portion of my life.
Online I will
express my
opinions. I will be
in a space with
other people.
Institutional
I am here out of institutional reasons

11. CONCLUSION – OR NONCLUSION
• IT SEEMS THAT THE CONCEPT FOR OUR PROJECT HAS FAILED
• WE REALLY HAVE PROBLEMS JUSTIFYING WE MUST ACTIVATE THE PASSIVE AND SILENT LEARNERS
• HOWEVER, WE HAVE POINTET AT - WHAT WE CAN CALL A MAJORITY MISUNDERSTANDING
• THE OVERALL UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SILENT OR PASSIVE LEARNING IS WASTE OF TIME
• SO WHAT CAN WE DO NOW?
• THE ASSUMPTION HAS SEROIUS CONSEQUENSES FOR INSTANCE IN RELATION TO HOW UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ARE GRANTED
• WHAT OTHER THINGS DO YOU PROPOSE US TO DO?