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Download full textKee, Ch'ng Lay – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
The advancement of educational technology enables universities to provide various online courses to fit the needs of different learners. However, the question is -- how do adult learners learn in this digital age, especially for those who had learned and developed their digital skills through experience and by self-exploring at their workplace? As…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Electronic Learning, Integrated Learning Systems, Tutorial Programs
Direct linkFrancis Francois – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of study was to examine the student support services for non-traditional adult students. The study provided insight into the lived experiences of these students while enrolled at Union Institute & University's (UI&U) bachelor's degree program. The study also examined the effectiveness of the Pay It Forward Mentoring (PIFM)…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students, Student Personnel Services
Katsara, Ourania; De Witte, Kristof – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2019
This article discusses the teachers' role in self-directed learning (SDL) -- a central concept in adult education. We explore the use of Socratic questioning to develop critical thinking, which is the outcome of SDL in problem-based learning (PBL). In particular, we analyse 11 adult learners' reflective journals in relation to a Socratic seminar.…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Teaching Methods, Adult Learning, Independent Study
Baugher, Gregory Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Currently 38% of U.S. college students are age 25 or older. The majority of these are required to take remedial courses, with twice as many taking remedial mathematics as reading or writing courses. Mathematics instructors often use online tutorial programs to deliver homework assignments and course assessments. Web-based programs offer support…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Achievement, Remedial Mathematics
Kim, Hye Jeong; Pederson, Susan; Baldwin, Moira – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine students' experiences with a case-enhanced e-learning environment in a higher-education institute. Design/methodology/approach: In total, 67 graduate students volunteered to take part in this experiment. The participants were assigned to treatment groups using tutorial with case-based learning (CBL)…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Graduate Students, User Satisfaction (Information), Self Efficacy
Turner, Robert – History of Education, 2009
A key factor motivating the organisation of tutorial classes for adult learners, based on collaboration between the Workers' Educational Association and universities in England and Wales, was a belief that they offered an educational vehicle for the promotion of liberal concepts of political citizenship. Attempts to disseminate this tutorial class…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Citizenship, Adult Education, Adult Learning
