Adult Learning in the Digital Age: Information Technology and the Learning Society

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.

Copyright:

2005

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781134248957

Related ISBNs:

9780203003039, 9780415356985, 9780415356985, 9780415356992, 9780415356992

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

04/26/20

Copyrighted By:

Routledge

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Science, Technology, Education

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.