This document summarizes a literature review on higher education reform and lifelong learning in a digital era. It discusses two main constructs: lifelong learning and higher education reform. It outlines the systematic selection process for relevant literature on these topics, identifying 26 articles. The articles covered key themes like blended learning improving student skills for lifelong learning, validation of non-formal/informal learning, policymaking around lifelong learning, employability and new university models, needed shifts in higher education given changing student needs, and educational ecosystems in higher education.
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This document summarizes a paper about new challenges and roles for higher education in education for sustainable development. It discusses how education can help nations implement sustainability plans by improving workforce quality and skills. It also describes how higher education institutions can help by reorienting curricula to address sustainability, conducting research on sustainability issues, and providing outreach to communities. The document proposes that regional centers of excellence on education for sustainable development be created to better align education from primary to university levels and link formal and informal education sectors on sustainability.
The document discusses trends that will shape the future quality agenda for education, including a focus on lifelong learning, skills development, personalization, inclusion, partnerships, and using data and technology. It emphasizes that lifelong learning will be important for addressing challenges like economic and social changes, health crises, and advancing sustainable development. Lifelong learning can promote well-being, equity, and help develop citizens who can adapt to new demands. The quality agenda may place more emphasis on outcomes like learner well-being, impact, and contributions to individual and societal growth.
The document summarizes a report on distance education and the sustainable development goals. It discusses:
1) The changing global landscape in the 21st century and trends affecting higher education like globalization, knowledge growth, and demographic changes.
2) The increasing role of higher education institutions and challenges they face like being unprepared for online education.
3) UNESCO's response through promoting the sustainable development goals and the role of distance education in achieving them.
4) How open universities are tasked with providing equitable, quality education and addressing challenges in the 21st century global society.
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The document discusses the evolving quality agenda in education. It notes several trends that will shape the quality agenda going forward, including a focus on lifelong learning skills, global competence, inclusion, personalized learning, data-driven decision making, and innovative assessment. The quality agenda is an ongoing concern for educational institutions and aims to improve the effectiveness and outcomes of education programs. Lifelong learning is positioned as important for addressing challenges like economic and social change through developing adaptability and resilience in learners.
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did not meet the University entry requirements nowadays. There is a need to remove the stereotype that they are
for learners who do not cope with the formal education offered in institutions. It must be taken into account that
TVET colleges offer full curriculum but their focus is on skills development. With the emergence of Artificial
Intelligence, their formation needs a revamp so as to suit the new and changing system of Education. This can
be done by changing the traditional methods of teaching by implementing blended learning and using flip
classroom model. Blended learning is a term increasingly used to describe the way e-learning is being combined
with traditional classroom methods and independent study to create a new, hybrid teaching methodology. It
represents a much greater change in basic technique than simply adding computers to classrooms but it
represents a fundamental change in the way teachers and students approach the learning strategies anywhere. It
has already produced an offshoot called the flipped classroom – that has quickly become a distinct approach of
its own. Flipped classroom model — in which students watch or listen to pre-recorded lectures over the Web,
on their own time rather than during class — liberates instructors to finally make real connections with their
students outside the school times. By focusing into traditional classroom settings like in the olden days,
instructors are supporting the part of the learning process that students really need and are interested in. This
paper intends to deal with the advantages of learning through MOOCs and MOODLE platforms where
learners can learn, respond to questions and collaborate with each other and submit work through remote
platforms. This is where students learn the most by implementing theories they've learned into real-life and to
apply logic when responding to peers around the globe remotely and sharing best practices. This is in
conformity with the types of students we deal with who have a very short listening span and with the fact that
we are dealing with digital citizens.
KEYWORDS: Blended learning, e-Learning, flipped classrooms, MOOCs, MOODLE.
This document discusses trends in educational research according to Dr. Jagannath K. Dange of Kuvempu University. It notes that education trends are dynamic and influenced by factors like available resources and student demands. Research trends include quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. Key areas of research include psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, history, politics, business, technology, and interdisciplinary fields. The document outlines trends reported by the OECD around an aging society, health, technology, families, gender equality, rural life, and security. Emerging trends include lifelong learning via subscriptions, blended reality technologies, nano-learning, personalized education, and gamification. Common topics of research include institutional climate, economics, ped
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This document summarizes a paper about new challenges and roles for higher education in education for sustainable development. It discusses how education can help nations implement sustainability plans by improving workforce quality and skills. It also describes how higher education institutions can help by reorienting curricula to address sustainability, conducting research on sustainability issues, and providing outreach to communities. The document proposes that regional centers of excellence on education for sustainable development be created to better align education from primary to university levels and link formal and informal education sectors on sustainability.
The document discusses trends that will shape the future quality agenda for education, including a focus on lifelong learning, skills development, personalization, inclusion, partnerships, and using data and technology. It emphasizes that lifelong learning will be important for addressing challenges like economic and social changes, health crises, and advancing sustainable development. Lifelong learning can promote well-being, equity, and help develop citizens who can adapt to new demands. The quality agenda may place more emphasis on outcomes like learner well-being, impact, and contributions to individual and societal growth.
The document summarizes a report on distance education and the sustainable development goals. It discusses:
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2) The increasing role of higher education institutions and challenges they face like being unprepared for online education.
3) UNESCO's response through promoting the sustainable development goals and the role of distance education in achieving them.
4) How open universities are tasked with providing equitable, quality education and addressing challenges in the 21st century global society.
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Intelligence, their formation needs a revamp so as to suit the new and changing system of Education. This can
be done by changing the traditional methods of teaching by implementing blended learning and using flip
classroom model. Blended learning is a term increasingly used to describe the way e-learning is being combined
with traditional classroom methods and independent study to create a new, hybrid teaching methodology. It
represents a much greater change in basic technique than simply adding computers to classrooms but it
represents a fundamental change in the way teachers and students approach the learning strategies anywhere. It
has already produced an offshoot called the flipped classroom – that has quickly become a distinct approach of
its own. Flipped classroom model — in which students watch or listen to pre-recorded lectures over the Web,
on their own time rather than during class — liberates instructors to finally make real connections with their
students outside the school times. By focusing into traditional classroom settings like in the olden days,
instructors are supporting the part of the learning process that students really need and are interested in. This
paper intends to deal with the advantages of learning through MOOCs and MOODLE platforms where
learners can learn, respond to questions and collaborate with each other and submit work through remote
platforms. This is where students learn the most by implementing theories they've learned into real-life and to
apply logic when responding to peers around the globe remotely and sharing best practices. This is in
conformity with the types of students we deal with who have a very short listening span and with the fact that
we are dealing with digital citizens.
KEYWORDS: Blended learning, e-Learning, flipped classrooms, MOOCs, MOODLE.
This document discusses trends in educational research according to Dr. Jagannath K. Dange of Kuvempu University. It notes that education trends are dynamic and influenced by factors like available resources and student demands. Research trends include quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. Key areas of research include psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, history, politics, business, technology, and interdisciplinary fields. The document outlines trends reported by the OECD around an aging society, health, technology, families, gender equality, rural life, and security. Emerging trends include lifelong learning via subscriptions, blended reality technologies, nano-learning, personalized education, and gamification. Common topics of research include institutional climate, economics, ped
This document discusses how information and communications technology (ICT) can act as a change agent for higher education. It outlines how the role of universities is changing to focus on developing 21st century skills in students. ICT is driving a paradigm shift from an instructional model to a learning model that is more student-centered. While ICT has potential benefits, its effective use requires organizational changes, faculty training, and addressing issues around access and infrastructure. Overall ICT provides opportunities to make higher education more accessible, efficient and relevant if institutions are willing to embrace the changes needed.
This document discusses how information and communications technology (ICT) can act as a change agent for higher education. It outlines how the role of universities is changing to focus on developing 21st century skills in students. ICT is driving a paradigm shift from an instructional model to a learning model that is more student-centered. While ICT has potential benefits, its effective use requires organizational changes, investments in training, and addressing issues around access and support. ICT alone will not transform higher education - it must be integrated into educational systems and used to support new teaching and learning practices.
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This article provides a cross-thematic analysis of the relationship between ICT, lifelong learning and innovation in the worlds of school education, vocational training and teacher training.
This document discusses the implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industrial Revolution 4.0) for education systems and proposes changes needed in education to prepare students. It finds that curricula must develop students' academic, life, and social skills as well as their ability to think critically and creatively. Curricula also need to focus on STEM fields and skills like data literacy, technology literacy, and human literacy. Teachers require competencies in technology use, globalization, entrepreneurship, and counseling. Education systems should utilize open learning platforms and technology to enable personalized, hands-on, project-based learning anywhere and anytime.
This document provides an introduction to emerging technologies for learning by discussing major trends driving change in education, what is known about learning, and the role of technology in teaching and learning. It covers fragmentation of information, how learners now piece together content, and challenges for education in clarifying information. Research shows distance education can be as effective as face-to-face learning when pedagogical excellence is provided. The document aims to serve as a resource for educators on incorporating technologies into teaching.
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A Literature Review Of Higher Education Reform And Lifelong Learning In A Digital Era
1. Enhancing the Human Experience of Learning with Technology:
New challenges for research into digital, open, distance & networked education
European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) Proceedings
2020 Research Workshop | Lisbon, 21-23 October, 2020
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doi: 10.38069/edenconf-2020-rw0021
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A LITERATURE REVIEW OF HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM
AND LIFELONG LEARNING IN A DIGITAL ERA
Marcia Håkansson Lindqvist, Peter Mozelius, Jimmy Jaldemark, Mid Sweden University,
Sweden, Martha Cleveland-Innes, Athabasca University, Canada
Abstract
Policy documents have long emphasized lifelong learning, social development,
global competition and employability. At the same time, how higher education
needs to be transformed to meet this demand for creating opportunities for
lifelong learning is an important issue. This study seeks to take on the literature
through the exploration of two main constructs: lifelong learning and higher
education reform, answering the question of which key themes of lifelong
learning, if any, are emerging in higher education reforms. Using a systematic
review of relevant, foundational, and current published literature on lifelong
learning and higher education reform, the twostep selection of the publications
is presented. Key themes are discussed as well as next steps in the continued
study with the systematic literature review in which selected articles will be read
by and expert panel. How lifelong learning and higher education reform can
create a diverse higher education system which will address diverse students and
required competencies in diverse, dynamic societies will be of importance for
future study.
Keywords: Higher education reform, Lifelong learning, Systematic literature review
Introduction
Lifelong learning is an issue that has been under debate for many years. Among other
things, its place in the educational system has been discussed. In the past, many reforms
have been introduced to enable opportunities for lifelong learning. These reforms have
discussed the different shape it takes, such as issues relating to formal, non-formal and
informal aspects of learning from a lifelong and life wide perspective. Moreover, these
reforms have linked lifelong learning to the development of the society. Therefore,
transnational organisations and countries all over the world have included the concept of
lifelong learning in their policy documents. These policy documents have various motives
for emphasising lifelong learning; social development, global competition, employability,
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and so on (Jaldemark, 2020). What they have in common is the aim to transform the
educational system to enable the creation of opportunities for lifelong learning.
This transformation and policy development also link to the emerging digitalization,
another global societal trend that intersects with the rising emphasis on lifelong learning.
From an educational perspective, the emerging digitalization is a process that changes the
conditions for learning and communication between humans by enabling multiple and
innovative ways of combining places, time-zones, and digital technologies and resources.
This trend impacts educational systems in general and higher education in particular by
including innovative and transformative opportunities for learning that enable
asynchronous and synchronous participation in formal, informal, and non-formal
educational settings.
Policies that discuss the transformation of higher education to include digitalization and
lifelong learning is common. These policies emphasize the need to be up-to-date with the
impact the emerging digitalisation has on working life and the role of higher education in
changing the society. This leads to ideas of transforming the role higher education have in
national educational systems as well on a global scale. Therefore, both the rising emphasis
on policies that enable development of opportunities for lifelong learning and the emerging
digitalization creates new conditions for being a citizen. Therefore, this paper aims at
discussing reformation of higher education in the light of the rising emphasis on lifelong
learning and the emerging digitalization. The development discussed above sums up in the
following research questions:
• How does lifelong learning fit into the current digital trends of higher education
reforms?
• Which key themes of lifelong learning are emerging in higher education reforms?
Background
We draw from a historical and growing literature to explicate the two main constructs in
this study: lifelong learning and higher education reform. Below we identify seminal
thinking about these two interrelated phenomena and a rationale for studying them
together. Although this scholarly work commenced prior to the 2020 Covid-19 global
pandemic, the needed response to such an event only highlights the need for agile,
competent lifelong learning. Everyone had much to learn in short periods of time from
many information sources with varying levels of accuracy. The adjustments to higher
education structures during the pandemic adds evidence to our argument as learning
design and delivery changed in the name of needed flexibility and multi-modal learning.
Required changes in higher education, combined with the need for lifelong learning that
is well-planned and implemented, can have wide reaching and valuable outcomes. In this
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phase of our study, we seek to systematically identify and review literature that addresses
the following question: Which key themes of lifelong learning, if any, are emerging in
higher education reforms?
Evidence of a need for lifelong learning
Given that societies are increasingly dynamic, globally connected, and socio-economically
complex, there is a need to foster technology-enabled digital lifelong learning capabilities
among societal members. This is one of many reform requests laid at the academic doors
of higher education institutions. Learning across one’s lifetime is captured in the phrase
lifelong learning and is defined by Jarvis (2014) as a process where individuals of any age
and with broad interests acquire knowledge and skills. Established teaching institutions is
one way of delivery, but not the only one (p.53). Higher education institutions can play two
roles in the lifelong learning space. They can ensure that graduates of formal, credit, and
accredited programs are empowered with skills required to be a lifelong learner. Those
same institutions can also offer continuing and extension education courses and programs
designed for the needs of prospective and current lifelong learners. The delocalization of
education programs through the affordances of digital resources and technology-enabled
learning applies when designing for lifelong learning as well as traditional programs. This
fact alone positions higher education institutions to be central, if not the only, purveyors
of lifelong learning.
Seminal thinking is found in Delor’s et al. (1996) four pillars of learning as fundamental
principles for embracing lifelong learning. This work applies in both the roles of higher
education can play for lifelong learning identified above. Learning to know means that
education should provide the cognitive tools required for an individual to better
comprehend the world and its complexities, and to have an appropriate and adequate
foundation for future learning. Learning to know can be understood as a synonym of
learning to learn in order to benefit from the opportunities offered by lifelong learning.
Learning to do focuses on acquiring professional qualifications and soft skills such as the
ability to cope with diverse situations and to work in a team. Education should provide the
skills to help enable individuals to effectively participate in the global economy and society.
Learning to live together focuses on developing an understanding of others and the reality
of interdependence relating to human rights, democratic principles, intercultural
understanding, and peace and harmony at all levels of society. Learning to be requires that
education provide self-analytical and social skills to enable individuals to develop to their
fullest potential as a whole person: psycho-socially, affectively, and physically.
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Current trajectories of higher education reform
For Broucker, de Wit, and Leisyte (2016), higher education reform will include a
restructured public sector. By contrast, Williams (2016) identifies a need for a more socially
appropriate response from education; education not just for maintaining the status-quo or
in support of the elite, but instead toward the greater good. From either view, here are
opportunities for education to better align to the needs of students and society. Multiple
societal transformations, acting as a catalyst for higher education reform, are identified in
published literature (Bryce, Iglesias, Pullman, & Rogova, 2016; Duderstat, 2009; Keeling &
Hersh, 2011). These transformations include:
• information access and quality;
• cost-containment and affordability;
• globalization of human activities;
• employment sector transformation;
• 21
st
century core capabilities,
• continuous technology expansion and integration;
• changing student demand, demographics, and resulting needs.
The need to reform higher education in line with societal changes is well articulated in
government documents and academic literature (Jones, 2013). A systematic approach to
turn such demands into reforms, with an evidence-base to guide such action, underpins
this study.
We note the previous work of Slowey and Schuetz (2002) who identified a new way of
seeing higher education in reference to society. For Slowey and Schuetz, traditional forms
of delivery are often missing attention to the needs of more diverse learners. They suggest
this attention to diverse needs will embrace the needs of lifelong learners, putting the
campus into what can be called “lifelong learning mode” (Schuetze & Slowey, 2002; p.324).
A move toward a lifelong learning mode of delivery can address the broader demands for
change in higher education coming from government agencies and the students
themselves. A diverse higher education system will address needs of diverse students and
the required competencies in diverse, dynamic societies. (Cleveland-Innes, 2020).
Method
This study begins with a systematic review of relevant, foundational, and current published
literature on lifelong learning and higher education reform. Proposing any new conceptual
relationships without thorough reference to existing empirical and theoretical evidence
creates poorly constructed tests of new relationships. This is particularly erroneous in the
practice-oriented, social science field of education; garbage in, garbage out and ineffective
educational practices are the result. According to Auger (2009), “social scientists face the
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problem of information overload. Indeed, the provision of scientific information largely
exceeds the human capability of absorbing it all” (p.1032). Common reviews of the
literature, while helpful, are often “inconsistent, non-critical and unsystematic reviews”
(ibid; p.1032).
This systematic review of identified literature addresses our central question about the
relationship between lifelong learning and higher education reform. In doing so, we
“adhere closely to a set of scientific methods that explicitly aim to limit systematic error …
in order to answer a particular question” (Petticrew & Roberts, 2006; p.9) or questions.
Petticrew and Roberts offer a well-used seven-step approach to systematic reviews of the
literature in the social sciences that goes well beyond the usual mathematical models of
meta-analyses in order to answer questions about human experiences (Suri & Clarke,
2009). We seek conceptual definitions, common practices, measurement options, and
possible conceptual overlaps, if any, between higher education reform and lifelong
learning. The following information outlines the selection process for, and the listing of,
published resources used in the study.
After discussions and an agreement on a focus on technology enhanced or technology
enabled lifelong learning and workplace learning in higher education, the first search
string was composed as: (“Lifelong learning” OR “Workplace learning”) AND “Higher
education (change OR reform OR policy)” AND (“technology enabled” OR “technology
enhanced” OR “blended learning” OR “informal learning” OR “non-formal learning”). A
search string with an ending that should not only find studies on formal learning, but also
on non-formal and informal learning resulted in approximately 3,500 hits in Google
scholar. This was too high a percentage of white papers, position papers and conference
articles with weak methodology. Furthermore, the high percentage of articles on the more
technical aspects of technology enabled or technology enhanced learning also seemed too
high.
The next step to fine-tune the search was to set some inclusion/exclusion criteria and to
modify the search string. Like most other research fields this is an evolving one, and the
first criterion was set to only include articles and book chapters published in 2016 or later.
The other criteria were to exclude white papers, low quality position papers, studies with
poor research methods, and articles that did not relate to the aim of this study. To retrieve
fewer technical studies and to get a better focus on change, reform and policy in higher
education the search string was modified to: (“Lifelong learning” OR “Workplace
learning”) AND “Higher education (change OR reform OR policy)” AND (“blended
learning” OR “informal learning” OR “non formal learning”). After a quality assessment
according to the inclusion/exclusion criteria, 26 articles were selected for further close
reading.
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Findings
As noted above, after a quality assessment according to the inclusion/exclusion criteria, we
selected 26 articles for further close reading. The selected publications with selected
themes can be found in Table 1 in the next section below.
Table 1: Set of publications and selection of themes
Publication Selection of themes
Asfiati, A., & Wekke, I. S. (2019). Lecturers' participation in applying blended
learning in Islamic higher education in Indonesia. Universal Journal of
Educational Research, 7(12), 2604–2608.
Blended learning, improved student
skills for lifelong learning.
Baptista, A. (2016). Revisiting lifelong learning in light of the Bologna process
and beyond. Lifelong learning: Concepts, benefits and challenges, 17–35.
Lifelong learning, Bologna process.
Boyadjieva, P., & Ilieva-Trichkova, P. (2018). Lifelong learning as an
emancipation process: A capability approach. In The Palgrave international
handbook on adult and lifelong education and learning. (pp. 267–288).
London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Lifelong learning, social and
institutional contexts, values.
Bohlinger et al (2016). Validation of non-formal and informal learning in
Europe: Research, policies, legitimacy and survival. In Souto-Otero, M.
Education policy. Frankfurt/Main: Peter Lang.
Policy-making in validation of
nonformal and informal learning,
exclusion and inclusion.
Bridgstock, R. (2017). The university and the knowledge network: A new
educational model for twenty-first century learning and employability. In
Graduate employability in context (pp. 339–358). London: Palgrave
Macmillan.
Employability, new university model
as experiential, social and networked.
Cleveland-Innes, M. (2020). Student Demographic Change and Pedagogical
Issues in Higher Education. In Inequality, Innovation and Reform in Higher
Education (pp. 159–173). Springer:Cham.
Needed shift in HE, student
characteristics and needs, levitating
pressure on faculty.
Gaebel, M., Zhang, T., Bunescu, L., & Stoeber, H. (2018). Learning and
teaching in the European Higher Education Area. European University
Association asbl.
Collaboration across universities,
inclusion of other stakeholders.
Ishak, M. M., Ali, H., Rahim, F. A., Bakar, M. S. A., Ariffin, T. F. T., & Malaysia, S. K.
(2018). Managing Learning and Teaching Orientation of Online Centered
Approaches in Higher Learning: “MOOC” and Beyond. In Educational Access
and Excellence, 1, 119.
Collaborative management approach,
globalised online learning, learning
and teaching.
Jacobs, A. H. M. (2018). Values, institutional culture and recognition of prior
learning. South African Journal of Higher Education, 32(4), 96–106.
Critical hermeneutics, HE, policy,
culture, values.
Jamaludin, R., McKay, E., & Ledger, S. (2020). Are we ready for Education 4.0
within ASEAN higher education institutions? Thriving for knowledge,
industry and humanity in a dynamic higher education ecosystem. Journal of
Applied Research in Higher Education.
Educational ecosystems in HE, seeking
Education 4.0.
Kagan, C., & Diamond, J. (2019). Massification of Higher Education and the
Nature of the Student Population. In University–Community Relations in the
UK (pp. 51–76). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Policies and practices to embrace
diverse populations in widening
participation in HE.
Kasworm, Carol. “Adult Workers as Learners in the USA Higher Education
Landscape.” In Inequality, Innovation and Reform in Higher Education, pp.
221–235. Springer, Cham, 2020.
Need for HE to rethink mission, target
student clientel, specific focus on
adult Higher Education.
Lim, C. P., & Wang, T. (2016). A framework and self-assessment tool for
building the capacity of higher education institutions for blended learning.
In Blended learning for quality higher education: Selected case studies on
implementation from Asia-Pacific, 1–38.
Capacity building in HE and the
capacity of to drive, sustain and scale
up their blended learning practices.
Matheos, K., & Cleveland-Innes, M. (2018). Blended learning: Enabling higher
education reform, Revista Eletrônica de Educação, 12(1), 238–244.
The need for blended learning to
situate itself, timely and crucial HE
Reform
Petersone, M., Krastins, A. V., & Ketners, K. (2016). Implementation of Lifelong
Learning for Improving Customs Education System in Latvia and the World.
International Journal of Education and Learning Systems, 1, 27–36.
Lifelong learning opportunities for the
implementation of measures to
improve the education system.
Sá, M. J., & Serpa, S. (2018). Transversal competences: Their importance and
learning processes by higher education students. Education Sciences, 8(3),
126
Cross-disciplinary training towards
continuous, lifelong learning.
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Santos, L., Bago, J., Baptista, A. V., Ambrósio, S., Fonseca, H. M., & Quintas, H.
(2016). Academic success of mature students in higher education: a
Portuguese case study. European Journal for Research on the Education and
Learning of Adults, 7(1), 57–73.
Explores the academic success of
mature students in HE.
Sheridan, L., Gibbons, B., & Price, O. (2019). Achieving WIL Placement and
Theoretical Learning Concurrently: An Online Strategy for Higher Education
Institutions. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 16(3), 8.
Dynamic Systems Development.
Method (DSDM) for supporting work
integrated learning and internships.
Smith, G. A. (2019). Framing Faculty Development as Workplace Learning,
Journal on Centers for Teaching and Learning, 11, 3–23.
Social workplace learning, for teacher
development.
Souto-Otero, M. (2016). Validation of non-formal and informal learning in
Europe: Research, policies, legitimacy and survival. Education policy.
Frankfurt/Main: Peter Lang.
Importance of validation for EU-policy
and the consequences related to
exclusion and inclusion.
Spring, K., & Graham, C. (2017). Thematic patterns in international blended
learning literature, research, practices, and terminology. Online Learning
Journal, 21(4).
Informal workplace learning
experiences of graduate students.
Tikhonova, E.N., & Raitskaya, L. (2018). An Overview of Trends and
Challenges in Higher Education on the Worldwide Research Agenda. Journal
of Language and Education, 4(4 (16).
The transformation of HE, student
teacher relationship, social equity and
access to HE.
Unluhisarcikli, O. (2018). Informal workplace learning experiences of
graduate student employees. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 58(1), 66.
Conditions for workplace learning and
informal learning, PhD-students.
Volungevičienė, A., Teresevičienė, M., & Ehlers, U. D. (2020). When is open
and online learning relevant for curriculum change in higher education?
Digital and network society perspective. Electronic journal of e-Learning.
Open online learning for curriculum
change in HE to respond to digital and
network society learning needs.
Webb, S., Dunwoodie, K., & Wilkinson, J. (2019). Unsettling equity frames in
Australian universities to embrace people seeking asylum. International
Journal of Lifelong Education, 38(1), 103–120.
Explores university access for for
refugees and people seeking asylum.
Weil, M., & Eugster, B. (2019). Thinking outside the box: De-structuring
continuing and higher education. Disciplinary Struggles in Education.Table
Comparison of HE (HE) and
Continuing. Education Training (CET)
in qualifications.
Discussion
In returning to the research question, which key themes of lifelong learning, if any, are
emerging in higher education reforms, the review of the 26 articles resulted in a selection
of five articles. These publications can be said to represent and characterize global themes
regarding challenges in creating a closer connection between lifelong learning and HE of
interest for continued and deeper study. The first article selected was Baptista (2016),
which drawing upon European policy presents LL for economic development, personal
development, social inclusiveness and democratic understanding and activity in HE.
Kasworm (2020) argues for a rethinking of the mission of HE with a specific focus on adult
undergraduate students who more often are workers as well as students. Boyadjieva and
Ilieva-Trichkova (2018) provide a theoretical outline of the heuristic potential of the
capability approach in conceptualizing lifelong learning and the capacity of this approach
to guide empirical studies on lifelong learning. A stronger relationship between HE
research and CET professional activity such as more collaborative engagement between
HE and CET is necessary to include the importance of applied, practitioner research in
professional fields is explored in the fourth article by Weil and Eugster (2019). The final
article, Jamaludin and Ledger (2020), presents the challenges seen in HE and the need for
a new dynamic HE ecosystem and Education 4.0. Together we viewed these articles to
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encompass multiple societal reforms pushing towards reform of HE (Bryce, Iglesias,
Pullman, & Rogova, 2016; Duderstat, 2009; Keeling & Hersh, 2011).
Conclusions and next steps
In further study, this review has provided deeper insights into the necessary changes and
reform in HE to create and promote beneficial conditions for lifelong learning and higher
education along with forms of higher continuing education. In the next step of the review,
we will present these five articles for close reading by an expert panel in line with the
Delphi method (Brady, 2015). The comments and insights of the expert panel will provide
a deeper understanding of the need for change and reform in HE. This continued study
aspires to provide a knowledge contribution regarding how, given the possibilities, which
technology offers, the importance of connecting lifelong learning, change and reform in
higher education.
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