The following document is part of a collection of papers that build on the UIL report Embracing a Culture of Lifelong Learning.

This paper by Tonic L. Maruatona holds that, although the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states endorse lifelong learning as a useful framework for education and sustainable development, the region still lacks some basic foundations, including adequate lifelong learning policies and programmes to bolster the...

The following document is part of a collection of papers that build on the UIL report Embracing a Culture of Lifelong Learning.

This paper by Tonic L. Maruatona holds that, although the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states endorse lifelong learning as a useful framework for education and sustainable development, the region still lacks some basic foundations, including adequate lifelong learning policies and programmes to bolster the...

The following document is part of a collection of papers that build on the UIL report Embracing a Culture of Lifelong Learning.

Neil Selwyn’s paper highlights the need to move beyond expectations of digital transformation and technological ‘solutionism’ when thinking about the futures of lifelong learning, and instead engage with the ‘messy’ realities of education and technology. In particular, the paper identifies four sociotechnical ‘tensions’: (1) of...

The following document is part of a collection of papers that build on the UIL report Embracing a Culture of Lifelong Learning.

Population ageing as one of the most significant demographic megatrends of the twenty-first century is the background of the paper by Abla M. Sibai and Hany Hachem. Opportunities to promote the participation and autonomy of older persons and strengthen their ‘reserve capacity’ – that is, their ability to respond to challenging conditions...