Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age

IFIP TC3 Lifelong Learning Working Track This book is the result of the IFIP Lifelong Learning Working Track at eTrain, 7-11 July 2003, Pori, Finland organized by the Lifelong Learning Taskforce of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Technical Committee 3 (TC3) on Education. Members of the TC3 Lifelong Learning Taskforce are: Mike Kendall, United Kingdom; Brian Samways, United Kingdom (Chair); Tom van Weert, The Netherlands; Jan Wibe, Norway. The members of the Taskforce constituted the IFIP Lifelong Working Track Programme Committee that invited the contributing authors and reviewed contributions. Papers This book has been produced from reviewed papers by invited authors from Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Poland, Slovenia, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The papers were invited to add to and reflect on the IFIP Technical Committee 3 Position Paper on Lifelong Learning, published by IFIP Technical Committee 3 in October 2003. xvi Lifelong learning in the digital age Focus Group Report In addition the book contains a Focus Group Report on Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age with associated resource documents. This Report was produced during the Lifelong Learning Working Track by invited participants: Mike Kendall, United Sasa Divjak, Slovenia; Kingdom; Carolyn Dowling, Australia; Pencho Mihnev, Bulgaria; Petra Fisser, Netherlands; Magda Ritzen, Netherlands; Anna Grabowska, Poland; Marijke Hezemans, Maciej M. Syslo, Poland; Netherlands; Rosa Vicari, Brazil; Tom van Weert, Netherlands. Editors Tom J.

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PThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the issues involved in Lifelong Learning supported by Information and Communication Technology (ICT). In this overview, the following issues are discussed: BRBR-Changing environments, BR-What is Lifelong Learning? BR-Who are the learners? BR-Characteristics of learning environments, BR-Sustainability of learning environments, BR-Learning communities, BR-Role of educational institutions, BR-Role of ICT.BRBRSTRONGLifelong Learning in the Digital Age/STRONG contains reviewed papers by invited authors, as well as a comprehensive report with resource materials produced by a Focus Group of invited participants in the Lifelong Learning Working Track at the e-Train conference, "E-Training Practices for Professional Organizations". The conference was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), Technical Committee 3 (Education), and was held in Pori, Finland in July 2003. BRSTRONGLifelong Learning in the Digital Age/STRONG will help both decision makers and educational designers to deal with the issues connected with Lifelong Learning. Solutions will have to be unique for each culture and each country, but this book will certainly inform and should considerably assist decision-making and problem resolution. /P

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Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age.- Keynote: New Higher Education for Lifelong Learning.- Examples and advantages of Continuous Education by means of Videoconference Technologies.- Developing ICT-rich lifelong learning opportunities through EU-projects.- A holistic and strategic approach to support and promote Lifelong Learning, networking activities and regional learning.- Schools as Lifelong Learning institutions and the role of Information Technology.- Distance Education and Lifelong Learning.- Evaluating electronic learning environments from a Lifelong Learning perspective.- Training the educational manager.- Regional knowledge networks for Lifelong Learning.- Community Based Learning.- Towards an organisational model of 'interface' university structure as a means of serving Lifelong Learning needs.- Creating e-confidence in schools.- IFIP TC3 Lifelong Learning Position Paper.- Information and Communication Technology in Higher Education.- Educational innovation & ICT.