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Information Technology and the Learning Society: Supporting Lifelong Learning and Flexicurity Policies

Information Technology and the Learning Society: Supporting Lifelong Learning and Flexicurity Policies

Teresa Torres-Coronas, Mario Arias-Oliva, M. Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781615206940|ISBN10: 1615206949|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616922290|EISBN13: 9781615206957
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-694-0.ch007
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Torres-Coronas, Teresa, et al. "Information Technology and the Learning Society: Supporting Lifelong Learning and Flexicurity Policies." Integrating Adult Learning and Technologies for Effective Education: Strategic Approaches, edited by Viktor Wang, IGI Global, 2010, pp. 120-135. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-694-0.ch007

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Torres-Coronas, T., Arias-Oliva, M., & Vidal-Blasco, M. A. (2010). Information Technology and the Learning Society: Supporting Lifelong Learning and Flexicurity Policies. In V. Wang (Ed.), Integrating Adult Learning and Technologies for Effective Education: Strategic Approaches (pp. 120-135). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-694-0.ch007

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Torres-Coronas, Teresa, Mario Arias-Oliva, and M. Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco. "Information Technology and the Learning Society: Supporting Lifelong Learning and Flexicurity Policies." In Integrating Adult Learning and Technologies for Effective Education: Strategic Approaches, edited by Viktor Wang, 120-135. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-694-0.ch007

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Abstract

This chapter provides a conceptual discussion about the interaction between information and communication technologies (ICT) and the learning society. It focuses on the importance of knowledge and social capital building as key stones of the connected learning society, which is built upon online networks. This chapter also highlights the role of lifelong learning in the connected learning society as an instrument which can support flexicurity policies in the labor market. This work follows the common argumentation logic that the introduction of ICT usually leads to a change in lifelong learning opportunities, which are playing an especial role in achieving economic, employment and social goals. In the connected learning society, how technology is being used will ensure the continual adaptability and employability of workers.

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