You, the learner
social networks
open source software
online communities of practice
wikis, virtual learning environments, intranets
digital engagement
democracy
finding a job
advice and guidance
e-portfolios
mobile learning
content creation
podcasts
youtube
open course ware
learning at work
e-assessment
online courses
e-cpd
qualifications: ITQ, ECDL, CLAIT etc.
access for disabled people
digital life skills
Higher Education
Further 
Education
Community 
Learning & Development
Youth Work
Family
Learning
Careers 
Guidance
Libraries & 
Information 
Services
Archives
Work-based 
Learning
The lifelong learning
sector & technology
Skills needs and drivers for people working in youth work:
Digital inclusion agenda
Family learning with technology – eg. Use of ‘brain games’ and Nintendo Wii consoles for literacy and numeracy
Young people’s safety online
Using technology for youth engagement in service design and delivery
Using social networking sites with young people safely


Skills needs and drivers for people working in community learning and development:
Digital inclusion agenda
E-learning champions in communities
Family learning with technology – eg. Use of ‘brain games’ and Nintendo Wii consoles for literacy and numeracy
Online safety
Using technology for community engagement and democracy/campaigning
Digital life skills provision

Skills needs and drivers for people working in Higher Education:
Open educational resources & online universities
Intellectual property rights issues
Students having increasing expectations of use of social media and digital technology in their studies
Tackling information literacies
E-assessment and e-pedagogy development

Skills needs and drivers for people working in Further Education:
Ensuring initial training qualifications and teacher educators equip teachers, tutors and trainers to use technology effectively for learning
Ensuring good CPD is available to enable current staff to use technology effectively for learning
Mobile learning
E-assessment
Open educational resources
Virtual learning environments and social media

Skills needs and drivers for people working in archives:
Digital inclusion agenda
Tackling information literacies
Digitisation of collections responding to an increasingly demanding public
Digital archives and community archives online

Skills needs and drivers for those working in work based learning provision:
Online training provision
E-assessment
Mobile learning
E-portfolios
Efficiency and cost-saving using technology

Skills needs and drivers for those working in libraries and information services:
Digital inclusion agenda
Digital life skills provision
Tackling information literacies
Information, advice and guidance using technology
Providing free online access


Skills gaps and drivers for those working in adult careers guidance:
Digital inclusion agenda
Helping people to find work – increasingly jobs are applied for online
E-portfolios

Skills gaps and drivers for those working in family learning:
Digital inclusion agenda
E-learning champions in communities
Family learning with technology – eg. Use of ‘brain games’ and Nintendo Wii consoles for literacy and numeracy
Young people’s safety online
Digital life skills provision

Hello! You might be feeling like 
technology is running so fast that you can hardly keep up - like Gromit here. This prezi show is designed to show you what the picture currently is with regard to the wide uses of new technologies in the lifelong learning sector. Each circle represents a part of the lifelong learning sector. Click on a circle that interests you to discover the skills needs and drivers currently facing the workforce in those areas. Click again to move out of the circle back to the main picture. The pictures in this show are purely for fun and to brighten up the text!