Lifelong learning is more than training.
Lifelong learner methodology is not applied yet from education system perspective. Fortunately some steps started in Domain-oriented Design environment (especially in IT Education field) where is the integration between working and learning is taking place through some learning activities (like work placement, projects), these steps are not enough as the other elements like assessments still far away from the target of having lifelong learner graduate. I agree with the author in that lifelong learning is more than training.
From student perspective I believe that we have now many students who are really Lifelong learners, they acquires knowledge without boarder (location boarder (like Schools), time boarder (like work placement)), those students got it through their engagement in communities (internet groups, blogs...) I am optimistic that new generation is self-directed in learning, they have most of 21st century attributes in learning (like media literacy, technology literacy,…), they can be very easily adapted to any new Lifelong Education learning system.
Knowledge society wise; student or learner is the main element in knowledge society and she or he is ready to build this society, they need only our help in building a new education system which deal with them as stakeholders and accept their adaptive feedback in designing the curriculum/assessments/environment/...
Fischer’s ideas are aligned with the characteristics of building knowledge society that use collaborative learning, self-directed learning, organization learning, and on-demand learning with the new media and innovative technologies to be adequately supported.
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