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Adult secondary education learners are often reluctant to use ICTs in class. They are not fascinated by cutting-edge technologies and prefer the traditional pen-and-paper exercises. However, digital skills are a sine qua non in the workplace and their development is prioritized in adult formal education. The “hidden vegetable” simile refers to ‘hiding’ ICTs within engaging activities, so that they do not demotivate students’ active participation in them. The creation of a lesson blog can trigger student participation in that it can function as a digital learning community and inspire a sense of a shared identity on behalf of the students. Students can have a common ground on which they create, share and get inspired by their peers’ works.

Teamwork may enhance learning and promote empathy at the same time. Collaboration, group dynamics, sharing and co-constructing knowledge contribute to the development of mutual trust, positive regard, respect and appreciation among peer learners. Tasks that involve group learning may promote not only empathy, but also autonomous self-directed learning. This way, we have “2 birds with 1 stone”!