ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT USING A LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAM

Using concept maps to develop lifelong learning skills: A case study

By building on a cyclic model of lifelong learning that includes self awareness, self management, meta-learning and self monitoring, this paper reports on attempts to introduce lifelong learning skills to a class of second year engineering students. The unit taught in this case study is Physical Electronics 203. Concept maps, student generated assessment criteria, group interaction and peer ass...

Common core skills for lifelong learning and sustainable development in Africa

Separating Skills from Preference: Using Learning to Program by Reward

Developers of artificial agents commonly take the view that we can only specify agent behavior via the expensive process of implementing new skills. This paper offers an alternative expressed by the separation hypothesis: that the behavioral differences among individuals are due to the action of distinct preferences over the same set of skills. We test this hypothesis in a simulated automotive ...

Lifelong Learning and Lifelong Education: a critique

It is suddenly fashionable in political circles in the United Kingdom (and elsewhere) to talk about lifelong learning and lifelong education. This seems to be the direct result of the present economic climate which has called into question many previous assumptions: job security has become an effective myth for most of those who can actually get work; long-term unemployment seems to have become...

TENCompetence: Lifelong Learning and Competence Development

TENCompetence is an integrated project which will support individuals, groups and organisations in Europe in lifelong competence development by establishing the most appropriate technical and organizational infrastructure, using open-source, standards-based, sustainable and innovative technology. To achieve this, the project will conduct RTD activities to further develop and integrate models an...