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Exploring the impacts of distance higher education on adult learners' lives and reclaiming lifelong learning as a human development process

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datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidadept_PT
datacite.subject.sdg10:Reduzir as Desigualdadespt_PT
dc.contributor.authorNeves, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorHenriques, Susana
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-06T17:54:33Z
dc.date.available2021-01-06T17:54:33Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThis article intends to launch discussion and reflection on two main themes: lifelong learning and digital literacy in nowadays societies. In looking for the intersections between these concepts to connote them with a more humanistic and holistic perspective, we explore the potentials of distance learning in the lives of adult learners. The empirical basis for this exploration is a survey applied to 706 (143 respondents) graduates in the education of the Portuguese Open University to know their future projects and the impact of this degree in the various dimensions of their personal, social and professional lives. The conclusions of this analysis point to recognition, by the respondents, of the positive impacts that distance higher education has in their personal and social lives. However, these impacts are not as visible in professional terms since the answers show little significant professional progressions. In this sense, the article concludes that it is important to rethink the founding ideas of the concept of lifelong learning from a humanistic perspective and to approach it with a holistic and transversal conception of what is now defined as digital literacy. Distance education, for adult learners, is a scenario that not only strengthens the personal, social and professional development of individuals, but also the development of competencies applied not only to the digital world but also to each person’s daily activities.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationNeves, C., Henriques, S. (2020). Exploring the impacts of distance higher education on adult learners' lives and reclaiming lifelong learning as a human development process, OpenPraxis, 12(4), 439-456. http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.12.4.1084pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.12.4.1084pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2304-070X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/10349
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherInternational Council for Open and Distance Education - ICDEpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/1084pt_PT
dc.subjectAdult educationpt_PT
dc.subjectLifelong learningpt_PT
dc.subjectOnline higher educationpt_PT
dc.subjectHuman developmentpt_PT
dc.subjectPortuguese open university graduatespt_PT
dc.titleExploring the impacts of distance higher education on adult learners' lives and reclaiming lifelong learning as a human development processpt_PT
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