Technologies for adult and lifelong education

Seng Chee suggests taking a learning-centric approach, rather than a techno-centric approach, for the integration of technology for adult education and lifelong learning. He argues that the anchor point for design consideration should be the goals and purposes of adult learning and the corresponding learning approaches, which will help to identify pertinent technological support. Learning design should be applied based on relevant theories so as to engage adult learners towards achieving their learning goals. He presents three approaches of technology-supported learning: knowledge as acquisition supported by technologies as a tutor, learning as participation supported by Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning tools and learning as knowledge creation supported by Web 2.0 tools.