Lifelong Learning: Continuing Engineering Education

Lifelong learning is developing a new skills or knowledge through lifelong, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuit of education for professional reasons or personal purpose. In other words, lifelong learning is the process of one educating oneself from early childhood to late senior years. A lifelong learning idea represents that, people learned by their selves, in groups, and from each other. Also, they learn by making real model solution to new products where we have to apply our skills and they take their skills that they learned and apply it to a real-life practice field. There are some factors that play an important role in lifelong learning through self-directed learning such as: creativity, self-concept as an effective learner, and openness to learning opportunities. Dave Truss, in a philosophy essay, states, “The goal of education is to enrich the lives of students

Most universities are offering post graduate programs for a part time. In the article about lifelong learning for professional engineers it is stated, the challenge in engineers which is “Lifelong learning is as essential for Professional Engineers as their initial training and certification. Continued professional development is an urgent imperative to ensure public safety, a sustainable environment, a competitive national economy, a respected profession, a profitable employer, and a fulfilling career” (pg. 1). One of the most important factors of continuing engineering education is a person who graduated recently, need to get some experience so first they have to get into training in their field of study and get some hands on experiences in the real world because this training or experience will play a huge role in the future. Engineers are accountable to find continuing engineering education opportunities because to maintain the professional ability