Outdoor study sessions brought surprising benefits to university and elderly students
Feature. With the outbreak of Covid-19, younger and older students in Italy and Slovenia found a suprising solution to isolation: classes outdoors.
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Feature. With the outbreak of Covid-19, younger and older students in Italy and Slovenia found a suprising solution to isolation: classes outdoors.
Three Quick Ones. Using outdoors as a learning environment for children and youth has become more popular. Should we follow the same path with adult education?
Three Quick Ones. How can higher education providers best support entrepreneurs? More flexibility and co-creation are essential, says Dr Marjaana Mäkelä, who works in vocational pedagogy.
Language schools across Europe are dealing with the pandemic with varying degrees of success. A lot of it comes down to how governments are helping – or not helping - them.
Essay. As the first steps are being taken to use artificial intelligence to support the acquisition of skills, many questions remain unanswered.
Editorial. Technology alone cannot solve the big challenges of the coming decades. Soft skills are needed more and more, but do we understand what learning these skills requires in the digital world?
Feature. How is gamification affecting adult education? Three experts share their views on the future of gamification and game-based learning.
Three Voices. Adult education experts and researchers from Serbia, Belgium and Finland share their vision for what learning could and should look like in the coming years.
Interview. How does a futurist view lifelong learning? We talked to Perttu Pölönen about the effects of e-learning, the changing role of validation and the skills that separate us from machines.
Editorial. If people are fed up with democracy, educators need to come up with new ways to demonstrate the tangible value of democracy but also facilitate open discussion about its failings.
Spot on. The task of critical and democratic adult education is to address awkward questions, including those about the adult education sector, writes Lisa Maria Reilly.
Editorial. What comes to mind if you think about numeracy or financial skills? For too many people, the strongest feeling is shame.