Using TRAILER tool for Managing Informal Learning in academic and professional contexts: the learners’ perspective

Maria C. Viegas; Maria A. Marques; Gustavo R. Alves; Valentina Zangrando; Nikolas Galanis; Francis Brouns; José Janssen; Elwira Waszkiewicz; Alexandra Mykowska; Alicia García-Holgado; Francisco J. García-Peñalvo; Miguel Ángel Conde González

Using TRAILER tool for Managing Informal Learning in academic and professional contexts: the learners’ perspective

Maria C. Viegas, Maria A. Marques, Gustavo R. Alves, Valentina Zangrando, Nikolas Galanis, Francis Brouns, José Janssen, Elwira Waszkiewicz, Alexandra Mykowska, Alicia García-Holgado, Francisco J. García-Peñalvo, Miguel Ángel Conde González

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Informal Learning plays an important role in everyone's life and yet we often are unaware of it. The need to keep track of the knowledge acquired through informal learning is increasing as its sources become increasingly diverse. This paper presents a study on a tool developed to help keeping track of learners’ informal learning, both within academic and professional contexts, This tool, developed within the European Commission funded TRAILER project, will further integrate the improvements suggested by users during the piloting phase. The two studied contexts were similar regarding the importance and perception of Informal Learning, but differed concerning tool usage. The overall idea of managing one’s informal learning was well accepted and welcomed, which validated the emerging need for a tool with this purpose.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 15 Nov 2013
Event	2013 Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality: TEEM2013 - Salamanca, Spain Duration: 14 Nov 2013 → 15 Nov 2013 Conference number: 1 https://2013.teemconference.eu/

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Conference	2013 Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Salamanca
Period	14/11/13 → 15/11/13
Internet address	https://2013.teemconference.eu/

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Trailer
Informal learning
curricula management
competences

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Viegas, M. C., Marques, M. A., Alves, G. R., Zangrando, V., Galanis, N., Brouns, F., Janssen, J., Waszkiewicz, E., Mykowska, A., García-Holgado, A., García-Peñalvo, F. J., & Conde González, M. Á. (2013). Using TRAILER tool for Managing Informal Learning in academic and professional contexts: the learners’ perspective. Paper presented at 2013 Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality, Salamanca, Spain.

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