Investigating the Role of Technology in Widening Participation in Lifelong Learning. Final Report.

Autor/inn/en	Gorard, Stephen; Selwyn, Neil
Institution	Cardiff Univ. (Wales).
Titel	Investigating the Role of Technology in Widening Participation in Lifelong Learning. Final Report.
Quelle	(2000), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Mediated Communication; Computer Uses in Education; Distance Education; Educational Development; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Lifelong Learning; Pilot Projects; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Computerkonferenz; Computernutzung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Bildungsentwicklung; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Großbritannien
Abstract	This small-grant funded project was intended to act as a pilot study looking at the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in adult education. In particular, the project aimed to investigate the use of ICT in extending patterns of participation in adult education to those social groups presently excluded from learning; one of the oft-stated rationales for the funding of such programs in the United Kingdom and United States. Over the course of the year, the project followed the development of the Digital College ICT-based program in Wales, alongside the concurrent implementation of the UK-wide national government initiatives the "University for Industry" and "learndirect." In doing so, a range of research instruments were developed, used and refined, primary and secondary data were collected and analyzed, and directions for future research formulated. The scope of the data collected allowed a series of tentative conclusions to be reached regarding the effectiveness of ICT-based education to achieve its aims. The overall preliminary finding from the project is the wide disparity between the enthusiastic rhetoric surrounding ICT-based education and the reality 'on-the-ground,' as it presently stands. (Author/AEF)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC