Investigate technology's role in community-based lifelong learning delivery as a research priority¶

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Description¶

The paper identifies the use of technology as a major focus for advancing community-based lifelong learning, arguing that applications of new technologies to improve program effectiveness and learning are imperative for a futuristic perspective. It raises open questions about program delivery, how learning is facilitated through diverse technologies, how adults learn through technology, and how to reduce the phobias attached to technology use.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Communities must develop new perspectives about where, how, when, and why they engage in learning to provide technological providership

Constraints¶

• The paper frames technology as raising many unanswered questions rather than reporting demonstrated benefits

Target Learners¶

• adult learners in urban and rural communities, including technology-phobic users

Target Learning Goals¶

• lifelong learning access beyond local boundaries
• effective learning through diverse technologies

Related Strategies¶

• Advance community-based lifelong learning through mentoring relationships connecting local expertise with desired learners
• CEO Forum recommendations: prepare and certify teachers for technology integration across pre-service, licensure, and in-service career stages
• Use audience-perception associations to set design priorities for digital lacquer-painting experiences, pending evaluation with real interfaces

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Galbraith, M. W. (1995). Community-Based Organizations and the Delivery of Lifelong Learning Opportunities. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED385253