The Role of Adult Education in Online Delivery of Career and Technical Education

Curriculum Design ◽

Technical Education ◽

Traditional Learning ◽

Career And Technical ◽

Emerging Trends ◽

Online education is becoming an important component ofcareer and technical education (CTE) in teacher preparationand at the graduate level. In the midst of such growth, andin response to questions about quality compared with traditional learning, there is a consensus that onlinecourses and programs should be designed based on the needs of adult learners. However, much of the literature inonline CTE lacks implicit connections to emerging notions ofadult development and learning. This article provides an overview of the status of online education in CTE at the postsecondary level, discusses related issues and current research focus, and highlights adult learning developmentsand the implications for curriculum design, instruction, anduse of technology. The article concludes with an outline of emerging trends bridging adult learning and onlineeducation relevant to career and technical education.

Teaching Adult Learners in Online Career and Technical Education

International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies ◽

10.4018/jwbltt.2009091503 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 32-49 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Victor M. Hernández-Gantes

Keyword(s):

Adult Learners ◽

Adult Learning ◽

Online Education ◽

Adult Development ◽

Curriculum Design ◽

Technical Education ◽

Career And Technical ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Online education is becoming an important component of career and technical education (CTE) in teacher preparation and at the graduate level. In the midst of such growth, and in response to questions about quality compared with traditional learning, there is a consensus that online courses and programs should be designed based on the needs of adult learners. However, much of the literature in online CTE lacks implicit connections to emerging notions of adult development and learning. This article provides an overview of the status of online education in CTE at the postsecondary level, discusses related issues and current research focus, and highlights adult learning developments and the implications for curriculum design, instruction, and use of technology. The article concludes with an outline of emerging trends bridging adult learning and online education relevant to career and technical education.

Teaching Adult Learners in Online Career and Technical Education

Integrating Adult Learning and Technologies for Effective Education ◽

10.4018/978-1-61520-694-0.ch006 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 101-119

Author(s):

Victor M. Hernández-Gantes

Keyword(s):

Adult Learners ◽

Adult Learning ◽

Online Education ◽

Curriculum Design ◽

Technical Education ◽

Traditional Learning ◽

Career And Technical ◽

Emerging Trends ◽

Online education is becoming an important component ofcareer and technical education (CTE) in teacher preparationand at the graduate level. In the midst of such growth, andin response to questions about quality compared with traditional learning, there is a consensus that onlinecourses and programs should be designed based on the needs of adult learners. However, much of the literature inonline CTE lacks implicit connections to emerging notions ofadult development and learning. This article provides an overview of the status of online education in CTE at the postsecondary level, discusses related issues and current research focus, and highlights adult learning developmentsand the implications for curriculum design, instruction, anduse of technology. The article concludes with an outline of emerging trends bridging adult learning and onlineeducation relevant to career and technical education.

Towards More Socio-Culturally Sensitive Research and Study of Workplace E-Learning

Adult and Continuing Education ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-5780-9.ch118 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 2026-2042

Author(s):

Karim A. Remtulla

Keyword(s):

Adult Education ◽

Adult Learning ◽

Technical Education ◽

Education And Training ◽

Career And Technical ◽

Culturally Informed ◽

E Learning ◽

Learning Research ◽

And Training

This article advocates workplace adult education and training researchers and scholar practitioners interested in career and technical education (CTE), adult education and technology, and who are attempting social and cultural critiques of workplace e-learning. The emphasis on the technological and artefactual in workplace e-learning research and study are not producing the expected learning outcomes from workplace adult education and training to the degree anticipated. Given increasingly global and diverse workforces, the research and study of workplace e-learning as a socio-culturally ‘negotiated' space may be an alternate approach toward a more socially and culturally informed understanding of adult learning from workplace e-learning.

Definitive Readings in the History, Philosophy, Theories and Practice of Career and Technical Education ◽

Adult Learning and CTE

10.4018/978-1-61520-747-3.ch011 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 180-196 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Judith Parker

Keyword(s):

Adult Learning ◽

Web 2.0 ◽

Technical Education ◽

Printing Press ◽

Career And Technical ◽

History Of ◽

Efficient Learning ◽

Future Growth

While the fields of adult learning and career and technical education began in isolated silos, as the fields emerged, their histories became entwined and technology had a profound influence on their growth and direction. This chapter will begin by exploring the beginnings of adult learning and CTE as two fields developing in parallel paths and serving two different audiences. However, as the fields developed, there is evidence of their entwinement in both the literature and programs within organizations. In addition, from the Gutenberg printing press to today’s Web 2.0, technology has played an important part in the development and direction of both of these fields This chapter will examine this history of silos and connections and continue to explore the role of technology in the future growth and meshing of these fields to generate even more effective and efficient learning.

Assessing and Evaluating Adult Learning in Career and Technical Education

10.4018/978-1-61520-745-9 ◽

2011 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Adult Learning ◽

Technical Education ◽

Career And Technical

Handbook of Research on E-Learning Applications for Career and Technical Education ◽

Evolution of Adult Education

10.4018/978-1-60566-739-3.ch060 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 791-804 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Vivian W. Mott

Keyword(s):

Adult Education ◽

Adult Learning ◽

Continuing Education ◽

Technical Education ◽

Adult And Continuing Education ◽

Career And Technical ◽

E Learning ◽

The Impact ◽

Adult And Continuing

This chapter explores first the evolution of adult learning primarily in a Western context and particularly in terms of career and technical education. The discussion includes not only lifelong and self-directedlearning, but also the various contexts and venues in which career and technical education occurs. The chapter concludes with both the challenge and promise of e-learning in the field of adult and continuing education, asking what the impact of e-learning specifically may be for learners, stake-holders, instructors, and the field itself.

The Status of Career and Technical Education Undergraduate and Graduate Programs in the United States

Peabody Journal of Education ◽

10.1080/0161956x.2017.1302219 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 92 (2) ◽

pp. 236-253 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Edward C. Fletcher ◽

Howard R. D. Gordon

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Technical Education ◽

Graduate Programs ◽

The United States ◽

Career And Technical ◽

Towards More Socio-Culturally Sensitive Research and Study of Workplace E-Learning

Vocational Education Technologies and Advances in Adult Learning ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0252-6.ch009 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 99-115

Author(s):

Karim A. Remtulla

Keyword(s):

Adult Education ◽

Adult Learning ◽

Technical Education ◽

Education And Training ◽

Career And Technical ◽

Culturally Informed ◽

E Learning ◽

Learning Research ◽

And Training

This article advocates workplace adult education and training researchers and scholar practitioners interested in career and technical education (CTE), adult education and technology, and who are attempting social and cultural critiques of workplace e-learning. The emphasis on the technological and artefactual in workplace e-learning research and study are not producing the expected learning outcomes from workplace adult education and training to the degree anticipated. Given increasingly global and diverse workforces, the research and study of workplace e-learning as a socio-culturally ‘negotiated’ space may be an alternate approach toward a more socially and culturally informed understanding of adult learning from workplace e-learning.

Handbook of Research on E-Learning Applications for Career and Technical Education ◽

Curriculum Development for Adult Learners in Career and Technical Education

10.4018/978-1-60566-739-3.ch048 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 617-627

Author(s):

Victor X. Wang

Keyword(s):

Adult Learners ◽

Adult Learning ◽

Curriculum Development ◽

Vocational Education ◽

Technical Education ◽

Adult Learning Theory ◽

Career And Technical ◽

Foreign Countries ◽

Competency Based

This chapter addresses pertinent issues concerning the development of meaningful curricula for adult learners in career and technical education. Although developing a curriculum or a course in adult vocational education depends on a competency-based model which has been borrowed from foreign countries, adult learning theory promotes a humanistic orientation for the development of self-actualizing persons. The chapter discusses how the two different models contribute to curriculum development in career and technical education.