THE EVOLUTION OF LIFELONG LEARNING: FROM TRADITIONAL CLASSROOMS TO ANYWHERE, ANYTIME EDUCATION
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https://doi.org/10.14456/aelr.2024.4Keywords:
Lifelong Learning, Traditional Classrooms, Anywhere-Anytime EducationAbstract
The paper emphasizes how these platforms can support inclusivity, democratize access to education, and foster lifelong learning. By examining the shift from inflexible classroom settings to adaptable learning spaces that are available at any time and location, the piece offers insightful information about how educational paradigms are changing in the digital age. Thus, this paper aims to analyze the evolution of lifelong learning from traditional classrooms to anywhere, anytime education. This paper used the sources peer-reviewed articles, historical documents, policy documents, and empirical studies to investigate the transformation of lifelong learning using traditional content analysis. Data is gathered and analyzed using a systematic literature review protocol that includes thorough searches and stringent screening to find and classify important themes and patterns in lifelong learning practices. The find found that the evolution of lifelong learning from traditional classrooms to anywhere, anytime education consists of (1) traditional education systems, (2) the emergence of distance learning, (3) the rise of online learning, (4) anywhere, anytime education, (5) challenges and opportunities, (6) future directions. The results show that the evolution of lifelong learning includes a move away from traditional classroom settings and toward online and distance learning, which led to the current movement toward any time, anywhere learning. This progression identifies important opportunities and challenges as well as future directions for the field.
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