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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Advancing Educational Podcasting and Faculty Inquiry with a Grounded Research Model: Building on Current Mixed-Methods Research across Contexts
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King, Kathleen P. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2010
The integration of formal and informal learning is increasing transparently in our daily lives. Leaders of higher and continuing education will benefit from better understanding why and how to formatively research and design effective popular informal learning such as educational podcasting. Using media that has a wide general public user base and…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Informal Education, Action Research, Continuing Education
Understanding Adult Learners amidst Societal Crisis: Learning and Grief in Tandem.
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King, Kathleen P. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2003
A participant-observer study included initial and 10-month follow-up surveys of 19 adult learners before and after the September 11th terrorist attacks; 18 described their experiences as perspective transformation. Grief stages were observed; the reorganization stage was most evident. Combining the models of transformative learning and grief…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Grief, Learning Processes
Technology Catalyzing Change in How Faculty Teach and Learn.
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King, Kathleen P. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2002
Interviews with 17 graduate school faculty indicated that 71% experienced changes in perspective and practice using technology, including stimulation of students' critical thinking, increased class dialogue, more student-centered teaching, awareness of technology issues, and student engagement in constructivist learning. Learning and using…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, College Faculty, Critical Thinking, Educational Practices
Faculty Development: Leadership Strategies for Success.
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Lawler, Patricia A.; King, Kathleen P. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2000
Viewing faculty development as adult learning, continuing education providers should plan their offerings using adult learning principles and strategies. To take a leadership role, they must build credibility within their institutions, establish institutional commitment, and conduct ongoing research. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Continuing Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education