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Towards an Adult Learning Architecture of Participation

Towards an Adult Learning Architecture of Participation

Fred Garnett, Nigel Ecclesfield
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781466646551|ISBN10: 1466646551|EISBN13: 9781466646568
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4655-1.ch002
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Garnett, Fred, and Nigel Ecclesfield. "Towards an Adult Learning Architecture of Participation." Synergic Integration of Formal and Informal E-Learning Environments for Adult Lifelong Learners, edited by Sabrina Leone, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 24-46. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4655-1.ch002

APA

Garnett, F. & Ecclesfield, N. (2014). Towards an Adult Learning Architecture of Participation. In S. Leone (Ed.), Synergic Integration of Formal and Informal E-Learning Environments for Adult Lifelong Learners (pp. 24-46). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4655-1.ch002

Chicago

Garnett, Fred, and Nigel Ecclesfield. "Towards an Adult Learning Architecture of Participation." In Synergic Integration of Formal and Informal E-Learning Environments for Adult Lifelong Learners, edited by Sabrina Leone, 24-46. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4655-1.ch002

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Abstract

This chapter investigates the question of what needs to be addressed in the major infrastructural, cultural, and organisational issues if integrated formal and informal eLearning environments are going to affect any change in the institutional regime. It argues that two conceptual models can help address these issues. Firstly, a social media participation model, Aggregate then Curate, was developed on a JISC-funded project, MOSI-ALONG, which was based on an integrated model of formal and informal learning called the Emergent Learning Model. Secondly, a development framework for institutional flexibility called an Organisational Architecture of Participation was developed with UK Further Education colleges to better enable eLearning within educational institutions. Based on reflection on the institutional lessons learnt within MOSI-ALONG and through working with local partners, recommendations are made concerning how to address infrastructural, cultural, and organisational issues to better enable adult eLearning. This includes another, broader, proposal concerning the need for individual adult learning institutions to have ongoing support from hubs if they are to evolve a community-responsive institutional life cycle appropriate for adult learning.

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