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"In this post, I share with you a collection of key characteristics of 21st-century learners. Check them out to learn more ..."

Via Leona Ungerer

"Digital learning doesn’t replace teachers and classrooms. But it does reduce the need for learning to be teacher-led and single-paced ..."

Via Leona Ungerer

Learning throughout life makes sense. Research shows it is good for your health, your wealth, your civic engagement and your family’s future prospects. It prolongs your independent life and enriches your quality of life.

For companies, investing in worker skills makes sense too – it promotes flexibility and creativity, problem-solving, teamwork and an increased sense of agency among staff, making them happier and more productive. These are, of course, exactly the traits needed as companies face of the challenges of the latest industrial revolution.

For governments, supporting learning in later life helps to delay the onset of dependency among rapidly ageing populations; plays an important role in overcoming inequality and exclusion; and supports inter-generational learning, creating more resilient families and communities. More broadly, learning fosters improved well-being.

Jacques Delors, then President of the European Commission, summed this up in 1992 when he argued that lifelong learning was crucial to both economic prosperity and social cohesion.

 

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

 

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/?s=life+long+learning

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Life-Long-Learning

 

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/learning-to-learn-for-my-professional-development-i-did-it-my-way/

 

Via Gust MEES

"People who are future literate are more skilled at imagining the future and more able to prepare, recover and invent as changes occur. Our schools and universities should nurture people who can imagine beyond pre-existing paradigms to inspire hope and foster collaboration ..."

Via Leona Ungerer

In this article, we discuss how the promotion of self-directed learning can be a benefit to every student of every level.

 

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https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/learning-to-learn-for-my-professional-development-i-did-it-my-way/

 

https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=autodidact

 

Via Stephania Savva, Ph.D, Gust MEES

Choice can be confusing for educators. This post explains the continuum of building voice so learners self-regulate their learning for a purpose to build agency.

 

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http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=autodidact

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Self-Directed+Learning

 

Via Gust MEES, Jim Lerman