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Learning WikiDigital Ways of Learning in the Training of Apprentices

The International Conference on E-Learning in the WorkplaceNew York 2009

Univ.-Prof. DDr. Christina SchachtnerDesign: Mag. Elisabeth Augustin

University of Klagenfurt/AustriaInstitute for Media and Communication Sciences

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While 55 % of the youths between the age

of twelve and 25 in Germany were sceptical about

their future in 2002, the percentage in this age

group had increased to 69 % in 2006.

Shell Study 2006

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Principles of Learning

1. Self-Organized Learning

2. Playful Learning

3. Collaborative Learning

4. Reflexive Learning

The basis for the construction of the

digital learning offering in this project:

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„We can only know what we compile ourselves“

Ernst v. Glasersfeld 2008

Self-Organized Learning

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Playful Learning

„Playing and working

together from the first

step towards knowledge“

John Dewey 1949

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Collaborative Learning

For apprentices, learning with each other and from each other is not

only more interesting than learning alone; other apprentices are also

a valued source of knowledge, which corresponds to a high readiness

to share knowledge with others.

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Reflexive Learning

Reflexive Learning aims at a critical and responsible

appreciation and evaluation of actions on the basis of

reflecting and reasoning powers.

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How is the Learning Wiki structured?

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2 2 Knowledge Metal

Knowledge Electro

Soft Skills

Games

Stories by Apprentices

http://www.lern-wiki.uni-klu.ac.at

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Knowledge Metal & Electro

The knowledge offered is presented in the form of

texts, video clips (1), flash animations (2) and pictures (3).

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Knowledge Metal & Electro

The knowledge offering can be sucessively

differentiated by clicking on the marked terms.

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Knowledge Metal & Electro

In the area of specialized knowledge, users have

the possibility to check what they have learned.

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Soft Skills

Video clips show conflict situations at work, first

with a negative outcome, then with a positive one.

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Soft Skills

Questions inspire to reflect:

What went wrong and why?

How did the boss feel in the end?

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Stories by Apprentices

Apprentices talk about their first day at work and their

plans for the future which encourages others to recall their

own experiences.

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Participative development of technology

When expecting that people accept digital

information systems and integrate them in their

everyday life, they have to be able to participate in

the planning and in the construction and evaluation

of learning media.

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Participative development of technology

The apprentices have participated in the development

of the contents in the area of soft skills.

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The demand for education that goes beyond mere

professional competences will even increase in the future,

since the modern working world generally relies on this

kind of abilities, especially in the areas of customer

communication, team work, public relations, project

organization, and conflict management.