Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age

Mike Kendall

ISBN 10: 1402078420 / ISBN 13: 9781402078422

Published by Springer US, Springer US Mär 2004, 2004

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -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.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 280 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age
• Publisher: Springer US, Springer US Mär 2004
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402078420
• ISBN 13: 9781402078422
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 20D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 588 grams

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Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

This 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: Changing environments; What is Lifelong Learning?; Who are the learners?; Characteristics of learning environments; Sustainability of learning environments; Learning communities; Role of educational institutions; and, Role of ICT. "Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age" 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. "Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age" 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.