Adult learning in the digital age information technology and the learning society by selwyn n gorard s and furlong j london routledge 2006 reviewed by stephen dobson senior lecturer in education lillehammer university college norway email stephendobsonhilno introduction. Adult learning addresses key questions and provides a sound empirical foundation to the existing debate highlighting the complex realities of the learning society and e learning rhetoric it tells the story of those who are excluded from the learning society and offers a set of strong recommendations for practitioners policy makers and politicians as well as researchers and students. T1 adult learning in the digital age t2 information technology and the learning society au selwyn neil au gorard stephen au furlong john py 2006 y1 2006 n2 this engaging book sheds light on the ways in which adults in the twenty first century interact with technology in different learning environments based on one of the first large scale academic research projects in this area the authors present their findings and offer practical recommendations for the use of . The wider social economic cultural and political realities of the information age and the learning society adult learning addresses key questions and provides a sound empirical foundation to the