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- Embracing Web 2.0 & 3.0 tools to support lifelong learning - Let learners connectPublication . Loureiro, Ana; Messias, Inês; Barbas, Maria PotesToday's students have grown up surrounded by the digital society, to them traditional teaching is poorly stimulating, for they are used to utilize simultaneously diverse types of media. Learning is within the distance of a click, for those digitally savvy enough. Although, to actually retain knowledge there is still the need to acquire digital skills, soft skills, have digital literacy in order to perform effective research, select information, reflect, collaborate, produce, learn and share knowledge. This article aims to ascertain if, and how, those having these competences with access to digital and virtual tools will be better prepared and motivated for lifelong learning.
- Competences and learning profiles of digital age's studentsPublication . Loureiro, Ana; Messias, InêsIn the connected world we live in today, people no longer look for information only in formal places. Internet has become a place of choice to gather information. Social networks have grown from places for socialization to platforms where knowledge is created and shared, where connectivity and collaboration are natural. Many people look at the web as a place for learning, using it to create a network which allows them to gather, select, share, reshape ideas and create knowledge to then replicate on social networks. Students' learning profile is becoming more proactive in the search for information and constructing valid knowledge. The demands of the information age raise the necessity of students to acquire different skills and competences – 21st century skills. This chapter aims to present the different students' learning profiles and the type of learning environments available online.