Lifelong Learning in Knowledge Society, the seventh installment of the Impact of Open Source Software Series, was posted on May 30, 2007, by Farideh Mashayekh, who serves as a Strategic Consultant in Educational Planning and Pedagogy with Pedagogy.ir. Thanks Farideh!
Farideh's posting was organized in an outline form, in which she addressed a range of issues that tied together life long learning, the knowledge society, e-learning, and active, e xperiential learning. Life long learning was cast as a constructivist social activity based on relationships among humans, technologies, other artifacts, and knowledge. Farideh posits the value of life long learning in terms of civic engagement and human development.
Farideh ends her posting with a statement that echoes some general concerns about globalization and points to the need for authentic experiential learning and the development of competencies and resources to meet our potential.
A knowledge”based society is a promising and challenging Global scenario with the advent of ICTin the 21st century. It carries both opportunities for personal advancement and the threat of being`left behind.” Opportunities provided to citizens through lifelong learning are a potential tool forempowerment. As pro-active lifelong learners we need to be equipped with new competencies aswe construct knowledge personally through social processes and culture. To be equipped withthe key competencies for lifelong learning in a knowledge society could be considered as a rightand obligation of every human being.
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