Adult Learning in the Digital Age : Information Technology and the Learning Society EPUB
by Neil (Monash University, Australia) Selwyn, Stephen (University of Durham, UK) Gorard, John (University of Oxford, UK) Furlong
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This engaging book sheds light on the ways in which adults in the twenty-first century interact with technology in different learning environments.
Based on one of the first large-scale academic research projects in this area, the authors present their findings and offer practical recommendations for the use of new technology in a learning society.
They invite debate on:why ICTs are believed to be capable of affecting positive change in adult learningthe drawbacks and limits of ICT in adult educationwhat makes a lifelong learner the wider social, economic, cultural and political realities of the information age and the learning society. Adult Learning addresses key questions and provides a sound empirical foundation to the existing debate, highlighting the complex realities of the learning society and e-learning rhetoric.
It tells the story of those who are excluded from the learning society, and offers a set of strong recommendations for practitioners, policy-makers, and politicians, as well as researchers and students.
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:248 pages, 38 Tables, black and white; 4 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:22/03/2006
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- ISBN:9781134248957
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:248 pages, 38 Tables, black and white; 4 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:22/03/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9781134248957