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64 www.grooveproject.eu This project has been funded with support from the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Programme. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. [Project Number: 2021-1-CY01-KA220-VET-000033254] alongside digital content creation, digital communication & collaboration, and information and media literacy, depending on the task chosen. For the reflective observation, step educators could include some critical thinking and/or reflective questions at the end of the lesson to involve adult learners in contemplating and reflecting on what they have just learned. Worksheets, exercises, or WebQuests that are used to teach learners could include some concluding thought exercises or discussion topics to get adult learners thinking about other applications of the skills that they will have just learned. These two steps actively encourage learners to compare and contrast their newfound knowledge with their existing experiences. Educators can encourage this further by inviting learners to apply their newfound knowledge to similar but different tasks. For example, if step one involved a person learning how to create a Google account, step three could be to step up a Microsoft account. These two tasks use the same skills but are different enough to encourage active thinking ( abstract conceptualization ). To implement experiential learning in adult education settings, educators can use existing databases of online learning content. These platforms (shown below) are helpful for both educators and learners as the information has come directly from the source. All the examples listed below are tools that are regularly used in the classroom, at work and in everyday life. Figure 9 - An infographic showing different educational resources available for free online Free Online Resources Google for Education offers video-based lessons which aim to teach practical digital skills to adult learners. Available at https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/en/learn Microsoft 365 Training offers video lessons on the Microsoft Office suite for products such as Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. Available at https://support.microsoft.com/en- us/training Zoom Learning Centre offers a variety of training videos, hand-outs and guides aimed at teaching basic skills as well as how to use Zoom for education. Available https://learning.zoom.us/learn. Introduce experiential learning by assigning real-world tasks to learners. These can be very basic such as creating and saving a Word document, or more advanced such as uploading an assignment on Google Classroom