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A field survey of Lifelong Learning Institutes and their relationships with libraries and the online lifelong learning environment, undertaken as a research project for the Metropolitan New York Library Council.
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Lifelong Learning & LibrariesA preliminary investigation on a local scale
Grow old along with me. The best is yet to be.
—Robert Browning
Members of the Team
Susan Chute
Rajni Misra
Marilyn Kahn-Wilen
Robert Weiss
Lifelong Learning: what is it?
“a continuously supportive process which stimulates and empowers individuals…to acquire all the knowledge, values, skills, and understanding they will require throughout their lifetimes…and to apply them with confidence, creativity, and enjoyment in all roles, circumstances, and environments”
The Commission for a Nation of Lifelong Learners
Lifelong Learning: Where is it?
Scope of the projectInvestigate local iterations of lifelong learning (LL) programs, particularly concerning the 50+
demographic.
Methodology
Communication tools
Challenges
o Scheduling
o Eliciting replies from telephone contacts
National Lifelong Learning Networks
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Elderhostel Institute Network
LLI Commonalities
Sponsored by a college or university & take place on college campuses
Membership restricted to those aged 50+ or 55+
No academic credit
Charge a membership fee or dues
Primarily self-supporting
Social component is essential
Administered by the membership and peer learning is emphasized
Attract a highly educated, continuing membership and often market through word of mouth
Offer a wide range of courses, often academically rigorous
LLI Field Surveys
LLI programs, ranked by cost
LLI Program
Hosting Institutio
n
Type of Institutio
nLocation
LLI memb
ers
Matriculated
undergrads
LLI Cost per
annum
Course Leader
s
Courses
in a typical term
Institute for
Learning in Retirement
Cedarcrest Senior Living
Community
Retirement
community
Pompton Plains, NJ
n/a $25Peers, outside experts
40
ILRFarmingdale (SUNY)
Public University
Farmingdale, NY
6858$70+
**Peers 15
ILRBergen
Community College
Community college
Paramus, NJ
800 1000* $180Peers,
Faculty, Outside experts
52
Osher LLIStony Brook (SUNY)
Public University
Stony Brook, NY
1000 16341 $290 Peers 85
Molloy Institute
for Lifelong Learning
Molloy College
Private College
Rockville Center,
NY256 3414 $395 Paid
speakers n/a
Personal Enrichmen
t in Retirement
Hofstra University
Private University
Hempstead, NY
7191 $525Peers, outside experts
40 single presentations***
Institute of Retired
Professionals
The New School
Private University
New York City
270 6825 $940 Peers 35
* In credit-bearing programs; 9700 in noncredit continuing education. **Plus approx. $25 additional for each 4-wk-study group. *** For June 2012, roughly 40 90-min. presentations; some presentation topics are ongoing.
Three Public Libraries & Lifelong Learning for 50+
For seniors: 3 Libraries
3 library websites for seniors
The New York Public Library
Montclair Public Library
Farmingdale Public Library
Learning that comes to you
Telephone Tutoring
Photo by Holger.Ellgaard [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Lifelong learning onlineThe coming revolution
May Day, Moscow. 1928. By Diego Rivera. Watercolor & Crayon. In the collections of MoMA.
Th
e r
ise
of
the
MO
OC
A typology of Lifelong Learning Online
MOOCs & 50+
ConclusionsLLIs and local libraries have little contact, much less collaboration, although their missions overlap.
Options for LL online are proliferating and altering the educational landscape
“Providing social and community gathering places for seniors” is a core responsibility for libraries
Collaborations and partnerships between thriving LLIs and libraries, and adaptations by both to the online lifelong learning ecosystem could add significant value in meeting the social and intellectual needs of the burgeoning 50+ user base
Cartoon source: the blog Balancing Acts http://balancingacts. wordpress.com/2010/08/09/lifelong-learning-learning-for-life/