Analyses how digital technologies have enabled transformative change in the ways in which learning can be constructed, and discusses the nature of the literacies that have emerged in this virtual and e-learning environment. This book considers the ways in which digital literacies can be made available to learners.

Demographics point to a rapid increase in the number of older adults in
many countries. This situation has been debated primarily from the
perspective of an unrealistically optimistic or unduly pessimistic view of the
future, with few attempts to suggest alternatives. This study proposes a
radical theory based on the premise that an opportune time in history exists
for older adults to contribute to social and political change through the
formation of a new social movement. The analysis addresses the question of
whether education in some form could act as an agency or catalyst to initiate
an...