Lifelong Learning (even) in later Life? – Selfdirected Learning, technical Skills concerning new Media and Access to Information- and Communication Technology in Seniors’s Education at University Level
The text starts with some definitions and classifications within the field of age- and ageing processes-research and some aspects about the influence of age on learning and cognitive capability. Do older adults change their attitudes toward learning? Lifelong learning is seen not only as a medium to get higher (vocational) qualifications but as a life-accompanying task. At first are linked theoretically de-veloped concepts of life-long learning and self-directed learning of older adults and their access to in-formation- and communication technology and then presented and described by an example of a pro-gram of continuing education for older adults in media-orientated learning environment.
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