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YOU? · · 2023 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2080-6_84

Governments, business leaders, educators, students, and parents realize the need to inculcate a culture of lifelong learning – learning that spans geography, time, and lifespan. This learning has both formal and informal components. In this chapter, we examine the conceptual basis upon which informal learning is defined and some of the tools and techniques used to support informal learning. We overview the rapid development in information and communications technologies that not only creates opportunities for learners, teachers, and researchers but also challenges us to create equitable and culturally appropriate tools and contexts in which high-quality, continuous learning is available to all.

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Informal learning Lifelong learning Formal learning Knowledge management Quality (philosophy) Informal education Pedagogy Sociology Computer science Political science Higher education Epistemology Law Philosophy

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Concepts: Informal learning, Lifelong learning, Formal learning, Knowledge management, Quality (philosophy), Informal education, Pedagogy, Sociology, Computer science, Political science, Higher education, Epistemology, Law, Philosophy

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