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CONTINUOUS EDUCATION: MAIN DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2009. Issue 7 (85). P. 106-109

The attention of researchers to continuous education is sharply increased because of growing impact of continuous education on the development of economy, society and individuals. At the same time it is necessary to stress that there is a lack of settled terminology concerning continuous education. Various terminology approaches to continuous education are considered in the article: additional vocational training, adult education, lifelong learning, etc. The article presents an attempt to generalize existing approaches and to formulate offers on development of the unified conceptual framework in the given sphere.

Keywords: continuous education, adult education, continuous vocational training, terminology, definition, legislation in the sphere of continuous education

INNOVATIVE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION: BASIC ASPECTS AND TRENDS // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2009. Issue 10 (88). P. 64-68

Implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (personal computer, Internet, Web-technologies etc) in the education sphere is a complex issue. There are different opinions which describe both positive and negative ICT influences on participants of educational process. ICT implementation background in the sphere of education, advantages and shortcomings of the informatization process are considered in the article. Also article presents the attempt to identify basic trends emerging in education as a result from Information and Communication Technologies implementation.

Keywords: information and communication technologies in education, innovations, continuous education, Internet, coaching, educational services