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Adult Education Academy

Dr. Lisa Breitschwerdt

Dr. Lisa Breitschwerdt is a research associate at the Professorship for Adult and Continuing Education at the University of Würzburg. She works on digitalisation and professionalisation in adult and higher education, didactics and methods of teaching and learning and dialogical perspectives in adult education research.

 

  • Professionalisation in adult education
  • Digitisation in adult education and university teaching
  • Didactics and methodology in adult and contiuning education
  • Participatory and dialogical perspectives in adult education research

CG7: Hybrid and Blended Learning in Adult Education: Policies, Programs, and the Professionalisation of Practice

Co-Moderator: Dr. Lisa Breitschwerdt

The rapid digitalisation of adult education and lifelong learning has necessitated a shift toward hybrid and blended learning settings that integrate digital media with face-to-face instruction (Breitschwerdt, 2025). This group explores how different international contexts shape, define and institutionalise these settings, moving beyond micro-level implementation to analyse broader program structures, policy frameworks and the requirements set for adult educators in planning and conducting such settings. Building on conceptual perspectives on hybridity following Nørgård (2021) and Goodyear et al. (2020), the group addresses the critical need for a theoretical understanding of designing digitalised, media-supported learning environments in adult education and lifelong learning at the meso- and macrolevels. We will discuss and interpret similarities and differences in international approaches to hybrid and blended learning, as well as the implications for educational planning and the role of adult educators.  

  1. Breitschwerdt, L.; Gojić, A. & Guimarães, P. (2025). Logics of action in the academic professionalisation of adult educators: A comparative analysis of degree programmes in Germany and Serbia.  Andragoška spoznanja/Studies in Adult Education and Learning, 31(1), 105-124. https://doi.org/10.4312/as/19853

  2. Breitschwerdt, L; Rosemann, T. & Schiller, J. (2025). Digitalisation and Higher Education in Germany: Promotion of Transformative Digital Competences. In L. A. Cordie (ed.). Transition from Pedagogy to Andragogy: An International Perspective (103-130). Emerald Publishing Limited.

  3. Breitschwerdt, L. & Schiffner, E. (2025). Digitale Medien in der Freizeit: Perspektiven aus der Erwachsenenbildung. Forum Erwachsenenbildung, 58(2), 40-44.

  4. Breitschwerdt, L.; Hümmer, C. & Egetenmeyer, R. (2024). Gestaltungsanforderungen hybrider Settings in der Hochschullehre aus der Perspektive von Studierenden. Bildungsforschung. 30(1). https://doi.org/10.25539/bildungsforschung.v30i1.1029

  5. Klimkina E.; Rotschnig, S.M.; Yoo, J.; Breitschwerdt, L.; Cordie, L.; Guimarães, P. (2023). Academic professionalisation and hybrid professionalism in adult education: A comparative and explorative analysis. Andragoške Studije.

 

                                                                                                                                                                               

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