Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: New forms of information technologies (IT) are growingly made available worldwide and also increasingly being used in education and training. Specifically, IT offer unprecedented opportunities and advantages for their users: access to a vast source of information, communicating ideas effectively and efficiently with different people independent of geographical and temporal barriers, externalising thoughts in various modes of representations, to name just a few. We live in a prevalent knowledge society, and rapid changes in our lives make the need for lifelong and just-in-time learning 2 evident. Not only in educational institutions, but also at the workplace, learning is ever more a necessity to keep up with the new technological changes and socio-economic demands. Within this context, it becomes ever clearer the need to form creative and sensitive professionals, who are able to effectively respond to the context of a problematic situation. Indeed, inventive thinking, digital literacy, effective communication, and high productivity are the four 21 Century skills 3 deemed essential for the personal and professional development of people from almost every walk of life.
DOI: 10.11610/isij.1409
Authors: Márcia Pereira, Effie Law
Language: English
Subfield: Human Factors and Ergonomics
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2009175444