For most people, walking across a stage in a cap and gown signals the start of adulthood. However, for individuals with ...
Zayd Abukar from Educational Advisory Board will guide attendees through an exploration of who today’s adult learners are—their motivations, their constraints and how their pathways through higher ...
A variety of sources provides us with a body of fairly reliable knowledge about adult learning. This knowledge might be divided into three basic divisions: things we know about adult learners and ...
What Do Harvey and Irma have to do with learning? When (what we thought were) once in five hundred year storms hit every other week, it suggests there is something new going on--and another sign that ...
(TNS) — Coursera has gained some insights from its 124 million-strong user base about what it really takes to help people succeed in its digital classes. The company employs some high-tech strategies, ...
Andragogy, a term initially coined by the German educator Alexander Kapp in 1833, was later popularized by American educator Malcolm Knowles. It signifies a shift in educational methods and practices, ...
Culture shift is a remarkably difficult task, but one which, as we move toward learner-centered education design, is absolutely necessary. Culture shift towards innovation-developing an agile ...
Dr. Vitalis Osuji, a resident in surgery at UMass Chan Medical School, will speak about his experience as an adult learner and the challenges he overcame to become a doctor.
Wood County Adult Learning Center instructors Tanner Hunter, from left, Melissa Everly and Deanna Addis stand in front of the center’s new location in St. Joseph Landing on Friday afternoon. (Photo by ...
A refugee-turned-business student and a pioneering ESOL tutor were among the winners at this year’s Mayor of London Adult ...
Adults learning another language often tend to continue using the intonation of their native language. This causes them to ...