Investigating Informal Learning in the Age of Technology
A special issue of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 61
Special Issue Editors
Interests: learning and teaching with digital technology; informal learning of adults; learning in later life; digitalization in educational institutions
Interests: learning and teaching with digital media; (informal) professionalisation in adult education; AI in vocational education and training
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Informal learning can take place consciously or unconsciously in all areas of life and in all phases of life. There are numerous studies on learning during work, in particular, but also on informal learning in the family, in peer groups, or during voluntary work. Digital technologies are dramatically expanding the possibilities and presumably also the necessity of informal learning. The omnipresence of digitally networked technologies enables access to knowledge and information largely independent of time and place and, at the same time, poses new challenges, e.g., with regard to the examination and evaluation of available content. This Special Issue deals with the possibilities, requirements, and limits of informal learning with, about, and in relation to digital technologies. In particular, we encourage the submission of studies on the use of artificial intelligence and the handling of privacy and data protection as well as the question of the limits of informal learning. However, contributions on other topics in this subject area are also very welcome.
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha
Dr. Karin Rott
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- informal learning
- informal education
- technology
- digitalization
- artificial intelligence
- self-organized learning
- lifelong learning
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