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As part of large-scale project in the Lake Constance region that borders Germany, Austria and Switzerland, seamless learning prototypes are designed, implemented, and evaluated. A design-based research (DBR) approach is used for the development, implementation and evaluation. The project consists of one base project that brings together instructional design and instructional technology specialists as well as (educational) software architects, supporting seven subprojects in developing seamless-learning lighthouse implementations mostly within higher and further education.
Industrial partners are involved in all subprojects. The authors are unaware of similar seamless learning projects using a DBR approach that include evaluation and redesign and allow for comparison of experiences by applying DBR across subprojects. The project aims to generate novel seamless learning implementations, respective novel research and novel software supporting different aspects of seamless learning. The poster will present the project design, delineate areas of research and development, and include initial empirical results.
Successful project management (PM), as one of the most important key competences in the western-oriented working world, is mainly influenced by experience and social skills. As a direct impact on PM training, the degree of practice and reality is crucial for the application of lessons learned in a challenging everyday work life. This work presents a recursive approach that adapts well-known principles of PM itself for PM training. Over three years, we have developed a concept and an integrated software system that support our PM university courses. Stepwise, it transfers theoretical PM knowledge into realistic project phases by automatically adjusting to the individual learning progress. Our study reveals predictors such as degrees of collaboration or weekend work as vital aspects in the PM training progress. The chosen granularity of project phases with variances in different dimensions makes our model a canonical incarnation of seamless learning.