Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age

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 ers 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