The article ‘Self-directed lifelong learning in hybrid learning configurations’, by P. H.M. Cremers, A.E.J. Wals, R. Wesselink, N. Nieveen and M. Mulder (2013), in the International Journal of Lifelong Education appeared and is available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02601370.2013.838704 In the article, an attempt was made to generate design guidelines for a learning environment in which higher education and workplace learning were combined.