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Finn, Don – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2022
The incorporation of digital technologies into adult education classrooms has seen steady growth for over two decades. Many computer-based applications are used for skills development, practice, and other activities inside and outside the classroom. Despite such integration, the COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected in-person learning, catching…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Electronic Learning, Access to Education
OECD Publishing, 2018
Raising skills is critical to Portugal's economic success and social well-being. As globalisation and digitalisation are transforming how people work, how societies function and how individuals interact, Portugal needs to equip its entire population with strong skills so that they can benefit from new opportunities. Portugal has put education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Skill Development, Educational Strategies, Adult Learning
St. Clair, Ralf; Winer, Laura; Finkelstein, Adam; Fuentes-Steeves, Alex; Wald, Sylvie – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2015
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are a relatively new form of education, offered by some of the best-known universities and attracting many hundreds of thousands of students. The authors describe MOOCs and the claims made about them and analyze two major impacts of these programs based on the first MOOC offered by McGill University. The first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Adult Learning
OECD Publishing, 2018
"Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators" is the authoritative source for information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances and performance of education systems in the 35 OECD and a number of partner countries. With more than 100 charts and tables, Education at a Glance 2018 imparts key…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Outcomes of Education
Saar, Ellu; Ure, Odd Bjorn; Desjardins, Richard – European Journal of Education, 2013
This article considers the role of diverse institutions in framing adult learning systems. The focus is on institutional characteristics and configurations in different countries and their potential impact on the extent of adult learning, as well as on inequalities in access to adult learning. Typologies of education and training systems as well…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Adult Learning, Access to Education, Equal Education
Ray, Shenita Latese – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to identify the perceptions of institutional policies and practices, based on the perspectives of minority adult learners, which contribute to and militate against underrepresented adult learners' persistence in college until baccalaureate degree completion, describe why these policies and practices influence…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Minority Group Students
Kirby, Dale; Curran, Vernon; Hollett, Ann – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2009
A number of recent policy reports have suggested that Canadian universities and community colleges should play a more significant role in response to the adult education and training needs of Canada's workforce. This article discusses the results of a study that examined investment trends and the characteristics of non-formal adult learner…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Nonformal Education
Bennett, Shirley; Ryley, Peter – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2007
Current developments arising from the Bologna Process and impacting throughout European higher education trace their origins to the lifelong learning and widening participation agendas. They aim to facilitate new patterns and pathways of study and provide transparency and guidance for students. However, practical implementation of the changes in…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Program Implementation
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 2003
Drawing on the experience of Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, this document identifies effective adult education policies and practices. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) issues in adult learning and why adult learning is important; (2) patterns of participation and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Jackson, Carol – 2003
This document explains how adult educators and others in the United Kingdom can increase levels of participation and achievement in learning for young adults by providing informal learning opportunities for those young people who are least inclined to participate in formal education and training programs. The guide outlines a step-by-step approach…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Definitions
Titmus, Colin – 1981
European case studies on strategies for adult education are presented as representative or exemplary approaches to universal access. Each is described within a historical and social context: the British Community Colleges and the Open University; the Swedish Study Circles; the Evening Folk High School in Germany; the social-cultural animation…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece). – 1997
Current practice in accreditation of prior and informal learning in the United Kingdom was examined through a review of literature on how the accreditation of prior and informal learning is being used to gain access to higher education or toward certification of a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) or Scottish Vocational Qualification (SVQ).…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Faris, Ron – 1995
This report examines access to lifelong learning opportunities on Canada's information highway. The report begins with a glossary and a learner-centered model in which the information highway links learners with learning opportunities provided through educational institutions, community organizations, government, and business and industry.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Computer Uses in Education
Jones, Ann; And Others – 1993
This book examines the effects of a 1988 policy decision of the British Open University (OU) requiring all distance learners to acquire a personal computer (PC) on their own and use it to conduct their distance education as OU students. The following topics are discussed in the book's nine chapters: potential, history, and development of computers…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Computer Literacy
Chadwick, Alan, Ed.; Stannett, Annette, Ed. – 1995
This book, which is intended for individuals involved in the education of adults and museum education, explores the potential role of museums in creation of a learning society, possibilities for collaboration between museums and adult education providers, access to museum resources by adult learners, and training and staff development. The…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning