The ALADIN Online Alert is a joint ALADIN initiative, produced bimonthly by the UIL Library and CDÉACF, with input from additional ALADIN members from all over the world. Its goal is to share recent online and full-text information and documents in the area of adult and lifelong learning. To propose items for upcoming alerts, please contact the ALADIN coordinator Lisa Krolak. To view older ALADIN Online Alerts, please visit the ALADIN news site.

Dear ALADIN community, In this ALADIN Online Alert, I would like to showcase the following articles: a manifesto for adult learning in the 21st century; a blog post on community libraries; a report on adult learning experiments in libraries; a paper on active global citizens for sustainable development; and an OECD report on future-ready adult learning systems. I wish you enjoyable reading, Lisa Krolak, ALADIN coordinator CONTENTS Adult Learning Adult Literacy Lifelong Learning Technical and Vocational Education and Training Adult Learning International Adult Learning and Education: Active global citizens for sustainable development : a political, professional and personal account Duke, Chris; Hinzen, Heribert Source: Centre for research and development in adult and lifelong learning (CR&DALL), 01/2019 Democracy needs places of adult education Mauch, Werner Source: Only connect - The Lifelong learning blog from UIL , 02/2019 Getting Skills Ready: Future-Ready Adult Learning Systems Source: OECD, 02/2019 Vers une implantation réussie : La finale Source: Commission scolaire du Lac-Saint-Jean, 01/2019 Lang: FRE Asia and the Pacific Quest - National magazine for adult and community education Source: Adult Learning Australia (ALA), Issue 4, 12/2018 Europe and North America Adult Education and Health Source: ELM Magazine, Issue 4, 12/2018 Capacity Building Series Source: European Basic Skills Network (EBSN), 02/2019 Learning Experiments in the Libraries Krasowska-Igras, Magdalena et al. Source: DIDEL Learning Experiments, 08/18 Manifesto for Adult Learning in the 21st Century: The Power and Joy of Learning Source: European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA), 02/2019 Tracking Online and Distance Education in Canadian Universities and Colleges: 2018 Source: Contact North, 01/2019 Lang: ENG, FRE   Adult Literacy International Ageing and Skills: The Case of Literacy Skills Barrett, Garry F.; Riddell, W. Craig Source: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), 01/2019 Reading as social pedagogy and education Source: Pedagogía Social; no 33, 02/2019 Lang: ENG, SPA Africa Europe and North America Education and Literacy as Metonyms for English: Adult Basic Education and Domestic Workers in South Africa Kaiper, Anna Source: Goodling Institute for Resarch in Family Literacy, 12/2018 Literacy Lost: Canada’s basic skills shortfall Lane, Janet; Murray, T. Scott Source: Canada West Foundation, 12/2018 Lifelong Learning International A family affair: Recognizing the potential of intergenerational learning Heimbel, Qiongzhuoma Source: Only connect - The Lifelong learning blog from UIL, 01/2019 eucen Conference Bergen and Autumn Seminar 2018: "Times of transition - the role of university lifelong learning" Source: eucen Studies, eJournal of University Lifelong Learning, Vol. 2, no 2, 12/2018 How People Learn II: Learners, Contexts, and Cultures Source: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 10/2018 Indigenous knowledge matters Roche, Stephen Source: Only connect - The Lifelong learning blog from UIL, 02/2019 Resources of hope: Why community libraries matter / Krolak, Lisa Source: Only connect - The Lifelong learning blog from UIL, 01/2019 Towards good active ageing for all in a context of deep demographic change and dislocation Kearns, Peter; Reghenzani-Kearns, Denise Source: PASCAL International Observatory, 12/2018 Trends Shaping Education 2019 Source: OECD, 01/2019 Lang: ENG, FRE Africa Community Education and Training in South Africa Source: OECD, 03/2019 Asia and the Pacific Future skills: To adapt to the future of work, Australians will undertake a third more education and training and change what, when and how we learn. Source: AlphaBeta, 01/2019 Lifelong learning: An organising principle for reform / Brown, Tony Source: Australian Journal of Adult Learning; vol. 58, no 3, 11/2018 Europe and North America Latin America and the Caribbean Structural Indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe Parveva, Teodora Source: European Commission, 12/2018 Lifelong Learning: Perceptions Collected through the “Age-friendly Cities” Method in the Neighborhood of Mooca, São Paulo (Brazil) / Graeff, Bibiana; Bestetti, Maria Luisa; Domingues, Marisa; Cachioni, Meire Source: Zeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung, 01/2019 Technical and Vocational Education and Training International Global Commission on the Future of Work: Work for a brighter future Source: International Labour Organization (ILO), 01/2019 Lang: ARA, CHI, ENG, FRE, GER, JPN, RUS, SPA Asia and the Pacific Facilitating the development of students' generic green skills in TVET: an ESD pedagogical model / Pavlova, Margarita; Chen, Christy Shimin Source: TVET@Asia, no 13, 01/2019 The Experiences of Learners with Disabilities in Mainstream Vocational Training in Nepal / Adhikari, Eka Raj Source: International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET), vol. 5, no 4 (2018), 12/2018 Vocational training in India: determinants of participation and effect on wages Kumar, Rishi; Mandava, Shravanth; Gopanapalli, Venkata Sandeep Source: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training (ERVET), 11:3, 01/2019 Europe and North America Better Together: How adult education/CTE collaborations benefit workers and business Bergson-Shilcock, Amanda Source: National Skills Coalition, 01/2019 Effective curricula for at-risk students in vocational education: a study of teachers’ practice / Fix, Marieke; Ritzen, Henk; Pieters, Jules.; Kuiper, Wilhelmus Antonius Johannes Maria Source: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training (ERVET), 11:1, 01/2019 Effects of Vocational and General Education for Labor-Market Outcomes over the Life-Cycle Woessmann, Ludger Source: European Expert Network on Economics of Education (EENEE), 12/2018 Flexibility and Innovation in Apprenticeship Technical Training: Project Evaluation Report Source: Canadian Apprenticeship Forum, 01/2019 Key indicators on education, skills and employment 2018 Badescu, Mircea Source: European Training Foundation (ETF), 10/2018 Partnering Up: How industry partnerships can bring work-based learning to scale Spiker, Katie Source: National Skills Coalition, 01/2019 Skillset and match: CEDEFOP´s Magazine Promoting Learning for Work Source: CEDEFOP, Issue 15, 01/2019   Upskilling adult learners with disabilities: how collaboration among adult education, vocational rehabilitation, and workforce development partners can strengthen systems / Bergson-Shilcock, Amanda Source: National Skills Coalition, 02/2019 Work-related training and workplace learning: Nordic perspectives and European comparisons Source: International Journal of Lifelong Education; Vol. 37, no 5, 12/2018 The ALADIN Online Alert is a joint ALADIN initiative, produced bimonthly by the UIL Library and CDÉACF, with input from additional ALADIN members from all over the world. Its goal is to share recent online and full-text information and documents in the area of adult and lifelong learning. To propose items for upcoming alerts, please contact the ALADIN coordinator Lisa Krolak. To view older ALADIN Online Alerts, please visit the ALADIN website. Please note: Some hyperlinks might change over time. Hyperlinks to online materials imply neither responsibility for, nor approval of, the information contained in these materials on the part of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL). These hyperlinks should not be construed as an endorsement by UNESCO UIL of the validity, accuracy or views expressed therein. For recent online information on curriculum development, education systems and educational trends worldwide, please consult the IBE Online Alert. Copyright © 2018 UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), All rights reserved.