Lifelong learning
The benefits of lifelong learning
One of the essential attributes of a UNE graduate is to be prepared for lifelong learning in pursuit of personal and professional development. Some identified benefits of lifelong learning are:
- personal competence and fulfilment
- greater personal economic security
- national prosperity through a well-skilled workforce
- increased social cohesion and tolerance
- increased participation in the life of the community.
Lifelong learning is vital if you are to keep gaining the knowledge and skills needed to adapt and prosper in our rapidly changing world.
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MIT OpenCourseWare Open course materials are an excellent way of continuing your own education. MIT OpenCourseWare provides free lecture notes, exams, videos and other resources from more than 1800 courses spanning MIT's entire curriculum. You can also search the holdings of the OpenCourseWare Consortium to discover freely available course materials from other universities world-wide. |
Information literacy
Information literacy, the ability to find, evaluate and use information, is essential for successful lifelong learning.
Working through eSKILLS UNE helps to acquire some basic information literacy skills. Keep updating these skills as your needs change and the information environment evolves. More advanced information skills are covered in eSKILLS Plus.
You might also like to have a look at tutorials by other organisations available on the Web, such as i-tutorials at Curtin University.