Abstract
In social sciences, especially in educational sciences, it is emphasized that a lifelong education meaning lifelong learning, refers to the acquisition of knowledge throughout a person's life. It is a concept that combines many different formats of learning including both elements of adult education, lifelong learning, self-education as well as the promotion of the ideal of an individual who fully realizes their potential, both personal and professional. One of the forms of implementation of this concept of education are Universities of the Third Age (UTA), which focus primarily on the development and activation of elderly people. The article focuses on the specificity of continuing education in the functioning of the University of the Warmia and Mazury during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The presented text was prepared based on the analysis of research material collected through semi-directed, problem-focused interviews and foundational databases – primarily at hand, traditional and electronic archives of the UTAs in Warmia and Mazury and digital reports of the Marshal's Office in Olsztyn. The research presented in this article shows that the changing social and health conditions posed new challenges to the universities and caused the need to revise the existing curricula, forms and ways of transferring knowledge and practical skills. During the pandemic Warmia and Mazury UTAs didn`t cease contact with their students and did not renounce continuing education. The period of isolation contributed to an increase in digital competence of the UTA students and digitization of continuing education.
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