Farideh Mashayekh - Introduction - Lifelong Learning in Knowledge Society 1.3 2007/07/16 09:45:15 GMT-5 2007/07/27 08:03:42.173 GMT-5 Ken Udas keu10@psu.edu Cecelia Merkel cbm12@psu.edu Adult Learners Constructivism Iran Knowledge Society Life Long Learning Open Educational Resources (OER) Open Source Software (OSS) OSS and OER in Education Series Introduction to Dr. Farideh Mashayekh contribution to the "OSS and OER in Education Series." In this post, she shares share some of her thoughts about the importance and nature of adult learning in a knowledge society, opening ample opportunities for the rest of us to connect these topics with open source software and open educational resources.

Farideh Mashayekh - Introduction

Dr. Farideh Mashayekh serves as a Strategic Consultant in Educational Planning and Pedagogy with Pedagogy.ir. Much of her teaching, research, and other work have focused on systems approaches to planning adult education and lifelong learning and the application of cognitive and constructivist schools of thought in teaching-learning processes. In addition to being a prime mover behind Pedagogy.ir, she is a thought leader in the adult education community in Iran.