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

Selwyn, Neil (Author)/ Gorard, Stephen (Author)/ Furlong, John (Author)

ISBN 10: 0415356997 / ISBN 13: 9780415356992

Published by Routledge, 2005

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1st edition. 229 pages. 9.00x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adult Learning in the Digital Age: Information Technology and the Learning Society
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415356997
• ISBN 13: 9780415356992
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.39 kilograms

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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.

About the Author

Neil Selwyn, Stephen Gorard, John Furlong