This is a seminar given to Eastern Mediterranean University Architecture department. The students who are doing a "Life Long Learning Center Design" project in the old Walled Town attended. As a lifelonglearner, I tried to give a learning and technological perspective.

1. Lifelong Learningfor EMU architecture project teams Alev Elçi School of Computing and Technology Eastern Mediterranean University  21.10.2010 

2. Outline What is Lifelong Learning? Why Lifelong Learning? How Lifelong Learning? To whom Lifelong Learning? Analyze Plan Dream & Design

3. Life long learning EU Life Long Learning Program 2007-2013 http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc78_en.htm Elif Şafak TED Talk “Feel what others feel” http://www.ted.com/talks/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction.html

4. What is Lifelong Learning? All learning activity undertaken throughout life Aim: Improving Knowledge, Skills, Competence Perspective: personal, civic, social and/or employment-related

5. Lifelong Learning Is... acquiring and updating all kinds of abilities, interests, knowledge and qualifications from the pre-school years to post-retirement. promotingthe development of knowledge and competences that will enable each citizen to adapt to the knowledge-basedsocietyand actively participatingin all spheres of social and economic life, taking more control of his or her future.

6. Lifelong Learning Is... valuing all forms of learning, including: formal learning, such as a degree course followed at university; non-formal learning, such as vocational skills acquired at the workplace; and informal learning, such as inter-generational learning, for example where parents learn to use ICT through their children, or learning how to play an instrument together with friends.

7. Why Lifelong Learning? Challenges Scale of current economic and social change, Rapid transition to a knowledge-based society and Demographic pressures resulting from an ageing population Demand for a new approach to education and training, within the framework of lifelong learning.

8. Ageing Population By the year 2050 20%of the world population is expected to be over age 60 more people over age 60 than under age 15 in developed countries the percentage over age 60 will increase to about 30% in USA one out of every three persons (1/3)will be older than 60 years

9. How is Lifelong Learning? Traditional Books Magazines Articles Conferences Workshops Technology Enhanced Learning Social Networks Professional Networks Virtual Learning Environments Competence Management

10. To Whom Lifelong Learning ...5...55...?55

11. To Whom Lifelong Learning

12. To Whom Lifelong Learning

13. Analyze The current requirements Future opportunities Communities Virtual Physical Lifelong Learning Ages Educational background Financial Employment status

14. Holistic Lifelong Learning People Culture Psychological Physical Social Economical Environmental Eskimo’s Holistic LLL Model http://cli.ccl-cca.ca/Inuit/index.php?q=model

15. How Tailor to the needs Individual Collaborative Communicative Formal Non-formal Informal Potential of the learner All ages All stages Gender Disabilities

16. Plan Planning for all ages and stages of life With learning opportunities that enhance the personal, social, and professional goals of all residents.

17. Plan "When planning for a year, plant corn.When planning for a decade, plant trees.When planning for life, train and educate people." Chinese proverb: Guanzi (c. 645BC)

18. Dream & Design for Future Last Lecture, Randy Pausch Creativity Role of innovative technologies in LLL Opportunities

19. Robots, Simulations, ICT, Mobile Technology Global Open Flexible Anywhere Anytime

21. New forms of learning for the new generation learners

22. Thank You... alev.elci@emu.edu.tr

23. References EU Education and Training, LLP http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lll/life/what_islll_en.html EU Life Long Learning Program http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwCwaGXzPiU Inuit Holistic Lifelong Learning http://cli.ccl-cca.ca/Inuit/index.php Randy Pausch Last Lecturehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo UMDNJ Healthfullife Project http://healthfullife.umdnj.edu/archives/age_archive.htm