Share Paper: How can blended learning programs support metacognition of adults? The case of adult education in Flanders

1. Hilde Van Laer, CVO Antwerp, centre of adult education, Belgium
2. Koen DePryck, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Abstract: European comparative research of adult competences makes clear that vast groups of Flemish adults lack indispensable problem-solving proficiency in technology-rich environments and are poorly equipped for the high-tech and fast changing 21st century. In the next four years, major Flemish universities and university colleges together with a number of leading centres for adult education will conduct research on how online and blended learning programs can be improved in adult education programs. One of the important foci of the Adult Learners Online Research has to be the focus on understanding, measuring, improving and fostering of metacognition and self-regulated learning of adult ...