Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Human Resources Development Canada, Hull (Quebec). Office of Learning Technologies

Titel

Pan-Canadian Forum on Community Learning Networks Conference Proceedings [and] A Discussion Guide (1st, Ottawa, Ontario, March 27-29, 1998)

Ort / Verlag

Web site: http://olt-bta

Erscheinungsjahr

1998

Quelle

ERIC

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This document contains information from and about the Pan-Canadian Forum on Community Learning Networks (CLNs) that was conducted to identify existing and emerging needs of CLNs and identify emerging trends and issues related to CLNs. The document begins with a discussion of role played by CLNs in building a lifelong learning culture. Presented next are summaries of the salient features of the presentations of forum participants, who represented organizations such as the following: The Learning Enrichment Foundation; Port au Port Community Education Initiative; Women and Rural Economic Development; Lumby Community Internet Access; St. Albert Continuous Learning Community; Distance Learning Systems; Societe pour l'apprentissage a vie; University of Sudbury's Ojibwe Language Program; and Learner's Advisory Network. Concluding the document are the following: summary of forum working groups' sessions conducted to identify the elements of a CLN "tool kit"; forum recommendations; and plans for the follow-up conference. Appendixes constituting approximately two-thirds of the document contain the following: information about the forum organizers; "Learning in the 21st Century: New Roles, New Benefits, New Responsibilities and New Challenges" (Jacquelyn Thayer Scott); "CLN Forum Wrap-up" (Lucille Pacey); and names/addresses of forum participants. English and French versions of the forum discussion guide prepared by Doug Knight are also included. (MN)