ABSTRACT
It appears from our analysis in Chapter 4 that ICT-based learning is having little impact on overall patterns of (non)participation in formal adult learning. The non-participation of adults in education remains a significant and deep-rooted trend, with or without ICTbased initiatives. Our conclusion so far is that whether or not an individual participates in learning appears to be a lifelong pattern, already presaged at school-leaving-age, and intrinsically related to long-term social, economic and educational factors. Crucially, access to technologies such as the computer or internet does not, in itself, seem to make people any more likely to participate in education and (re)engage with learning.
