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Lifelong Learning (LLL) has been a remarkable response to people-centered educational demand of 21 st century. In order to provide effective formal, non-formal, and informal learning, immersive educational activities undertaken throughout... more
Lifelong Learning (LLL) has been a remarkable response to people-centered educational demand of 21 st century. In order to provide effective formal, non-formal, and informal learning, immersive educational activities undertaken throughout life should be aimed to create a learning society in which people can experience individual and collective learning with no constrains of time or location. The concept of lifelong learning within the context of distance immersive education encompasses diverse 3D activities. The three dimensional, Web-based structured activities supported by distance learning technologies can be viewed as interactive tools which foster LLL. In this perspective, Second Life (SL) can be regarded as one of the learning simulation milieus that allow learners to participate in various educational LLL activities in individual or group forms. The following paper examines how SL, taking advantage of its simulative nature and the possibility for creative interaction among participants, which are also common in games, allows the learners to participate in immersive constructivist learning activities. The article will also touch on the current uses of SL as a tool for LLL, as well as its potentials for further development according to the current trends in adult education. Further, the authors will discuss its limitations and will make suggestions towards a more complete pedagogical use.
A regular collection of the materials of the Conference “Actual Problems of Education” MIP 2015 contains the abstracts recommended for publication by the Organizing Committee. The authors of these abstracts are the academic staffs and... more
A regular collection of the materials of the Conference “Actual Problems of
Education” MIP 2015 contains the abstracts recommended for publication by the
Organizing Committee. The authors of these abstracts are the academic staffs and
other employees of different higher education institutions as well as the
representatives of the partner organisations participating in the Conference. The
abstracts and presentations concern both the problems of improving the quality of
the education process on the basis of the latest pedagogical and information
technologies and the issues of preparing future specialists and updating the
content of the delivered disciplines with the aim of their orientation to the
requirements of the present labour market of Latvia and Europe. The collection
has retained the authors’ style and the original layout of the presented materials.
Education” MIP 2015 contains the abstracts recommended for publication by the
Organizing Committee. The authors of these abstracts are the academic staffs and
other employees of different higher education institutions as well as the
representatives of the partner organisations participating in the Conference. The
abstracts and presentations concern both the problems of improving the quality of
the education process on the basis of the latest pedagogical and information
technologies and the issues of preparing future specialists and updating the
content of the delivered disciplines with the aim of their orientation to the
requirements of the present labour market of Latvia and Europe. The collection
has retained the authors’ style and the original layout of the presented materials.