relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/15090/ title: Application of digital technologies, multimedia, and brain-based strategies: Nurturing adult education and lifelong learning creator: Chai, M.T. creator: Malik, A.S. creator: Saad, M.N.M. creator: Rahman, M.A. description: Teaching adult learners is challenging because the characteristics of adult learners and their expectations are different from children/early adolescence. Recent advances in digital technology offer various opportunities that are particularly useful in fostering adult learning by transforming traditional "live" classroom-based into "virtual." This chapter aims to explore how the digital technologies affect the way the brain learns and memorizes, including cognitive, emotional, and behavioral dimensions to promote personal and professional development. First, this chapter presents the application of digital technologies that support and engage adult learners in enhancing knowledge acquisition and retention, discusses the specific engagement techniques for adult, along with the research on multimedia learning. This chapter also covered neuroscience studies related to brain-based learning and strategies. The opportunities and challenges of the use of digital technology and multimedia platform to be effective learning tools for academic context and lifelong learning are also presented. © 2021, IGI Global. publisher: IGI Global date: 2021 type: Book type: PeerReviewed identifier: Chai, M.T. and Malik, A.S. and Saad, M.N.M. and Rahman, M.A. (2021) Application of digital technologies, multimedia, and brain-based strategies: Nurturing adult education and lifelong learning. IGI Global, pp. 837-860. ISBN 9781799887348; 9781799885986 relation: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85128088428&doi=10.4018%2f978-1-7998-8598-6.ch042&partnerID=40&md5=c16052c0761e9ded0fa5e0ba0d3d25fe relation: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8598-6.ch042 identifier: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8598-6.ch042