Modern Technologies and Adult Learning for

Civil Society

Moderator: Monika Staszewicz, Marcus Ruebbe, Katharina Notzon, Martina Voss

Reporter: Aušra Rutkienė

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Participants

13 participants from Poland, Byelorussia, Armenia, Hungary, Lithuania

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QUESTIONS

• Information about informatics' technologies

• Therapy + computers

• How to use my knowledge considering technologies

• Usage of IT in the Adult education

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QUESTIONS

• Modern technologies in Adult learning

• Music in new technologies

• e-learning in general

• Possibilities of e-learning’s in the European work

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What are your experiences and practices about modern

technologies in adult education?

Necessary + distance learningInteractive methods for learningTo develop teaching and learning

practices

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What are your experiences and practices about modern

technologies in adult education?

Help to develop skills (communication)Help to fell free to express the needsFuture knowledgeUseful in every kind

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CHOISE

• Modern technologies in Adult learning

• Music in new technologies

• Possibilities of e-learning’s in the European work

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Better to explainPeople could learn (quicker and

better access) at home/elsewhere (not at work place)

Which possibilities give the e-learning as a method/

technique in the adult learning for the civil society?

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Which possibilities give the e-learning as a method/

technique in the adult learning for the civil society?

Self-learning (for people who prefer work individually or who is sick)

Self development

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Which possibilities give the e-learning as a method/

technique in the adult learning for the civil society?

Quick/fast communication and feedback

To use reliable resources on Internet at any time you need it

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Which possibilities give the e-learning as a method/

technique in the adult learning for the civil society?

Facilitate access to government’s and other important documents

To communicate or work together with people who are far from our place

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Which part/role can take modern technologies in adult

education?

Computer literacy for adultsDistance learning coursesRetraining of educators

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Which part/role can take modern technologies in adult

education?Learn how to use new

technologies in communicationEasier the communication

between peopleWhen adult people use modern

technologies, they feel modern and young

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Which part/role can take modern technologies in

adult education?

Self-development generallyBreaking of stereotypes, change

their views, opinions, positions, etc.

People are more mobile and flexible

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Which role/part can music take in “new” educational

technologies?

New forms in music and new educational technologies (MP3, MIDI, compositions)

Therapy, relax

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Which role/part can music take in “new” educational

technologies?

Music as one of the methods of work with different groups on different topics

Changes the moodForeign language learning (for

example singing)

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Which role/part can music take in “new” educational

technologies?

Spending for free time (karaoke)Music as illustrationExpression of non-verbal message

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CONTINUING OF THE FIRST SESSION

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New technologies

• Multimedia

• Online discussions

• Learning software/cd

• Interacting way of learning

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New technologies

• Preparation of presentation

• Distance learning

• E-mails

• Chats

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Work in two opposite groups:chances and risks

- Dangerous websites

+ Globalization (reflect the context)

- A lot of waste (some information we couldn’t check)

+ Reaching people at distance

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Work in two opposite groups:chances and risks

- ↔ ?+ Possibility of choice

+ Flexibility

-Loosing the sense of reality

+ Easy feedback

- No feedback (human)

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Work in two opposite groups:chances and risks

+ Communications learning experience reflection

- No face to face communication

+ Visualization

- Health problems

+ Working groups (interactive, active)

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Work in two opposite groups:chances and risks

- Grammatical problems

- Technical problems

+ Provides opportunity for Lifelong Learning

- Money

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THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!