The learner and their context - interim report: Benefits of ICT use outside formal education

This report from research commissioned by Becta investigates what, how and why people learn outside formal educational settings using technology. This study, The Learner in Context, explores the: • ways in which many learners individually and as members of social groups manage and develop their engagement with digital technologies in order to adapt it to their needs • sources of frustration, lack of skills and lack of opportunity that separate many other learners from the benefits of the same new technologies