The Danish active labour market policies have been continuously changed in light of experience, new knowledge and changes in the labour market situation.
When perceived as open-ended, time is associated with seeking new experiences and achievement-oriented stimuli; for example, gathering new information and experiencing new knowledge.
Importantly HEWs felt they had become an active part of diagnostic and curative processes for people who previously may otherwise have ' died at home'; they had gained experience, new knowledge and skills such as preparing slides which contributed to their reward and a sense that ' we save a lot of people from death'.
As he describes himself, "Despite my firm convictions I have been always a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experiences and new knowledge unfolds it.
Even the teams who didn't have a project ready for judging came out of the experience with new knowledge, and everyone came away with new connections forged by a shared, high-pressure, and focused work session.
Adults learn best by integrating their own experience with new knowledge, for example, through discussions with peers [ 30, 31].
Experience and new knowledge have an important role to feed into the hermeneutic circle and thereby fuel the process of a deeper and sometimes different understanding (Fig. 1) (11).
Hence the importance of shifting towards active, dynamic and collaborative learning, sharing experiences and generating new knowledge, supported by the use of ICTs.
Online learning also encourages participants from across the globe to share experiences and construct new knowledge as a community.
Thereafter, teacher resource centres could continue to be utilized for weekend seminars, where subject teachers could meet to share experiences and gain new knowledge, particularly on methods of teaching.
