Learning in a Digital Age - extending opportunities for lifelong learning
An increasing number of students are benefiting from education later in life, bringing diverse experiences, skills and needs and adding value to employers and society. Learning in a Digital Age – extending opportunities for lifelong learning demonstrates, through a range of case studies, how institutions are already using technology to attract and retain these diverse groups of learners, offer professional development opportunities for their own staff, and enhance engagement and collaboration with employers and other organisations with a stake in effective lifelong learning.
Who is the guide for?
The audience consists primarily of practitioners in higher and further education and their managers, particularly those working in continuing and professional learning contexts. It may also be of interest to learners and employers. There will be a supporting set of online resources, including expert podcasts and thematic video case studies which will have broad appeal.
What does the guide cover?
The guide concentrates on those instances of technology-enhanced lifelong learning which relate to the focus of JISC work, rather than lifelong learning in its entirety from cradle to grave. In this respect, it focuses not only on the interaction between higher education and young, full-time undergraduates, but also with learners at other stages of the learning journey: the adult returner, the employee, the parent undertaking a career change, or the professional seeking to learn new skills.
Since lifelong learning encompasses cross institutional policies and practice, its content covers the core themes and lessons learnt from JISC’s Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development programme, alongside main messages arising from a number of previous JISC e-Learning programme activities in this area and other related initiatives.
When will the guide be available?
The Learning in a Digital Age - extending opportunities for lifelong learning guide will be available in June 2012 and will be available in PDF and text-only formats, as well as in ePub and MOBI formats for viewing on e-book readers and Kindles.
To pre-order your free copies of the publication please register your details here: https://survey.jisc.ac.uk/digilifelong2012
Your order will be posted to you within two weeks of the launch date, which is anticipated to be in June 2012. Please note that there is a limited print run of this guide.
For further information about this guide please email Ruth Drysdale (r.drysdale@jisc.ac.uk)