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Auzinger, Monika; Luomi-Messerer, Karin – European Commission, 2021
This note seeks to look back at the development and implementation process of the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET). It takes stock of its main achievements and how they are taken forward in the 2020 Council Recommendation on vocational education and training (VET) for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Credits, Foreign Countries, Transfer Programs
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Jeffs, Tony; Smith, Mark K. – Education Sciences, 2021
No undergraduate or postgraduate programmes currently exist for the professional education of informal educators. The authors outline the development of previous programmes and consider the emergence of informal education as a discrete concept. The article then highlights some key failings in the professional education of informal educators and…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Professional Education, Program Content, Undergraduate Study
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Reese, Renford – International Review of Education, 2019
This article briefly compares the prison system in the United States with progressive correctional systems in the world, before pivoting to discuss the lessons learned from the author's development of the Prison Education Project (PEP). PEP has expanded educational opportunities for inmates in 12 Californian correctional facilities. With the…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Correctional Institutions
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Kaplan, Matthew; Greenwood-Junkermeier, Heather; Bradley, Leah – Journal of Extension, 2019
The Intergenerational Leadership Institute (ILI) is a yearlong certificate training program developed by Pennsylvania State University for older adults (55-plus) seeking new lifelong learning and civic engagement experiences and opportunities to contribute to innovation and change in their communities. Data from participant surveys and…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Certification, Older Adults, Lifelong Learning
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Larese-Casanova, Mark – Journal of Extension, 2015
Integrating evaluation into an Extension program offers multiple opportunities to understand program success through achieving program goals and objectives, delivering programming using the most effective techniques, and refining program audiences. It is less common that evaluation is used to guide and validate the effectiveness of program…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Program Development
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Yousef, Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy; Chatti, Mohamed Amine; Schroeder, Ulrik; Wosnitza, Marold – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
In the past few years, there has been an increasing interest in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as a new form of Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL), in higher education and beyond. Recognizing the limitations of standalone MOOCs, blended MOOCs (bMOOCs) that aim at bringing in-class (i.e. face-to-face) interactions and online learning…
Descriptors: Usability, Use Studies, Blended Learning, Large Group Instruction
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Mergler, Amanda; Curtis, Elizabeth; Spooner-Lane, Rebecca – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
Over the last decade in Australia, the role of the teacher has changed. Teachers are now expected to model and foster in their students a wide range of skills such as critical thinking, self-regulated learning, knowledge of self and others and lifelong learning. These changes are having a significant impact on the design of pre-service teacher…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators
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Forman, David C. – Journal of Interactive Instruction Development, 1999
Focuses on the growth of training industry in the United States and the increase of its influence. Discusses organizations' expenditures on training; training industry associations; postsecondary programs; credibility of the training profession; intellectual leadership; shortage of skilled employees; and the overall impact of training today. (AEF)
Descriptors: Business, Continuing Education, Lifelong Learning, Professional Development
Miller, Harold A. – Continuum, 1978
The Dean of Continuing Education and Extension, University of Minnesota, discusses continuing education delivery systems and presents approaches needed for successful university extension continuing education programs. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Delivery Systems, Extension Education, Lifelong Learning
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Foreman, David C. – Journal of Interactive Instruction Development, 1999
This second of a two-part series on the training industry focuses on the internal perspectives of the training and learning process itself. Discusses the importance of returning to the core values of the training profession, in order to assure that the training/learning system works at full capacity. A table outlines the core principles,…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Principles, Lifelong Learning, Professional Development
Sprouse, Betsy M. – 1981
This evaluation report describes a research and demonstration project on community education and aging to demonstrate that interest in, access to, and demand for opportunities for lifelong learning can be increased among older adults by involving them in planning, implementing, evaluating, and changing community-based learning centers to meet…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Education, Educational Facilities, Lifelong Learning
Beattie, Andy – 1997
A British study verified whether the educational participation of Ford Motor Company's manual workers significantly increased following introduction of the Employee Development and Assistance Program (EDAP) and identified the features that contributed to its success. Over the past 15 years, studies of working class adults' educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blue Collar Occupations, Corporate Education, Foreign Countries
Rothwell, William J.; Cookson, Peter S. – 1997
This book introduces key issues in program planning as practiced in business and educational settings. Two chapters in part 1 introduce two foundational models--Lifelong Education Program Planning (LEPP) model and Contingency-Based Program Planning--and provide background on models designed by Houle, Knowles, Boyle, and Nadler. Parts 2-5 focus on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Job Training, Lifelong Learning, Needs Assessment
Palmieri, Phoebe – ARIS Resources Bulletin, 1999
Since 1998 a consortium of six educational and community institutions in Australia have created a pathway into tertiary education for those not served by existing paths. The new path results in a Diploma of Further Education. The program is based on a philosophy of lifelong learning, including a foundation of eight lifelong learning goals.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Curriculum Development, Educational Certificates
Coffey, Janis Cox; And Others – 1983
During a pilot project on the state role in facilitating adult learning, six states were asked (1) to establish and maintain a participatory planning mechanism for gathering information and building consensus among the public and private agencies and institutions within their states and (2) to use that mechanism in formulating policy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demography, Demonstration Programs, Educational Needs
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