The aim of this article is to examine collective memory work (CMW) as a method for turning the work-life experiences of adult learners in a part-time master’s program into a collective knowledge resource, thereby strengthening the interplay between theory and practice in the students’ learning processes. CMW is a well-known qualitative research method, but only a limited amount of research has been done on its use in the context of higher education. This article is based on a case study of five CMW workshops executed between 2015 and 2019 as part of the program ‘Master’s in ICT and Learning’ provided by four collaborating Danish universities. The data consist of an educational design, in-class observations, and 103 memories written by students. This study shows how CMW enables students to share and analyze their work-life experiences as a relevant and rich collective knowledge resource, which allows them to discover shared structures between their work-life experiences and strengthen the interplay between theory and practice in their learning. The conclusion is that even though CMW is not designed to be used in an educational setting, the method can be applied with great results to turn students’ work-life experiences into a collective knowledge resource.

本文的目的是研究集体记忆工作（CMW），作为将兼职硕士课程中成年学习者的工作生活经验转变为集体知识资源的一种方法，从而加强理论和实践之间的相互作用。学生的学习过程。CMW是一种众所周知的定性研究方法，但是在高等教育领域中，仅对其进行了有限的研究。本文基于对2015年至2019年期间举办的五个CMW研讨会的案例研究，该研讨会是由四所合作的丹麦大学提供的``ICT和学习硕士''计划的一部分。数据包括教育设计，课堂观察和学生编写的103个记忆。这项研究表明，CMW如何使学生作为相关且丰富的集体知识资源来分享和分析他们的工作-生活经历，从而使他们能够发现工作-生活经历之间的共享结构，并加强学习中理论与实践之间的相互作用。结论是，即使CMW并非设计用于教育环境，该方法也可以应用，而且效果很好，可以将学生的工作和生活经验转化为集体知识资源。