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Item Transferring knowledge and experiences from informal to formal learning contexts(2014) García-Peñalvo, Francisco J.; Griffiths, DaiItem Problems and opportunities in the use of technology to manage informal learning(2014-10) García-Peñalvo, Francisco J.; Griffiths, Dai; Jonhson, M.; Sharples, P.; Sherlock, D.There is a mismatch between the enthusiasm of policy makers and other actors for initiatives to support the validation of informal learning, and the lack of adoption of systems in practice. This problem is explored, with reference to the creation of the Informal Learning Collector in the European Commission TRAILER project. It is proposed that formality in learning can be usefully understood as a measure of the degree of managerial control over the learning process. It is then argued that the use of managerial tools, such as validation and competence catalogues, runs the danger of constraining the scope for informal learning. Analytics techniques offer the possibility of providing insight into practice by examining documents, without the need for formal description or tagging. However, these methods raise problems of surveillance (by companies and the state), confidentiality, and security of data. A prototype system is described which tests the feasibility of the approach.Item Informal learning recognition and management(Computers in Human Behavior, 55A, 501-503. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2015.10.019, 2016) Griffiths, Dai; García-Peñalvo, Francisco J.Item TRAILER Project (Tagging, Recognition, Acknowledgment of Informal Learning Experiences) A Methodology to Make Learners’ Informal Learning Activities Visible to the Institutions(2013-09-24) García-Peñalvo, Francisco J.; Conde-González, M. Á.; Zangrando, Valentina; García-Holgado, Alicia; Seoane Pardo, Antonio M.; Alier Forment, Marc; Galanis, Nikolas; Brouns, Francis; Vogten, Hubert; Griffiths, Dai; Mykowska, Aleksandra; Alves, Gustavo R.; Minovic, MiroslavJournal of Universal Computer Science. 19(11): 1661-1683. 2013. Available online at http://www.jucs.org/jucs_19_11/trailer_project_tagging_recognition. ISSN: 0948-695X. (JCR).Item WEILER 2013: Workshop on solutions that enhance informal learning recognition(2013-09-24) Conde-González, M. Á.; García Peñalvo, Francisco J.; Griffiths, DaiThe increasing presence of Web 2.0 media and tools in the workplace makes informal learning increasingly important and its recognition there becomes especially relevant since this can enhance employability, producing positive benefits for managers and companies, and give employees opportunities to learn and keep their skills up-to-date, etc. Thus, taking into account the technological and organizational innovation and the affordances of the Internet, it is necessary to define new methodologies and tools to make visible and manage this informal learning. This workshop will gather experiences about informal learning recognition, focusing on, but not limited to: validation of informal learning experiences, institutional management of informal knowledge, making use of representations of informal learning, decision making informed by informal learning experiences and using of learning analytics to document or promote informal learning.Item Enhancing informal learning recognition through TRAILER project(2013-09-24) Conde-González, M. Á.; García-Peñalvo, Francisco J.; Zangrando, Valentina; García-Holgado, Alicia; Seoane Pardo, Antonio M.; Alier Forment, Marc; Galanis, Nikolas; Griffiths, Dai; Johnson, Mark; Janssen, Jose; Brouns, Francis; Vogten, Hubert; Finders, Anton; Sloep, Peter; Marques, Maria Arcelina; Viegas, Maria C.; Alves, Gustavo R.; Waszkiewicz, Elwira; Mykowska, Aleksandra; Minovic, Miroslav; Milovanovic, MilosThe evolution of new technology and its increasing use, has for some years been making the existence of informal learning more and more transparent, especially among young and older adults in both Higher Education and workplace contexts. However, the nature of formal and non-formal, coursebased, approaches to learning has made it hard to accommodate these informal processes satisfactorily. The project aims to facilitate first the identification by the learner (as the last responsible of the learning process), and then the recognition by the institution, in dialogue with the learner, of this learning. To do so a methodology and a technological framework to support it have been implemented. This project have been tested in several context and it is possible to say that an informal learning dialogue between learners and people in chargé of the institutions is possibleItem TRAILER project overview: Tagging, recognition and acknowledgment of informal learning experiences(2013-01-15) García-Peñalvo, Francisco J.; Zangrando, Valentina; García-Holgado, Alicia; Conde-González, M. Á.; Seoane Pardo, Antonio M.; Alier Forment, Marc; Janssen, Jose; Griffiths, Dai; Mykowska, Aleksandra; Alves, Gustavo R.; Minovic, MiroslavThe evolution of new technology and its increasing use, have for some years been making the existence of informal learning more and more transparent, especially among young and older adults in both Higher Education and workplace contexts. However, the nature of formal and non-formal, course-based, approaches to learning has made it hard to accommodate these informal processes satisfactorily, and although technology bring us near to the solution, it has not yet achieved. TRAILER project aims to address this problem by developing a tool for the management of competences and skills acquired through informal learning experiences, both from the perspective of the user and the institution or company. This paper describes the research and development main lines of this project.