Characterisation of a Personal Learning Environment as a Lifelong Learning Tool

• Main Author: Leone, Sabrina (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: Education.; Education > Data processing.; Educational technology.; Lifelong learning.; Adult education.; Educational Technology.; Lifelong Learning/Adult Education.; Computers and Education.

      Over the last years, increasing attention has been paid to Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) as an effective framework for lifelong learners, and to the need for a smooth integration of formal and informal learning. A wider and wider range of open source and free learning applications on t...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• From Formal to Informal Learning: Scenario, Conditioning Elements and Evolutionary Steps
• The SSW4LL Format
• Case Study: SSW4LL 2011
• Concluding Remarks.