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Open Learning Sources of Social Enterprises: How Social Entrepreneurship is Improving Adult Education
Type of Presentation
Shared
Session Abstract
This study examines social functions and institutional characteristics of selected social enterprises providing open learning sources in order to update our knowledge about open and distance education for adults.
Target Audience
Practitioners, students and instructors who are interested in social entrepreneurship and open & distance learning
Learning Outcomes
The session participants will learn:
1) a converging consensus on the concept and principles of social entrepreneurship in relation to open and distance adult learning,
2) the social and economic objectives of open learning sources in social entrepreneurship,
3) cases of leading social enterprises providing open learning sources and their concrete activities, and
4) the sustainable impact of social enterprises in adult education upon the societal welfare.
Session Description
Given the growing need for open learning sources, several independent organizations have initiated distance education to meet that learning need as well as financial sustainability. Those organizations manifest themselves in their social entrepreneurship as their primary objective is to contribute to social development drawing upon entrepreneurial strategy. The conception of social entrepreneurship can be applied to the dissemination of knowledge and the extension of learning opportunity in adult education. As a result, the variety of open learning sources is currently available to limitless adult learners. Many social enterprises are providing educational services to adult populations by employing innovative strategies and technologies in pursuit of their social purposes. Those social enterprises are motivated to fill market gaps left by traditional educational institutions. Therefore, it is meaningful to examine the social roles and functions of those social enterprises in order to understand how social entrepreneurship is improving adult, open, and distance education.
Efforts are made to try to schedule sessions on the day preferred by the Primary Presenter, though this cannot be guaranteed. Please check your preference.
Thursday November 7
Primary Presenter
K.P. Joo, The Pennsylvania State University
Work Title
Online Program Coordinator