Adult Education and Vocational Training in the Digital Age

Adult Education and Vocational Training in the Digital Age
Author: Wang, Victor C.X.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2016-11-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1522509305

In order to deliver optimum educational opportunities to learners, higher education institutions must utilize emerging innovations and resources. By doing so, they can begin to develop more student-centric pedagogies. Adult Education and Vocational Training in the Digital Age is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly material on the use of recent technologies to facilitate and optimize classroom environments for adult learners. Highlighting relevant andragogical, organizational, and institutional issues, this book is ideally designed for professionals, educators, upper-level students, administrators, and academics interested in emerging research on digital classrooms.

Adult Learning in the Digital Age

Adult Learning in the Digital Age
Author: Neil Selwyn
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2006-03-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134248954

This engaging book sheds light on the ways in which adults in the twenty-first century interact with technology in different learning environments. Based on one of the first large-scale academic research projects in this area, the authors present their findings and offer practical recommendations for the use of new technology in a learning society. They invite debate on: why ICTs are believed to be capable of affecting positive change in adult learning the drawbacks and limits of ICT in adult education what makes a lifelong learner the wider social, economic, cultural and political realities of the information age and the learning society. Adult Learning addresses key questions and provides a sound empirical foundation to the existing debate, highlighting the complex realities of the learning society and e-learning rhetoric. It tells the story of those who are excluded from the learning society, and offers a set of strong recommendations for practitioners, policy-makers, and politicians, as well as researchers and students.

Stagnancy Issues and Change Initiatives for Global Education in the Digital Age

Stagnancy Issues and Change Initiatives for Global Education in the Digital Age
Author: Neimann, Theresa
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2020-09-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1799849945

At this juncture in the history and development of education in the digital age, constituents of education systems across the globe are challenged with revising or rediscovering the purpose of educational institutions within societies. Institutions need to retool to include digital games-based and problem-based learning, and education itself must adapt to serve the needs of a diverse student population. Stagnancy Issues and Change Initiatives for Global Education in the Digital Age is a cutting-edge research publication that explores the complex discourse of trends, shifts, and changes happening in the field of education and to understand the implications for teaching, learning, and professional development. The book helps educators understand how to make their pedagogy and andragogy relevant in the framework of constant technological shifts and changes in order to help students thrive in a global economy. Featuring a wide range of topics such as gamification, pedagogy, and intercultural learning, this book is ideal for curriculum designers, academicians, education professionals, researchers, policymakers, and students.

Vocational Education Technologies and Advances in Adult Learning: New Concepts

Vocational Education Technologies and Advances in Adult Learning: New Concepts
Author: Wang, Victor C.X.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2012-03-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1466602538

"This book provides a global look at educational technologies for adult learners with content drawing from theory, research, practice, individual experience, and offers insight by leading scholars, theorists, and practitioners worldwide"--Provided by publisher.

Information and Communication Technology in Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Sustainable and Equal Opportunity

Information and Communication Technology in Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Sustainable and Equal Opportunity
Author: Reem Khamis Hamdan
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 538
Release:
Genre: Educational technology
ISBN: 9819969093

Zusammenfassung: This book provide an in-depth analysis of current development concerning ICTs with reference to vocational education and training. It presents best and innovative ICT-based solutions implemented in education and explores controversial topics such as challenges and opportunities. It discusses the role of ICT, vocational education and training in women empowerment. It also examines digital learning, vocational education and sustainable operations. Information and communication technologies have created new opportunities along with new challenges, putting profound and urgent implications on vocational education and training (VET). Nowadays, we must think broadly and make the right choices about VET using innovation and digitalization to boost the quality of vocational education and training, enable the upskilling and reskilling of adults, and enhance the employability of learners. The potential and the impact of ICTs in vocational education and training have yet to be fully exploited, leading to an emerging direction of research. This book helps readers to understand the idea of business education and education governance in a digital age. It is of interest to practitioners, administrators, researchers, teachers, teacher educators and students.

Vocational Education and Training in the Age of Digitization

Vocational Education and Training in the Age of Digitization
Author: Eveline Wuttke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2020-10-26
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 9783847424321

The increasing digitalization of work is associated with accelerated structural changes. This book focuses on the diverse demands placed on teachers, learners, and educational institutions in vocational education and training and provides up-to-date results on learning in the digital age.

Handbook of Research on Education and Technology in a Changing Society

Handbook of Research on Education and Technology in a Changing Society
Author: Wang, Victor C. X.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 1471
Release: 2014-05-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1466660473

Technology has become an integral part of our everyday lives. This trend in ubiquitous technology has also found its way into the learning process at every level of education. The Handbook of Research on Education and Technology in a Changing Society offers an in-depth description of concepts related to different areas, issues, and trends within education and technological integration in modern society. This handbook includes definitions and terms, as well as explanations of concepts and processes regarding the integration of technology into education. Addressing all pertinent issues and concerns in education and technology in our changing society with a wide breadth of discussion, this handbook is an essential collection for educators, academicians, students, researchers, and librarians.

Vocational Education and Training in the Age of Digitization

Vocational Education and Training in the Age of Digitization
Author: Eveline Wuttke
Publisher: Verlag Barbara Budrich
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2020-10-26
Genre: Education
ISBN: 384741335X

Mit der zunehmenden Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt ist ein beschleunigter Strukturwandel verbunden, der veränderte Qualifikationsprofile und damit neue Herausforderungen für die berufliche Aus- und Weiterbildung mit sich bringt. Betriebe, berufliche Schulen und andere Bildungsinstitutionen müssen darauf in angemessener Weise reagieren. Der Band nimmt die vielfältigen Anforderungen an Lehrende, Lernende und Bildungsinstitutionen der beruflichen Aus- und Weiterbildung in den Blick und stellt aktuelle Ergebnisse zum Lernen im digitalen Zeitalter zur Verfügung.