The New Normal

2021 ◽  
pp. 88-120
Author(s):  
Simona Laurian-Fitzgerald ◽  
Carlton J. Fitzgerald ◽  
Carmen Alina Popa ◽  
Laura Bochis
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Adult Students ◽  
Learning Preferences ◽  
Collaborative Relationships ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
Successful Students ◽  
Learn Task

Adult learners are different from younger learners. Many have taken Knowles' ideas to work with adult learners as if they all are the same. Knowles described adult learners as more self-directed, willing to be responsible for what they do, unwilling to have teachers impose arbitrary information on them, ready to learn, task oriented, and experienced. Prather adds many adults have more immediate goals for their lives and careers. Kenner and Weinerman find adults want more collaborative relationships with professors. Adult students are unique and come to classes from a variety of backgrounds and circumstances, with different needs, wants, and learning preferences. Many students are prepared for college, while others are petrified. In this chapter, the authors argue that instructors should understand their students in order to help them be successful. Students are not alternative students; they are normal, intelligent people who can and will learn. Thus, the goal should be student-centered online learning.

The New Normal

2018 ◽  
pp. 140-171
Author(s):  
Simona Laurian-Fitzgerald ◽  
Carlton J. Fitzgerald ◽  
Carmen Alina Popa ◽  
Laura Bochis
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Adult Students ◽  
Learning Preferences ◽  
Collaborative Relationships ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
Successful Students ◽  
Learn Task

Adult learners are different from younger learners. Many have taken Knowles' ideas to work with adult learners as if they all are the same. Knowles described adult learners as more self-directed, willing to be responsible for what they do, unwilling to have teachers impose arbitrary information on them, ready to learn, task oriented, and experienced. Prather adds many adults have more immediate goals for their lives and careers. Kenner and Weinerman find adults want more collaborative relationships with professors. Adult students are unique and come to classes from a variety of backgrounds and circumstances, with different needs, wants, and learning preferences. Many students are prepared for college, while others are petrified. In this chapter, the authors argue that instructors should understand their students in order to help them be successful. Students are not alternative students; they are normal, intelligent people who can and will learn. Thus, the goal should be student-centered online learning.

Anytime/Anywhere Online Learning

2010 ◽  
pp. 115-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry A. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Learning Preferences ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Institutional Barriers ◽  
Accessibility Barriers ◽  
Barriers And Challenges

Even with the convenience of anytime/anywhere online learning, adult learners still encounter barriers and challenges. This chapter explores the growth of online education in higher education and the participation of adult learners. The chapter introduces K. Patricia Cross’ research about the situational, dispositional, and institutional barriers faced by adult learners in the 1980s. The relevancy of these barriers to today’s adult distance learners is examined. Characteristics of adult learners are discussed. New barriers for learners introduced by online education are explored, including social interaction barriers, technology barriers, student-support barriers, pedagogy barriers, and accessibility barriers. Suggestions for removing and/or reducing these barriers are discussed, including providing technical support services, offering online orientations, pre-assessing student readiness, providing professional development opportunities for faculty which model andragogy and online course methodology, and designing online courses to support learning preferences of adult learners. Recommendations are made for future research.

Use Andragogy and Technology to Facilitate a Greater Sense of Connectedness for Online Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 111-127
Author(s):  
George Hanshaw ◽  
Frank Rojas
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Adult Students ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Online Learners ◽  
Online Classroom ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Andragogical Principles

The use of andragogy and technology helps non-traditional adult students create a greater sense of connectedness within online courses and programs. When students feel a greater sense of connectedness, they tend to have higher academic efficacy and are more likely to complete their degree programs. Technology is continuously evolving. When we embrace technology's evolution and anchor its use to andragogical principles, we create courses and learning experiences that foster a more profound sense of connectedness for our online learners. Hanshaw, Helm-Stevens, and Lopez found that utilizing technology and a student-centered approach increased a student's sense of connectedness and intrinsic motivation to learn. The use of technology in the online classroom has to evolve to match our non-traditional learners' expectations. This chapter will explore the use of technology and the application of andragogical principles to create a learning environment where non-traditional adult learners thrive.

Online Learning for the Adult Learners Using Andragogy

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-58
Author(s):  
Pamela A. Lemoine ◽  
Christopher J. Garretson ◽  
Robert E. Waller ◽  
Evan G. Mense ◽  
Michael D. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Adult Learning ◽  
Adult Students ◽  
Online Programs ◽  
Job Competencies ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
The World ◽  
E Learning

The world of higher education is now global with online learning a driving force in much of the world. Globalization of higher education has created vast new opportunities for e-learning, particularly for adult students. However, adult learning online is different from online for traditionally aged students. Global universities are increasing their online programs to take advantage of economic considerations, particularly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for learning online. Using online learning for adult education is essential in the changing global world. Connotations of adult learning theory for professors using online learning are many and varied. Traditional pedagogical styles will not work effectively with adult learners who desire concrete, hands-on, practical information with learning activities characterized by active involvement, task-orientation, flexibility, and creativity. Online students often want opportunities to acquire skills directly applicable to job competencies for current employment or preparation for a future job.

Postsecondary Adult Learner Motivation: An Analysis of Credentialing Patterns and Decision Making Within Higher Education Programs

2021 ◽  
pp. 104515952098836
Author(s):  
Alexander C. Gardner ◽  
Heather N. Maietta ◽  
Philip D. Gardner ◽  
Niki Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Adult Students ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Adult Learner ◽  
Educational Aspirations ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
Extrinsic Factors ◽  
Learner Motivation ◽  
Post Secondary

This study sought to fill a gap in the literature by considering the role of motivation in post-secondary aspirations of adult learners, specifically full versus part-time status, previous level of educational attainment, years of work experience, and the selection of an academic program. The data from this study came from adult students ages 25 and older at 8 institutions in the Midwest. Statistical analysis determined there were significant differences in gender motivation, level of education is predictive of type of educational credential being pursued, and type of adult learner motivation influences which degree, academic program, and enrollment status is pursued by adult learners. Furthermore, this research revealed as adults acquire more work experience, their postsecondary educational aspirations are more likely motivated by extrinsic factors. These findings have meaningful implications for linking motivation with continuance and graduation from collegiate programs for which this paper identifies and discusses in the context of postsecondary education.

Predictors of transfer behaviours in adult university students

2021 ◽  
pp. 147797142199278
Author(s):  
Charlie Potter
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Adult Students ◽  
Transfer Students ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
College Completion ◽  
Enrollment Patterns ◽  
Adult Transfer

Adult students are critical to addressing the college completion crisis. Retention and completion for adults lags behind students who enter college directly from high school. However, higher education has largely been built around service to younger high school graduates, and institutions are slow to change. A shift in focus to accommodate the needs and interests of adult learners will require additional research regarding the enrollment patterns and behaviours of adult students. This study uses quantitative methods and the Beginning Postsecondary Students 12/14 dataset to consider the role of transfer in the experience of the adult learner, with specific attention to the characteristics, demographics and experiences of adult transfer students as well as the predictors of reverse and lateral transfer behaviour in adult student populations.

scholarly journals An Analysis on Adult Learners’ Satisfaction in Online Education Programmes

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Hueyzher Ng ◽  
Sakina Sofia Baharom
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
College Level ◽  
Mixed Methods Design ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Students Satisfaction

The demand for online programmes is continuously increasing at varying degrees, with the major appeal coming from adult learners whom are managing with the numerous demands from other work and life domains. These adult learners have their own varied expectations from the online learning process. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the degree to which other predictors contribute to adult learners’ satisfaction in online learning environment. A mixed-methods design was used, selecting both quantitative methods (utilizing survey research) and qualitative methods (employing open-ended questionnaire items), gathering the feedback of 200 adult learners whom comprises of secondary school teachers and college level teachers, enrolled in professional online courses. The online courses were designed using a problem-centered and case-based approach to learning and utilized technologies including learning management system (LMS) such as Moodle as well as functions from the LMS.  The results showed that the items such as learner-content interaction, self-regulated learning design, and Internet self-efficacy were good predictors of students’ satisfaction. Implications of these findings for higher education in providing blended or online programmes for adult learners are also discussed.

scholarly journals Issues in developing the learning motivation of adult learners for studying foreign languages

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (4) ◽  
pp. 99-105
Author(s):  
А.А. Palina ◽  
◽  
T.A. Kokhanover ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Adult Students ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Experimental Training ◽  
Basic Learning

This article highlights issues of formation a motivation to learn foreign languages in adult students. The teaching practice shows that working with students of different ages has its own distinctive features, and teaching adults has its own specifics. This article considers such element of educational activity as motivation, and particularities of its formation namely in adults. It presents the basic learning needs of adults, their requirements for the pedagogical process, as well as possible difficulties in teaching them. It provides the list of conditions and principles necessary for successful development and maintenance of adult students’ motivation. The article suggests such method as correspondence with native speakers of a foreign language. It describes the conduct of experimental training using the proposed method, which is supported by the results of a survey to identify the level of adult students’ motivation.

scholarly journals Media Trends and Prospects in Educational Activities and Techniques for Online Learning and Teaching through Television Content: Technological and Digital Socio-Cultural Environment, Generations, and Audiovisual Media Communications in Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 685
Author(s):  
Constantinos Nicolaou
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Audiovisual Media ◽  
Television Content ◽  
Media Communications

The purpose of this article is to provide information and data that will contribute to the enhancement of teaching methodologies for online learning and teaching at all educational levels and disciplines (including adult education). More specifically, it attempts to shed light on media trends and prospects as educational activities and techniques, as well as on the utmost importance of the use of television content as audiovisual educational content. This venture focuses on the cases of Cyprus and Greece following literature materials and reviews, research results, and findings of previous numerous studies and research papers from and through the Internet that were considered as background. The aforementioned were applied in a pilot case study with adult educators as adult learners (18 years and older), providing literature data and historical elements as a source of further study. The findings from the pilot case study revealed that the television content can also shape (adult) learners’ perceptions on how they understand and learn in an online environment in regard to the generational cohort they belong. Furthermore, the results disclosed that an online educational process utilizing audiovisual media technologies and audiovisual content (audiovisual media communications) may support technology-enhanced learning through non-verbal communication in the new streamlined digital era in which we live. An important conclusion of this article is that the (inter)national genealogical characteristics and habits, the inherent and special characteristics, and the socio-cultural identity of learners, as well as the various (inter)national social-phenomena (e.g., media socio-phenomenon, Internet phenomenon, revival phenomenon, etc.) of the past and present, should always be taken into account by education administrators and educators, in order to maintain a quality and sustainable future education.

scholarly journals PEMBELAJARAN DARING YANG INTERAKTIF DI ERA NEW NORMAL

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
Nihayatus Sa’adah
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Interactive Learning ◽  
Best Effort ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Direct Implementation

Abstract:COVID-19 outbreak had changed the order of social life in Indonesia. As school isshutting down, many teachers face the hardship to observe the students’ activity. Many studentsseen active by online but they didn’t give their best effort to join the learning process. One waycould be used to overcome this problem is by conducting the interactive learning process thatenabled the realtime interaction between teacher and students. This community service activitywas held in SMP Al Furqan MQ located in Tebuireng that involving 33 participants. The usedmethod was lecturing dan direct implementation. This training enhanced the participants’information and insight so it could be used in online learning process.Keywords: Online learning process, interactive learning processAbstrak: Wabah COVID-19 banyak mengubah tatanan kehidupan bermasyarakat di Indonesia.Dengan ditiadakannya cara tatap muka dalam sistem pembelajaran di sekolah, guru memilikikesulitan untuk memantau aktivitas siswa. Sering terjadi siswa aktif secara maya namun padakenyataannya siswa tidak mengikuti proses pembelajaran. Salah satu cara yang bisa digunakanuntuk mengatasi masalah tersebut adalah dengan mengadakan pembelajaran daring yangmemungkinkan adanya interaksi antara guru dan siswa. Pelaksanaan kegiatan Pengabdian kepadaMasyarakat ini dilakukan di SMP Al Furqan MQ Tebuireng dengan total 33 peserta. Metode yangdigunakan adalah pelatihan dan praktik. Pelatihan ini dapat menambah informasi dan wawasanguru yang nantinya bisa dipakai dalam pembelajaran daring di sekolah ini.Kata Kunci: Pembelajaran Daring, Pembelajaran Interaktif

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