Digital technologies in the academic literature of adult education

In a society and economy that increasingly uses digital technology and provides knowledge through technology, the domain of digital skills is important for the promotion of social inclusion. Having this problematic as a focus, the research identifies contexts and uses of digital technologies in the processes of lifelong learning of adults in situations of social vulnerability and potential effects for social inclusion from the analysis of articles housed in the EBSCOhost database, published in academic journals between 2012 and 2017. The analysis reveals how more referenced the training contexts, followed by the technology/tools used, especially online learning, mobile devices and offline applications. Less referenced are the pedagogical practices and the trainees involved in learning, essential for social inclusion.