...1.0 INTRODUCTION 3 – 6 2.0 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ONLINE LEARNING AND TRADITIONAL CAMPUS -BASED CLASSES 7 – 9 3.0 STRATEGIES FOR ONLINE LEARNING SUCCESS 10 – 12 4.0 CHARACTERISTICS OF ADULT LEARNERS 13 5.0 SUCCESSFUL ADULT LEARNERS AT IPD-OUM AWARDS CEREMONY 14 6.0 CONCLUSION 15 7.0 REFERENCE 16 1.0 INTRODUCTION Online learning has grown rapidly in the past few years in colleges requiring instructors to learn effective ways to build online communities of learners. There are barriers to avoid, as well as key components to include, when creating online learning environments. There are many technology options to choose from to deliver course material, but instructors must keep in mind the adult learners’ unique needs. Creating Online Learning Environments for Adults As our world embraces technology, the way instruction is delivered to students is evolving from face-to-face instruction to online formats. Creating effective interactive learning environments for adult online courses is important to the success of students. Online learning is a relatively new format for teaching, but as a growing field, it is important for educators to understand the best methods for creating learning environments with available technology. Technology can enhance or defeat the building of community learning environments. Social constructivists understand that learning takes place in a community setting, where instructors...
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...Articles Adult learning theory is fully discussed and explained in the articles; “Adult Learning Theory: Applications to Non-Traditional College Students “(Kenner, Weinerman) and “Adult learning styles and on-line educational preference” (McGlone). The articles describe multiple aspects of how an adult learns compared to a child and what life experiences adults bring into their educational environment. Adult learning theory is based on the way to adult learners comprehend and learn as they are older adults and not children. This theory also studies how adults learn when studying online. Newer adult learners bring learning styles and life experiences that provide a more critical foundation. Online learning is now the new basis for adult learners. To understand how adult learning theory works, the teacher must first understand andragogy, which is an advanced field of psychology in which the age of the learner, is studied. An andragogy study is a process-focused approach and was not studied until the 1960s and 1970s. Before that, only pedagogy was studied, which is the way that children learn. Children and adults learn completely different. In recent research, it is shown that adults learn best with a self-paced learning environment, which means instruction from the teacher and all of the guidance done solely by the students. Most adult learners are more eager than traditional students to learn since this is normally their second chance at a good education. Most adult learners...
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...Kailee Brock Ms. Alsaker English 101 29 April 2014 Technology & Social Media’s Effects on Literacy and Anti-Intellectualism In 2013, thirty-two million adults in the United States did not know how to read and write, which comes to about 14 percent of adults. Twenty-one percent of adults in the United States can only read at a fifth grade level. 774 million adults in the world cannot read or write. Many adults do not know how to read and write because they did not complete high school for any number of reasons. These reasons could include being forced to stay home and work or go out and get a job to support a family; the schools may not educate past the fifth or eighth grade level; bad home life; sickness; or a family crisis. Technology and social media have aided in decreasing the rates of literacy and increasing the amount of anti-intellectualism in the United States. Social media and technology have also helped some people to learn to read and write in some cases. According to Cynthia L. Selfe in Technology and literacy in the twenty-first century: the importance of paying attention, “the access and use of technology in school-based settings is now a fundamental skill of literacy, and if such skills do help prepare graduates for the jobs they will be asked to do, these same students can expect fewer opportunities to assume high-tech and high-paying jobs, not more.”(136) However, social media and technology have increased the amount of anti-intellectualism in...
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...their own online. Children in particular live in a digital world and being taught about how to protect themselves online and how to think critically about what they come across is a vital skill (Gurney-Read, J. 2013). Being digitally literate will help children and adults alike avoid problems such as copyright infringement and fraud when they are online. Due to the large influence of the internet and social media in this age, being digitally literate has become a vital skill alongside being literate, in the sense of being able to read and write. Being literate in 2015, more than ever, is seen as a right. The Hamburg Declaration states: ‘Literacy, broadly conceived as the basic knowledge and skills needed by all in a rapidly changing...
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... * Summary: A summary requires that you take a passage or excerpt and break it down into the most basic points. To use a common metaphor, you are trimming the fat. The reader should be left with only the major points. * Quotation: A quotation requires that you take a portion of the text and replicate it exactly. This can be anywhere from 3 words to an entire sentence. Part One: 30 Points For the assignment, write as though each answer is a portion of your Adult Learning Theory Paper. Everything should be in current APA format (where necessary). Please read the excerpt below and answer the questions. In an effort to better understand how adults learn, adult learning theories are derived to help theorists and practitioners by providing workable and testable explanations of the learning process. These theories seek to explain how the process of learning as an adult differs from learning as a child. They focus on describing how various social, psychological, emotional, and physiological factors affect adult learning. To that end, ideas generated by educators,...
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...individual won't be able to read or write which implies they won't have access so the knowledge that has been gained thru history. It is through education that opens our minds to the wider world which encourages us to engage with it on a deeper level. One of the ways we judge the quality of life in a specific area is by looking at the proportion of literate folks in a population. Education is what enables a society to realize a particular way of living and to sustain it. There's a direct link between education and the products and services that a society can produce. Education is so critical in developed countries that there are whole systems set up to provide quality education to our kids. In wealthier countries you will see higher literacy rates and a much higher productiveness of the people. Education in many nations goes way past the basics learned by children. Around the world you'll be able to find institutes of higher education where teens are given advanced coaching in a big range of fields. There also are online education schemes available for both children and adults. here are so many modes of teaching a child or a group of kids to learn how to read. Reading help for kids are numerous even for the dyslexic ones. From time immemorial we have been taught to read but in the ancient world children are taught to write and learn words based on images or imagery. It is not uncommon for a child in Egypt during ancient time to know how to write Egyptian hieroglyphics...
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...Best 1 Running head: Learning the Best Strategies of Learning the Best Cindy Watson Grand Canyon University NRS429V: Family Centered Health Promotion June 17, 2012 Learning Best 2 The strategies of learning are as varied as styles of teaching. As an adult learner how can you assess learning styles and improve your study skills? Inott, 2011, says, “Having an understanding of how and why adults learn is necessary to facilitating learning, and says that teaching is received and learning is experienced,” (Inott, 2011). Adult learners’ motivations to learning are because of a change in skills, in other words they are returning to the learning environment out of wanting to. Inott says that adult learners are characterized by autonomy, rigidity, goal and relevancy orientation, practicality, and experience. (Inott, 2011). There are many different learning theories; however the VARK learning styles are more relevant to student learning. The acronym VARK represents visual, aural, read or write and kinesthetic strategies to learning (Fleming, 2011). Visual learners prefer information by illustrations, pictures and words. Aural types prefer to process information by hearing. Read or write learners prefer text, reading and writing; while the kinesthetic learner prefers a perceptual experience to be simulated or real (Fleming, 2011). Summarizing the learning preference closes to myself, multimodal fits the most. According to Fleming 60% of...
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...|Introduction to Human Services | | | | Copyright © 2011, 2009, 2005 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course provides a broad overview of the human services discipline using practice settings and social problems as lenses so that the role and function of the human service provider, as well as the clients with whom they work can be understood in context. The course begins with a brief overview of what a human service provider is, and what services these professionals provide. A history of social welfare is provided so that students can gain a historical perspective of how poor and marginalized populations have been cared for in the United States. Generalist practice skills and intervention strategies are introduced generally, but a more in-depth exploration of intervention strategies are discussed in later chapters as they apply to particular social problems and practice settings. The course concludes with an exploration of macro practice where change is affected on a broader scale, both domestically and abroad. Students should leave this class having a good idea of what a human service worker is, what they do, who they work with, as well as the gaining a deeper understanding of...
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...Abstract This paper describes the advancements of modern technology and online learning that has no doubt established a great deal of earnings for colleges, universities, businesses, and most importantly learning opportunities for the adult learner. By examining these new innovations in adult education, it will allow us to see how we have grown from the past teaching styles and delivery methods to the advanced opportunities that we have today. Adults of today are looking to increase their knowledge and improve their skills from a few different ways. There are able to do this through formal and informal training, on-the-job training, and self paced courses. In today’s society adults need to be educated or have some type of trade or skill in order to be competitive in the workforce. Before you can get these adults to return to school you have to first get them to get over any fears they may have. Therefore, we will discuss those fears and obstacles that prevent the adult learner from achieving their maximum potential and provide them with some methods to overcome or cope with them as well as allowing them to see that technology is there to help them. Keywords: education, innovations, training, advancements, potential, technology. New Innovations in Adult Education The workforce today is in desperate need of well qualified and educated individuals. These individuals are important, and are needed in order for companies to advance and keep up with...
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...family or friend information should be given out or posted. Remember when you are online, anyone can see and read what you post. Consider who might see your online profile—friends, teachers, parents, coaches, employers, the police, the FBI, even sex offenders. Meeting someone contacted online carries considerable risk and is not advised. Be careful about pictures you post online that can make it easy for people to recognize you. Resources for Parents General Internet Safety: www.NetSafeKids.org www. pollyklaas.org www.cyberangels.org www. willcountysao.com/prevention-protecting kids_online.htm Internet Filtering Software: http://kids.GetNetWise.org 2. Parent Guide 3. 4 Tips on Cell Phone Use 1. Be careful about the pictures you take and send with your phone. Pictures taken with a cell phone can be posted on the web. Be aware text messaging reveals your phone number to whomever you send a message. Internet Safety Training: www.NetSmartz.org www.staysafe.org www.safeteens.org www.safeteens.com www.safekids.com www.netparents.org 2. 3. 4. Know that predators can also send messages and call to arrange meetings. If you receive a bullying or threatening text message, report it immediately to a parent or trusted adult. Your phone has caller ID. Do not answer a call from a number that you are not familiar with or not expecting. Parents should review their service plan to learn which features can be blocked to protect children. Internet Safety for Children...
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...understood in context. The course begins with a brief overview of what a human service provider is, and what services these professionals provide. A history of social welfare is provided so that students can gain a historical perspective of how poor and marginalized populations have been cared for in the United States. Generalist practice skills and intervention strategies are introduced generally, but a more in-depth exploration of intervention strategies are discussed in later chapters as they apply to particular social problems and practice settings. The course concludes with an exploration of macro practice where change is affected on a broader scale, both domestically and abroad. Students should leave this class having a good idea of what a human service worker is, what they do, who they work with, as well as the gaining a deeper understanding of the mission, values and goals embraced by the human service profession. Students will gain knowledge of skills needed to do critical thinking, make oral presentations, function in learning teams, conduct research, and write academic papers in the format of The Publication Manual for the American Psychological Association. Students will be introduced to the university library and learn how to access its resources successfully. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two...
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...There is a big influence of technique on our daily life. Electronic devices, multimedia and computers are things we have to deal with everyday. Especially the Internet is becoming more and more important for nearly everybody as it is one of the newest and most forward-looking media and surely “the” medium of the future. Therefore we thought that it would be necessary to think about some good and bad aspects of how this medium influences us, what impacts it has on our social behaviour and what the future will look like. The Internet changed our life enormously, there is no doubt about that. There are many advantages of the Internet that show you the importance of this new medium. What I want to say is that Internet changed our life in a positive way. First we have to make a differentiation concerning the usage. You can use the Internet at home for personal or you at work for professional usage. Let’s come to the first. To spend a part of our day on the Internet is for many people quite normal. They use this kind of medium to get information about all kinds topics. Maybe some of them are interested in chatting, probably they are members of a community. Whatever you are looking for, you will find it. Even if you want to have very specific information, you will find it in a short time. Normally, you often have to send a letter, than you have to wait for the reception of the reply, or you have to make some telephone calls and so on. In any case, the traditional way is...
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...important form of education in the last few decades. In recent years, the offering of online courses and programmes has become increasingly popular not only in distance education institutions, but in traditional universities as well (Wheeler, 2002). There are many Universities in Malaysia that offers Open and Distance Learning to adult learners or to the people who are working and wanting to further their studies. Among the first university who offers the Open and Distance learning was Universiti Sains Malaysia, which was known as “Off Campus Study” back in 1971. (Supyan , 2004). Since then, the demand for Open and Distance Learner has increased tremendously. After Universiti Sains Malaysia, many other universities started to offer Open and Distance Learning, such as UPSI (Universiti Perguruan Sultan Idriss), UKM (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia), UPM (Universiti Putra Malaysia), UiTM (Universiti Teknologi MARA) and also many private universities, to cope with the increasing demand and number of the adult learners. OUM (Open University Malaysia) is one of the private universities that offer Open and Distance Learning. OUM was established in August 2000 in Kuala Lumpur, 29 years after the first university that offer Open and Distance Learning concept. OUM offers only part time studies method, and they do not have any full-time student, unlike other universities. They cater primarily for the working adults. OUM offers...
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...Introduction We live in a time when more adults are returning to the classroom. The ages of college students today range from 25 to 50 years old (Cercone, 2008). According to Lupton (2007), non-traditional aged students are the fastest growing demographic group in post-secondary education. Distant learning has enabled many students in the older population to enroll in school. Educators need to take into consideration the biological, psychological, and sociological aspects of adult learners. Just as older adults deal with life experiences and come to the classroom with learned experiences, they also come with age related biological situations as well. According to Cercone (2008) the biology and learning styles are influenced by culture which influences who they are today. The article Examining learning and development concepts in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by Koenig and Smith provides an excellent example about how biological experiences can...
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...Workshop 1 Compensatory Work Workshop one touched on Mentor Preparation for the Health Care Professional and looked into adult learners and how they best learn by reviewing the different learning styles. I have done further reading to gain a greater understanding of the differing learning styles so I can reflect upon and identify my own learning style. Peterson, (2012) explains that adult learners learn best when they understand why it is important to know something. Whereas Knowels, (1990) states that adult learners are motivated strongly by self direction and independence in the learning process. I have become aware that to become a good mentor I firstly need to know and understand my own learning style and secondly the learning style of my allocated student, so that I can approach a learning technique that is appropriate for that student, to enable me to encourage their skills. (Honey & Munford, 1992) suggest you should allow the students learning style to influence your choice of teaching method, which I feel is a valid point as it would not be appropriate to teach a student who learns through an Activist approach to sit and read the literature and then expect them to go off and carry out the task competently, although (Barstable, 2003) believes students should also be encouraged to diversify. There are many identified adult learning styles, but there are two highly documented styles which I have studied and one is the Kolb’s experimental cycle, developed by Kolb (1984)...
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