Distance learning and lifelong learning

Managing Distance and Lifelong Learning

Distance Learning at University From A Lifelong Learning Perspective

The paper discusses the importance of distance learning within university education. This issue stems from lifelong learning perspective, relating to social factors as emigration, demographic situation and competitiveness in the labour market. Distance learning is one of the possible solutions to acquire education to working people or those who live in remote locations. The main focus of our re...

Lifelong Machine Learning Lifelong Machine Learning

Lifelong machine learning (or lifelong learning) is an advanced machine learning paradigm that learns continuously, accumulates the knowledge learned in previous tasks, and uses it to help future learning. In the process, the learner becomes more and more knowledgeable and effective at learning. This learning ability is one of the hallmarks of human intelligence. However, the current dominant m...

Teaching for lifelong learning, and lifelong learning for teaching

When re-thinking the design of the curriculum for pre-service teachers (in our case in Informatics and Information technologies) we should start with the main question – what these teachers-to-be should prepare their students for? The authors’ provide arguments in support of the belief that the school should be oriented to building competences identified as crucial for the citizens in a knowled...

Lifelong Learning for Lifelong Employment

SOMEONE ASKED ME recently, “How do we keep 40-year-old software developers employed?” At rst I was puzzled. I had little clue this was a problem. Isn’t there more demand than supply for software developers? However, imagine a software developer who graduates from a good engineering school and gets a good job in a large high-tech company. He marries and raises a family, is good at barbecue, runs...