...Tania Hector Purpose The article aims to clarify the risks and opportunities available to corporate learning professionals with the advent of a tsunami of EdTech (educational technology) that promises to be the silver bullet of lifelong learning. It acknowledges that the urgency of up/reskilling...

.... It is often seen as more about personal development than strategic planning, but in fact is also important to the aims of the employer. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Training Learning Lifelong learning Education Investment in people Assessment In today's challenging...

...P. Bartram © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Banks Career development Communications technology Lifelong learning Training United Kingdom Article Type: Abstracts From: Development and Learning in Organizations, Volume 23, Issue 2 Bartram P...

... resource management Lifelong learning As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future (Alison Lurie). The systems are familiar, but the concepts are centuries apart. While European universities have been struggling to assimilate under...

...T. Entwistle © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Employee development Human resource management Lifelong learning National health service Article Type: Abstracts From: Development and Learning in Organizations, Volume 22, Issue 2. Lifelong learning...

...Michael A. Williams Purpose The aim of this paper is investigate the importance of lifelong learning in the area of medicine. Design/methodology/approach The paper examines changes in methods of learning and challenges to educators today. Findings The paper finds that today...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Adult education Canada Employment Lifelong learning Volunteers Work time and learning activities of the continuously employed: a longitudinal analysis, 1998-2004 Livingstone D. , Stowe S.  Journal of Workplace...

..., 1999, p. 11). As claimed by Chapman and Aspin (2001), lifelong learning for social cohesion will become a reality if we show a readiness to invest in people. In this article, we focus on the practices which have helped overcome a range of specific barriers to participation in adult and community...

...Bill Lee; Catherine Cassell Lifelong learning links vocational education to learning for both career and personal development. Such learning clearly has benefits for the employer, the employee and society as a whole. Recently in the UK, trade union learning representatives (ULRs) have become...

... , M. (2003), Training in the Age of the Leaner , CIPD . © Company 2004 Learning styles Training methods Lifelong learning Short projects are often the most illuminating. This article seeks to draw some lessons from a simple research project. The methods used in the research...

... difference is that while our gaining experience “just happens”, we can take control of our own learning. Liz Barlow, Livanti Consulting. Tel: +44 (0) 1296 682605, e‐mail: Barlow@livanti‐alpacas.com Lifelong learning is not an interesting option – it is a central necessity. I could not do my...

... In Spring this year Birmingham City Council in the UK became the latest winner of the British Telecom lifelong learning education awards. Aiming to assist one of society’s most neglected groups, the council’s “e‐street” initiative intends to bring basic skills training through computers...