The American Council on Education (ACE)

The ACE developed principles emphasizing how placing learning first is crucial because:

• We are becoming a society in which continuous learning is central to effective participation as citizens and wage-earners.
• The diversity of learners, learning needs, learning contexts, and modes of learning must be recognized if the learning activities are to achieve their goals.
• The learning experience is organized over the time, place, and pace of instruction.
• The development of a learning society may require significant changes in the roles, responsibilities, and activities of provider organizations and personnel as well as of the learner themselves.

I think these are all really good points. What do you think?