%0 Journal Article %T A Role of Higher Education Institutions in the Development of Life-long Learning Processes %A Lech Banachowski %J EduAction : Electronic Education Magazine %D 2011 %I Polish Society of Internet Education Research %X The following question is considered: In what way can the higher schools support the processes of life-long learning of their graduates and also of their faculty and students?Ħħ A solution is proposed based on building learning community of practice managing joint knowledge repository including Personal Learning Environments (PLE) and e-portfolios. It is shown how to extend ordinary LMS (VLE) system to support processes of life-long learning. The steps made at the Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology (PJIIT) are discussed towards implementation of these ideas. %K e-learning %K life-long learning %K continuing studies %K knowledge repository %K learning community of practi - ce %K e-portfolio %K learning management system %K personal learning environment %U http://wyrwidab.come.uw.edu.pl/ojs/index.php/eduakcja/article/download/29/27