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ADULT LEARNING IN THE DIGITAL AGE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE LEARNING SOCIETY |
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John Furlong, Neil Selwyn, Stephen Gorard |
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ISBN 10: |
0415356997 |
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9780415356992 |
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Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
Pub. date: |
22 September, 2005 |
Pages: |
248 |
Description: |
Based on a large-scale research project, this book describes the ways adults interact with new technologies for learning at home, work and in the wider community. It offers practical recommendations for policy-makers and practitioners. It highlights the messy realities of the learning society and e-learning rhetoric. |
Synopsis: |
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 learning * the drawbacks and limits of ICT in adult education * what 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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38 black & white tables, 4 black & white halftones |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Routledge Falmer |
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