Lifelong and lifewide education

I work in education. One of the more interesting concepts being touted at the moment is the idea of lifelong (and lifewide) education. I like those ideas quite a lot. Essentially they mean that education is no longer divided among age lines, but also that education is no longer confined to educational institutions or formal settings. Education takes place at the workplace, during free time etc.

Sure, young people still go to school, but after that it is no longer that simple: people learn and should learn throughout their lives. This means that the concept of education has to change as well. There is a shift in paradigm coming (or has it already arrived). Those educational institutions who accept and embrace this will be much better equipped for future than those who do not. I hope my institution is among the latter.