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ADULT LEARNING IN THE DIGITAL AGE IBD

ROUTLEDGE
09 / 2005
9780415356992
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Sinopsis

This engaging book sheds light on the ways in which adults in the twenty-first century interact withátechnology in different learning environments. Based on one of the first large-scale academic research projects in this area, the authors present their findingsáand offerápractical 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 theácomplex 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 ofástrong recommendations for practitioners, policy-makers, and politicians, as well as researchers and students.