Closing the Gap: Opportunities for Distance Education to Benefit Adult Learners in Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Carlsen, A.; Holmberg, C.; Neghina, C.; Owusu-Boampong, A.
Institution	UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) (Germany); International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE); StudyPortals B.V. (Netherlands)
Titel	Closing the Gap: Opportunities for Distance Education to Benefit Adult Learners in Higher Education
Quelle	(2016), (113 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-92-820-1203-1
Schlagwörter	Distance Education; Adult Students; Access to Education; Higher Education; College Students; Foreign Countries; Student Needs; Student Characteristics; Costs; Financial Support; Barriers; Educational Policy; Theories; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Case Studies; Questionnaires; Finland; Germany; Greece; Hungary; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Collegestudent; Ausland; Cost; Kosten; Finanzielle Förderung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Theory; Theorie; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Fragebogen; Finnland; Deutschland; Griechenland; Ungarn; Großbritannien
Abstract	Distance education in higher education is a fast-growing and widespread phenomenon. As many adults are unable to participate in on-campus education, distance education offers flexible learning paths that greatly enhance accessibility to higher education. Exploring distance education's potential to increase the participation of adult learners in higher education is an important objective of education policy in the European Union. Against this background, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) and StudyPortals (SP) collaborated on a research project entitled "The Impact of Distance Education on Adult Learning" (IDEAL). The IDEAL team has recently published the final report of the research project, "Closing the Gap: Opportunities for Distance Education to Benefit Adult Learners in Higher Education." The report sets out the findings of this research project, which was carried out between October 2013 and November 2015. It examines the interrelations of adult learning, higher education and distance education, and comes up with a set of recommendations for the development and implementation of programmes and national policies related to distance education. The main recommendations to policymakers and distance education providers refer to increasing the openness of higher education to adult learners by removing regulative barriers and developing standard procedures for recognition of prior learning across Europe. Higher education institutions should further facilitate learning for adults by offering more interactive possibilities, practical study guides and offer more, diverse options for financial support. The following are appended: (1) Summary of empirical results from the three independent studies; (2) An Overview of Distance Education; (3) The Distance Education Concept. A glossary of key terms and a bibliography are also included. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning. Feldbrunnenstrasse 58, 20148 Hamburg, Germany. Tel: +49-40-4480410; Fax: +49-40-4107723; e-mail: ull-pub@unesco.org; Web site: http://uil.unesco.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01