ERIC Number: ED431899
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995-Aug-10
Pages: 62
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Lifelong Learning on the Knowledge Highway. Access to Lifelong Learning Opportunities on Canada's Information Highway. A Background Paper.
Faris, Ron
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. Presented next is an overview of the economic, technological, social, and education and training-related factors that have led to recognition in Canada and worldwide of the leading role that lifelong learning must play in preparing individuals for the competitive, information-based global economy of the 21st century. The following three challenges facing Canada as it develops a lifelong learning system are discussed: (1) economic and social restructuring; (2) situational, dispositional, and institutional barriers to lifelong learning; and (3) learning models in response to new learning technologies. Trends and best practices in lifelong learning, the formal education sector, and nonformal education sector are reviewed. Next is a "made in Canada" response to the challenges. Included in the response are a conceptual framework and goals for lifelong learning in Canada. Appended are the following: barriers to learning identified in a 1982 survey; goal summary of a lifelong learning framework; overview of lifelong learning in the formal and nonformal sectors; and selected bibliography. Contains 39 references. (MN)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Administration, Educational Attitudes, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices, Educational Technology, Educational Trends, Empowerment, Foreign Countries, Internet, Lifelong Learning, Nonformal Education, Postsecondary Education, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Human Resources Development Canada, Hull (Quebec). Office of Learning Technologies.
Identifiers - Location: Canada; United Kingdom; United States
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