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Karlsen, Jan Terje; Balsvik, Erika; Rønnevik, Marie – Learning Organization, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to investigate which "a priori" factors documented in the literature and new factors that influence employees' self-regulated microlearning behavior and the utilization of internal microlearning platforms in organizations. Design/methodology/approach: The authors conducted a single-case study on a Swedish retail…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gamification, Independent Study, Technology Uses in Education
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Johansson, Madelaine; Svensson, Teresia – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2019
Supporting and assessment of students' preparation and learning process in problem-based learning (PBL) tutorials has long been a challenge. We present a modified PBL model focussing on the specific critical phase in the PBL process, the self-directed learning phase in between tutorial meetings. The modified seven step PBL model including an…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Learning Processes, Reflection, Student Attitudes
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Viberg, Olga; Andersson, Annika – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2019
The roles of self-regulation and structuration in mobile learning are poorly understood. This study therefore examines these aspects in relation to the design and use of mobile technology in an online language learning setting. The online self-regulated learning (SRL) instrument was adopted to measure students' perceived level of self-regulation.…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Online Courses
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Holmgren, Robert – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
This article reports on findings from a comparative study on firefighter students' learning processes in a technology-supported distance training course and a traditional campus training course in Sweden. Based on student interviews and observations of exercises, the article aims to describe and analyse the impact on learning processes when…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fire Science Education, Fire Protection, Comparative Analysis
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Holmgren, Robert – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2013
This article focuses on the impact on learning processes when digital technologies are integrated into PBL (problem-based learning) oriented distance training. Based on socio-cultural perspectives on learning and a comparative distance-campus as well as a time-perspective, instructor and student roles, and learning activities were explored.…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Comparative Analysis
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Soderman, Johan – Music Education Research, 2011
The purpose of this article is to show how the rappers' talk about hip-hop and its connection to pedagogy and social activism parallel the Scandinavian tradition of folkbildning. Scandinavian folkbildning can be seen as a movement to provide voluntary education for the general population. It can also be the name of the process of learning in which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Popular Culture, Music, Cultural Context
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Dahlgren, M. Abrandt; Dahlgren, L. O. – Instructional Science, 2002
Describes a study that analyzed how students in three different Swedish university programs conceived of the meaning of problem-based learning and how they experienced their studies within a problem-based learning program. Discusses learning in context, social interaction, meta-cognitive reasoning and self-directed learning, and academic cultures.…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Independent Study
Willen, Birgitta – 1984
Acknowledging a recent increased interest in research about self-directed learning, this report analyzes and discusses two different forms of education: self-directed learning and distance education. Here, self-directed learning is identical with autodidactic learning, a form of education that cannot be included in organized adult education; the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Discovery Learning, Distance Education