Exploring the impacts of distance higher education on adult learners' lives and reclaiming lifelong learning as a human development process
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Resumo: | This article intends to launch discussion and reflection on two main themes: lifelong learning and digital literacy in nowadays societies. In looking for the intersections between these concepts to connote them with a more humanistic and holistic perspective, we explore the potentials of distance learning in the lives of adult learners. The empirical basis for this exploration is a survey applied to 706 (143 respondents) graduates in the education of the Portuguese Open University to know their future projects and the impact of this degree in the various dimensions of their personal, social and professional lives. The conclusions of this analysis point to recognition, by the respondents, of the positive impacts that distance higher education has in their personal and social lives. However, these impacts are not as visible in professional terms since the answers show little significant professional progressions. In this sense, the article concludes that it is important to rethink the founding ideas of the concept of lifelong learning from a humanistic perspective and to approach it with a holistic and transversal conception of what is now defined as digital literacy. Distance education, for adult learners, is a scenario that not only strengthens the personal, social and professional development of individuals, but also the development of competencies applied not only to the digital world but also to each person’s daily activities. |
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Exploring the impacts of distance higher education on adult learners' lives and reclaiming lifelong learning as a human development processAdult educationLifelong learningOnline higher educationHuman developmentPortuguese open university graduatesODS::04:Educação de QualidadeODS::10:Reduzir as DesigualdadesThis article intends to launch discussion and reflection on two main themes: lifelong learning and digital literacy in nowadays societies. In looking for the intersections between these concepts to connote them with a more humanistic and holistic perspective, we explore the potentials of distance learning in the lives of adult learners. The empirical basis for this exploration is a survey applied to 706 (143 respondents) graduates in the education of the Portuguese Open University to know their future projects and the impact of this degree in the various dimensions of their personal, social and professional lives. The conclusions of this analysis point to recognition, by the respondents, of the positive impacts that distance higher education has in their personal and social lives. However, these impacts are not as visible in professional terms since the answers show little significant professional progressions. In this sense, the article concludes that it is important to rethink the founding ideas of the concept of lifelong learning from a humanistic perspective and to approach it with a holistic and transversal conception of what is now defined as digital literacy. Distance education, for adult learners, is a scenario that not only strengthens the personal, social and professional development of individuals, but also the development of competencies applied not only to the digital world but also to each person’s daily activities.International Council for Open and Distance Education - ICDERepositório AbertoNeves, ClaudiaHenriques, Susana2021-01-06T17:54:33Z20202020-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/10349engNeves, C., Henriques, S. (2020). Exploring the impacts of distance higher education on adult learners' lives and reclaiming lifelong learning as a human development process, OpenPraxis, 12(4), 439-456. http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.12.4.10842304-070Xhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.12.4.1084info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-16T15:34:51Zoai:repositorioaberto.uab.pt:10400.2/10349Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:49:58.015503Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Exploring the impacts of distance higher education on adult learners' lives and reclaiming lifelong learning as a human development process |
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Exploring the impacts of distance higher education on adult learners' lives and reclaiming lifelong learning as a human development process |
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Exploring the impacts of distance higher education on adult learners' lives and reclaiming lifelong learning as a human development process Neves, Claudia Adult education Lifelong learning Online higher education Human development Portuguese open university graduates ODS::04:Educação de Qualidade ODS::10:Reduzir as Desigualdades |
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Exploring the impacts of distance higher education on adult learners' lives and reclaiming lifelong learning as a human development process |
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Exploring the impacts of distance higher education on adult learners' lives and reclaiming lifelong learning as a human development process |
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Exploring the impacts of distance higher education on adult learners' lives and reclaiming lifelong learning as a human development process |
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Exploring the impacts of distance higher education on adult learners' lives and reclaiming lifelong learning as a human development process |
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Exploring the impacts of distance higher education on adult learners' lives and reclaiming lifelong learning as a human development process |
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Neves, Claudia |
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Neves, Claudia Henriques, Susana |
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Henriques, Susana |
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Repositório Aberto |
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Neves, Claudia Henriques, Susana |
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Adult education Lifelong learning Online higher education Human development Portuguese open university graduates ODS::04:Educação de Qualidade ODS::10:Reduzir as Desigualdades |
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Adult education Lifelong learning Online higher education Human development Portuguese open university graduates ODS::04:Educação de Qualidade ODS::10:Reduzir as Desigualdades |
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This article intends to launch discussion and reflection on two main themes: lifelong learning and digital literacy in nowadays societies. In looking for the intersections between these concepts to connote them with a more humanistic and holistic perspective, we explore the potentials of distance learning in the lives of adult learners. The empirical basis for this exploration is a survey applied to 706 (143 respondents) graduates in the education of the Portuguese Open University to know their future projects and the impact of this degree in the various dimensions of their personal, social and professional lives. The conclusions of this analysis point to recognition, by the respondents, of the positive impacts that distance higher education has in their personal and social lives. However, these impacts are not as visible in professional terms since the answers show little significant professional progressions. In this sense, the article concludes that it is important to rethink the founding ideas of the concept of lifelong learning from a humanistic perspective and to approach it with a holistic and transversal conception of what is now defined as digital literacy. Distance education, for adult learners, is a scenario that not only strengthens the personal, social and professional development of individuals, but also the development of competencies applied not only to the digital world but also to each person’s daily activities. |
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Neves, C., Henriques, S. (2020). Exploring the impacts of distance higher education on adult learners' lives and reclaiming lifelong learning as a human development process, OpenPraxis, 12(4), 439-456. http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.12.4.1084 2304-070X http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.12.4.1084 |
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