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. Leslie Cordie
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.
- Hümmer, C.; Egetenmeyer, R.; Breitschwerdt, L. (2026). “Hello, how are you doing? How does it feel on the other side?”. Social challenges of International Hybrid Learning Settings: students’ perceptions and didactical recommendations. Multidisciplinary Journal of Educational Research, 16(1), 46-76, https://doi.org/10.17583/remie.18637
- Breitschwerdt, L. (2026). The roles and functions of umbrella organisations in the multi-level system of adult and continuing education in Germany. An exemplary approach within the context of digital transformation. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education. Online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/14779714251412676
- Breitschwerdt, L. (2025). Adapting to digital transformation: Needs-based design of media supported educational formats in organised adult education. In Bellinger, F.; Bolten-Bühler, R. & Rohs, M. (Eds.), Adult education research on digitalisation: Concepts – Scopes – Understandings (pp. 121-144). Wbv.
- Hümmer, C.; Egetenmeyer, R.; Breitschwerdt, L.; Oliver, E. & Flecha R. (2025). Forms of synchronous hybrid learning spaces in higher education – A type-building qualitative content analysis. Computers & Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2025.105440
- 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.
