A vision about lifelong learning and its barriers

Around 25 years ago, some researchers argued for moving towards innovative learning models characterized by being more personalized and where the students would have a more active role in deciding what to learn, when to learn and how to learn. Nowadays, there is a need for a flexible, efficient, uni...

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Autores: Conesa, Jordi, Garcia Alsina, Montserrat, Batalla-Busquets, Josep M., Cruz Gil, María del Carmen, Gómez Zúñiga, Benigna, Martínez Argüelles, María Jesús, Monjo Palau, Antònia, Mor, Enric
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/136106
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10609/136106
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:lifelong learning
e-learning
self-determined learning
heutagogy
aprenentatge virtual
aprenentatge autònom
heutagogia
aprenentatge permanent
aprendizaje autónomo
heutagogía
aprendizaje permanente
Web-based instruction
Ensenyament virtual
Enseñanza virtual
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Sumario:Around 25 years ago, some researchers argued for moving towards innovative learning models characterized by being more personalized and where the students would have a more active role in deciding what to learn, when to learn and how to learn. Nowadays, there is a need for a flexible, efficient, universal and lifelong education. Lifelong learning is fully integrated into our society and, from the student point of view, it is very different from regular learning. Among these differences there is the maturity of students, the fact that the domains of interest are much broader, the way how learning occurs at different depths, the fact that the topics to study may be related both to work, family and leisure, and that students have little availability due to their necessity to conciliate home, work, leisure and learning. Lifelong learning requires personalized models that adapt to students' needs and constraints, but lifelong learners keep suffering from models that are neither adapted to their necessities, nor to the needs of society. This paper reflects on the actual situation of lifelong learning, analyses some of the relevant literature and discusses the challenges to conceptualize, from a transdisciplinary point of view, innovative e-learning models that promote self-determination of students.