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Xi Lin – Adult Learning, 2024
This qualitative study examines student learning experiences toward a student-developed case study activity for online discussion guided by a three-tier case method model. Forty-five students were recruited from four online adult education courses. Analysis of students' feedback shows that this activity leads to students' positive learning…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Adults, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Baumgartner, Lisa M.; Jin, Bora; Kim, Junghwan – Adult Learning, 2023
Older adults are a growing population. This article reviews the literature on older adults in "Adult Learning" from its inception in 1989 through 2020. Topics focus primarily on program reports, programmatic learning needs, personal reflections, and classroom methods. Key findings include that "older adult" is not well-defined…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Adult Education, Literature Reviews, Educational History
Kloubert, Tetyana; Hoggan, Chad – Adult Learning, 2021
The process of migration to a new country brings with it a host of challenges, and therefore also learning needs. Some countries have systems in place to facilitate the transition of migrants into society, often including adult education programs. Those programs, however, cannot be effective if blithely designed in ignorance of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Migrants, Labor Market, Adult Education
Rogers-Shaw, Carol; Carr-Chellman, Davin J.; Choi, Jinhee – Adult Learning, 2018
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework for the teaching-learning transaction that conceptualizes knowledge through learner-centered foci emphasizing accessibility, collaboration, and community. Given the importance of access to achieving social justice, UDL is a promising approach to meeting all learners' needs more effectively. In…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Guidelines, Adult Students, Online Courses
Majeski, Robin A.; Stover, Merrily; Valais, Teresa – Adult Learning, 2018
The community of inquiry (COI) model identifies elements which are fundamental to a successful online learning experience, namely, teaching presence, cognitive presence, and social presence. The model has received empirical support as a useful framework for understanding the online learning experience. A limitation of the model is its…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Inquiry, Electronic Learning, Models
Seidman, Alan; Brown, Stephen C. – Adult Learning, 2016
Adult learners of tomorrow will face many challenges that will make it harder to attend classes. The demands of daily living will continue to multiply. Therefore, flexibility is among the keys to providing a quality learning experience for adult learners. This means teachers must constantly innovate to keep the class content fresh and their…
Descriptors: Humor, Teaching Methods, Adult Learning, Adult Education
Treff, Marjorie E.; Earnest, Stephen E. – Adult Learning, 2016
This article recommends strategies and process tools that teach learners to communicate with peers, observe specific behaviors in group processes, and share and analyze those observations to create increased awareness of their and others' assumptions and behaviors. The authors apply these strategies and tools in ways that make explicit to learners…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Educational Theories, Adult Development
Alston, Geleana Drew; Clegg, T. E.; Clodfelter, Roy J., Jr.; Drye, Kimberly C.; Farrer, J. V.; Gould, Derek; Mohsin, Nidhal M.; Rankin, Tomiko N.; Ray, Sherri L. – Adult Learning, 2016
Adult education is grounded in responding to the needs of others, and the field places emphasis on adult learning theories such as transformative learning and experiential learning. Service learning is an educational approach that balances formal instruction and direction with the opportunity for adult learners to serve in the community as a…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Education, Service Learning, Teaching Methods
Treff, Marjorie E.; Earnest, Steve – Adult Learning, 2016
This article describes the experiences of two graduate faculty members from Indiana University who facilitated two workshops sponsored by Ball State University at Highlander Research and Education Center, one in May of 2013, and another in May of 2014. We describe the history of Participation Training, the program we used to plan and conduct…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Graduate Study, Reflective Teaching, Facilitators (Individuals)
Nielsen, Kristen – Adult Learning, 2015
Writing is critical to success in education, the workplace, and everyday communication yet receives limited attention in the research, particularly the topic of writing instruction in adult education. Adult literacy practitioners frequently lack training in writing instruction and must rely on a confusing array of information, primarily derived…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Writing Instruction, Educational Practices, Adult Education
Ballenger, Sheryl – Adult Learning, 2013
Humphries first defined the term "audism" as "the notion that one is superior based on one's ability to hear or behave in the manner of one who hears". Audism is a prejudice related to the physical hearing condition of the human body. The point of this article is not to substantiate or negate the term's importance but…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Hearing (Physiology), Hearing Impairments
Jones, Darolyn; Jones, James W.; Murk, Peter J. – Adult Learning, 2012
Writing collaboratively is now widely practiced in many fields. Particularly in this advancing technological age, people find that it is not only practiced but also commonplace. However, the practice of writing collaboratively has not been widely researched, presented, or taught, and practitioners are often left to learn what works purely through…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Process Approach (Writing), Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods
Azevedo, Nair Rios; Goncalves, Maria Jose – Adult Learning, 2012
Especially in a time of economic and social crisis, besides poverty and social segregation, immigrants face an additional difficulty to get integrated in a new society: lack of oral and written knowledge of the language of the country they are now living in. This paper describes an on-going research project--Writing and Reading with Art (WRAP)…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Adult Literacy, Immigrants, Adult Education
Rutherford-Hemming, Tonya – Adult Learning, 2012
Simulation is often used in nursing education as a teaching methodology. Simulation is rooted in adult learning theory. Three learning theories, cognitive, social, and constructivist, explain how learners gain knowledge with simulation experiences. This article takes an in-depth look at each of these three theories as each relates to simulation.…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Nursing Education, Adult Learning, Teaching Methods
Scherling, Sarah E. – Adult Learning, 2011
Collaborative learning is a hallmark of adult education and a popular instructional strategy. For over a decade, as an educator of adult learners, the author has integrated group work into courses. Group projects require the contribution and evaluation from all group members and often reflect a collective grade at the end of the project. However,…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Adult Education, Cooperative Learning, Adult Learning