How may media be used to support the teaching and learning processes in a sensible way? The authors provide a succinct overview from the first media-didactic approaches to the current trends of e-learning and mobile learning. The publication deals with the functions of media irrespective of context and in a basic manner as well as with the didactic methods for the successful use of media to guarantee learning. The study text particularly refers to potentials, which digital media offer for the teaching and learning processes of adults and is thereby orientated to the needs and issues of the target group. On the basis of current insights into media research, the background and action knowledge required for the design of media-based further development provisions are communicated.weiterlesen