Abstract
The internet offers learners a wide range of possibilities for organising and communicating knowledge in formal and informal educational contexts. So far, even adult learners with an affinity for education have often been reluctant to use these supportive potentials of the internet. This hesitant use is also evident when the implementation of virtually networked applications in learner planning is in principle demanded and welcomed by stakeholders. The focus of our contribution is on possible reasons and conditions for these supposed resistances and problematic issues in the integration of the participatory space of the Internet for vocational learning processes. The basis for the discussion are the practical experiences and empirical results of an explorative case study with an ethical advisory board. The results of the project so far underline the need to discuss theoretical concepts on learning resistance, generation-specific aspects, media didactics and learning habits and transfer in this context. The results show that digital forms of learning and working are directly linked to ingrained learning routines. Learners need time, space, occasions and structure to break up action and learning routines and develop new ones. Only in this way can digital participation opportunities be successfully integrated into everyday working life.
