What is Informal, Non-Formal, and Non-Typical Learning

Informal education is any kind of knowledge acquisition acquired outside established Academic environments. It may come out of community organizations, workforce training schemes, or self-study initiatives. Non formal education engages more structured sub-systems of the educational system that provide even some sort of certified and accredited knowledge, like life-long training, MOOC participation etc. Both informal and non-formal education usually does not lead to a degree or diploma, although certificates may be issued. When such kind of education is performed as part of an extension program that raises attractiveness and innovativeness of education in tertiary education, usually involving cross-border scientific research, then non-typical education emerges. In this later case a diploma is conferred.

IETV: Enhancing Cognition Through Formative Neurocognitive Protocols

Dionysios Politis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Georgios Kyriafinis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), and Jannis Constantinidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)