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2012 » Papers » Volume 2 » FOREIGN LANGUAGES STUDIED THROUGH ONLINE PRACTICES, A STEP FORWARD TO LIFELONG LEARNING 1. FOREIGN LANGUAGES STUDIED THROUGH ONLINE PRACTICES, A STEP FORWARD TO LIFELONG LEARNING Authors: Nicolaescu Cristina Volume 2 | DOI: 10.12753/2066-026X-12-129 | Pages: 235-240 | Download PDF | Abstract
My paper is a research-informed presentation of online practices in higher education, as a new pedagogic paradigm, in the information age. I would describe e-learning as a pathway for the future, not replacing the traditional forms of education, but supporting and completing them, in an interactive, collaborative manner. The Faculty I work for has designed the educational process as a combination of theoretical and practical study of foreign languages assisted by computers. This corresponds to a learning need within the space of democratic discourse and a globalizing process.
My research is concisely described by exemplifying with a case study – commenting on the monitoring steps, results and conclusions in the view to expanding these practices and enhancing their effectiveness, corresponding to a growing demand. I also discuss the role of Web technologies in promoting life-long learning and streamlining knowledge management and diverse forms of applications, the factors that impinge on learning through the life course, and the social and the economic rationale for lifelong learning. By creating scenarios for a future use, the impact of e-learning on the educational environment is examined, with encouraging results in the sense that learners acquire new competences, in the particular field of foreign languages, pointing out the most important links between Lifelong Learning and adult education. I will explain a learning unit to show the practical application of cooperative methods. Based on a research project on learning with technology, the results prove the positive changes in languages acquisition by practical experience for the advancement of pedagogical techniques adult education.
The suggestions will be gathered and tested for further learning scenarios and so on, steadily promoting and implementing sustainable learning. | Keywords
e-learning, lifelong learning, digital, globalization, |
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