Opportunities for lifelong learning in the 1990s: an optimistic view of information technology
Participating in the controversial discussion in the UK, the author puts forward his arguments for an optimistic approach towards the contribution of information technology to lifelong learning in the 1990s. He names four benefits which will result from these new opportunities: 1) freedom of time because of greater flexibility for the student during the week to devote to study, 2) freedom of place for both students on campus and those at a distance as technology broadens the availability of learning resources, 3) freedom of choice of subject area, methods and form of assessment, and 4) freedom of action because of an almost unlimited access to information and record of experience. The author stresses the need for public planning and provision of resources through a national authority to co-ordinate development and minimize costs, to make possible a learning society in which lifelong learning will be seen as a political, social and economic necessity
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| Format: | book biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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UK
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| Subjects: | Adult education, Computers, Distance education, Educational technology, Independent study, Lifelong learning, Recurrent education, Social change, Teaching materials, |
| Online Access: | https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000167408 |
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| Summary: | Participating in the controversial discussion in the UK, the author puts forward his arguments for an optimistic approach towards the contribution of information technology to lifelong learning in the 1990s. He names four benefits which will result from these new opportunities: 1) freedom of time because of greater flexibility for the student during the week to devote to study, 2) freedom of place for both students on campus and those at a distance as technology broadens the availability of learning resources, 3) freedom of choice of subject area, methods and form of assessment, and 4) freedom of action because of an almost unlimited access to information and record of experience. The author stresses the need for public planning and provision of resources through a national authority to co-ordinate development and minimize costs, to make possible a learning society in which lifelong learning will be seen as a political, social and economic necessity |
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