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Switching on the learning society? - questioning the role of technology in widening participation in lifelong learning

Stephen Gorard
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Neil Selwyn
Pages 523-534 | Published online: 10 Nov 2010

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Lewis Mates, Adrian Millican & Erin Hanson. (2022) COPING WITH COVID; UNDERSTANDING AND MITIGATING DISADVANTAGES EXPERIENCED BY FIRST GENERATION SCHOLARS STUDYING ONLINE. British Journal of Educational Studies 70:4, pages 501-522.
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R. Jack Hansen, Craig A. Talmage, Steven P. Thaxton & Richard C. Knopf. (2020) Enhancing older adult access to lifelong learning institutes through technology-based instruction: A brief report. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education 41:3, pages 342-351.
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Patrick White & Neil Selwyn. (2012) Learning online? Educational Internet use and participation in adult learning, 2002 to 2010. Educational Review 64:4, pages 451-469.
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Elfneh U. Bariso. (2008) Factors affecting participation in adult education: a case study of participation in Hackney and Waltham Forest, London. Studies in the Education of Adults 40:1, pages 110-124.
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Neil Selwyn & Stephen Gorard. (2003) Exploring the ‘new’ imperatives of technology-based lifelong learning. Research in Post-Compulsory Education 8:1, pages 073-092.
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Stephen Gorard. (2002) Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: resolving the contradiction of lifelong learning. Research in Post-Compulsory Education 7:2, pages 123-132.
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John Smyth & Robert Hattam. (2001) 'Voiced' Research as a Sociology for Understanding 'Dropping Out' of School. British Journal of Sociology of Education 22:3, pages 401-415.
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Stephen Gorard. (2000) Adult participation in learning and the economic imperative: a critique of policy in Wales. Studies in the Education of Adults 32:2, pages 181-194.
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Jill R. D. MacKay, Emily Nordmann, Leigh Murray, Alison Browitt, Monika Anderson & Jacqui Hutchison. (2021) The Cost of Asking: ‘Say that Again?’: A Social Capital Theory View Into How Lecture Recording Supports Widening Participation. Frontiers in Education 6.
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Emily Nordmann, Chiara Horlin, Jacqui Hutchison, Jo-Anne Murray, Louise Robson, Michael K. Seery & Jill R. D. MacKay. (2020) Ten simple rules for supporting a temporary online pivot in higher education. PLOS Computational Biology 16:10, pages e1008242.
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Geoffrey Elliott. (2018) Widening higher education participation in rural communities in England: An anchor institution model. International Review of Education 64:1, pages 65-84.
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Benjamin Alcott. (2017) Does Teacher Encouragement Influence Students’ Educational Progress? A Propensity-Score Matching Analysis. Research in Higher Education 58:7, pages 773-804.
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Mahsood Shah, Elizabeth Goode, Susan West & Helene Clark. (2014) Widening Student Participation in Higher Education through Online Enabling Education. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning 16:3, pages 36-57.
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Antje Cockrill, Cliona O'Neill, Eberhard Bischoff & David Finch. (2011) CAL and FE: a Welsh perspective. Research in Learning Technology 8:3.
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J. J. Po-An Hsieh, Arun Rai & Mark Keil. (2011) Addressing Digital Inequality for the Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Through Government Initiatives: Forms of Capital That Affect ICT Utilization. Information Systems Research 22:2, pages 233-253.
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Manuel Ahedo. 2011. Dynamic Advancements in Teaching and Learning Based Technologies. Dynamic Advancements in Teaching and Learning Based Technologies 316 332 .
Manuel Ahedo. (2009) Comparing the Principles of Adult Learning with Traditional Pedagogical Teaching in Relation to the Use of Technology. International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies 4:4, pages 66-81.
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Steven Shaw & Goran Kattenberg. (2007) Pen-based Knowledge Transfer Techniques to Support Lifelong Learning In Large Scale Organizations. Pen-based Knowledge Transfer Techniques to Support Lifelong Learning In Large Scale Organizations.
Sara De Freitas, Ian Harrison, George Magoulas, Adrian Mee, Fitri Mohamad, Martin Oliver, George Papamarkos & Alexandra Poulovassilis. (2006) The development of a system for supporting the lifelong learner. British Journal of Educational Technology 37:6, pages 867-880.
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Alison Davies, Jill Ramsay, Helen Lindfield & John Couperthwaite. (2005) Building learning communities: foundations for good practice. British Journal of Educational Technology 36:4, pages 615-628.
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Neil Selwyn & Stephen Gorard. (2003) Reality bytes: examining the rhetoric of widening educational participation via ICT. British Journal of Educational Technology 34:2, pages 169-181.
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David Devins & Jeff Gold. (2002) Social constructionism: a theoretical framework to underpin support for the development of managers in SMEs?. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 9:2, pages 111-119.
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Fytton Rowland & Iris Rubbert. (2001) An evaluation of the information needs and practices of part‐time and distance‐learning students in the context of educational and social change through lifelong learning. Journal of Documentation 57:6, pages 741-762.
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Tom Cockburn, Peter Treadwell & Cheryl Cockburn‐Wootten. (2001) The politics of community: challenges in digital education. Campus-Wide Information Systems 18:5, pages 187-194.
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