LIFELONG LEARNING

The ICDE community focuses primarily on - Sustainable Development Goal 4 - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Lifelong learning is learning activity that is undertaken throughout life, mostly aimed at improving personal knowledge, skills and competences. The concept of lifelong learning is important from a personal, institutional, employment and from a social and national perspective.

ICDE Lillehammer Lifelong Learning Summit 2019

20 keynote speakers and plenary debate contributors, 26 symposia and paper sessions and 400 participants and invited guests. #Lifelonglearning2019

LIFELONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

The opportunity to engage in and to facilitate lifelong learning has never been so abundant as a result of by the emergence of technologies that allow us to receive and gather information, collaborate with others, and communicate almost seamlessly.

The global open movement has flourished the sharing paradigm, which has given birth to the concepts of Open Source Software (OSS), Open Educational Resources (OERs), and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and much more.

These phenomena have undeniably further created and nourished numerous lifelong learning opportunities and endeavors throughout the world.

ICDE KNOWLEDGE HUB: LIFELONG LEARNING

Most recently uploaded lifelong learning resources to the ICDE Knowledge Clearinghouse are featured below:

Knowledge Hub, Reports, Events etc.

EPICA Initiative

EPICA is bringing together businesses, organisations and universities in both Europe and Africa to design an innovative, scalable ePortfolio, which will improve the quality, visibility and availability of new skills.

ICDE Lillehammer Lifelong Learning Summit 2019: Presentations

Presentations are now available from the Plenary Sessions at the ICDE Lillehammer Lifelong Learning Summit 2019.

The ICDE Agenda: Lifelong Learning at the Center

For ICDE a big issue derives from the current development of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Technologies - and that is the importance of the next generation policies, concept and methodologies for Lifelong Learning.

OUC Launches Next Generation Open Learning Platform - Online Credit Bank to Boost Lifelong Learning

Open University China Launches Next Generation Open Learning Platform - Online Credit Bank To Boost Lifelong Learning

The next generation open learning platform, the joint OUC, Research Institute of New Education, and Chaoxing Group’s Online Credit Bank, was officially opened, marking the credit bank’s entrance into a brand new development phase with MOOCs as its core application model.

Addisco - 20 years of experience with lifelong learning in Norway

A successful partnership to enhance employability to be prepared for labour markets in constant change.

Making Globalisation Work for All?

This was the theme of the speech by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, end of April 2017, in a meeting hosted by the Danish OECD Presidency.

Digital risks and digital chances

The internet and globalization are changing our world and ways to communicate, learn and live together. They are offering huge opportunities but also challenges that the special Conference "Digital Risks - Digital Chances" is addressing.

LangOER Conference: ‘Open Education: Promoting Diversity for European Languages’

From 26 to 27 September 2016, the LangOER project, in cooperation with EdReNe, the Educational Repositories Network, will hold its final conference titled ‘Open Education: Promoting Diversity for European Languages’ in Brussels, Belgium.

European open and distance teaching Universities decide on certified short learning programmes

European open and distance teaching universities decide on the large scale delivery of certified short learning programmes during the EADTU-EU Summit by signing a Memorandum of Understanding.

What is the global demand for online education?

As the demand for online education grows at a rapid pace, universities are trying to work out how to participate in this trend.

Webinar: Adults in Higher Education

The webinar will be hosted by Carl Holmberg – a long-time advocate of adults and distance education from ICDE, and Carmen Neghina – the data and intelligence specialist from StudyPortals .

OER initiatives - country reports from around the world

An initiative to analyse policies for open educational resources (OER) uptake has compiled individual reports for 33 countries.

New Research On Adult Learners In European Higher Education

A new report on adult learners in higher education shows that courses offered at a distance are liberating and a crucial route to new qualifications.

The current situation for online adult learning in higher education

It is estimated that at least 2 million students are enrolled in distance teaching universities in Europe.

Flexible adult learning - the opportunities for higher education

A recent study has shown that there is considerable potential for the greater integration of flexible adult learning in higher education.

LANGOER

3-year network (January 2014- December 2016) supported by action KA2 Languages of the Lifelong Learning Programme, European Commission

IDEAL- Impact of Distance Education on Adult Learning

The IDEAL project seeks to examine how higher education institutions can and do contribute to adult learning by way of distance education.

ICDE President presented the Indonesian experience at a forum on Lifelong Learning

Prof. Tian Belawati, President of ICDE and Rector of Universitas Terbuka, presented ‘Opening Access to Lifelong Learning: Indonesia Experience’ at the ASEM Forum on Lifelong Learning 2015.