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Conceição, Simone C. O. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
Designing and facilitating online learning experiences require a repertoire of skills and a unique mindset. This article focuses on adult learners' characteristics, learner-centered principles, and tools for engaging learning in the online environment as a starting point for acquiring these skills.
Descriptors: Online Courses, Teaching Methods, Adult Students, Student Characteristics
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Baldwin, Cheryl K.; Conceição, Simone C. O. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
This article reviews the strategies discussed in this special issue using the framing of knowledge synergies for effective online facilitation. Guidance and resources for continuous professional improvement through self and peer assessment, creating spaces for professional learning, and managing workload are explored.
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Distance Education, Online Courses, College Faculty
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Conceição, Simone C. O.; Martin, Larry G. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2016
This chapter focuses on the role adult educators can play in assisting Black men to overcome the challenges faced in accessing and using digital technology and acquiring appropriate skills in a digital society.
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Teacher Role, Technological Literacy, Technology Education
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Conceição, Simone C. O. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2016
This chapter addresses the transitions and changes occurring because of technological innovation, how these changes are affecting the workplace, and the skills needed to thrive today. It also presents generational characteristics of adult learners and strategies for adult educators and higher education institutions for effectively dealing with…
Descriptors: Global Education, Technological Advancement, Technological Literacy, Competition