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Kempster, Jemima Rillera – TESOL in Context, 2023
Studies on the role of digital technology in teaching and learning English tend to focus on secondary or higher education contexts and/or with literate or educated students. The recent global pandemic has highlighted the urgent need to advance digital equity and inclusion for adult learners with limited education and literacy. Despite their basic…
Descriptors: Poetry, Information Technology, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Stojanovic, Maja – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
This paper focuses on the importance of multilingual literacy in the 21st century and, specifically, how adult learners across the globe can develop multilingual literacy skills necessary for successful communication and global citizenship. The paper includes a theoretical (research background, definitions, critical framework) and a practical…
Descriptors: Literacy, Adult Learning, Multilingualism, Citizenship
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Tamilla Triantoro; Tuvana Rua; Guido Lang – Information Systems Education Journal, 2025
This study explores the effectiveness of experiential learning in teaching generative AI to entrepreneurs and small business owners. The in-person training program, grounded in Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory, aimed to enhance participants' understanding, attitudes, and perceived benefits of AI adoption. Through a structured cycle of Concrete…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Entrepreneurship, Computer Software, Experiential Learning
Casmir Irielle – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In this study, the researcher explored the experiences of adult learners in Nigerian universities using smartphones and mobile learning applications to access, facilitate, and enhance learning. The study focused on how these technologies impact students' learning, particularly seamless access to numerous learning resources, enjoyment, cost, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Adult Students, Handheld Devices
Jordan, Greg Madison – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Software has become central to every part of modern life and supports everything from managing personal schedules to managing global supply chain systems. In creating new or updating existing software, software developers often need to incorporate new technology. When software developers learn new technology using tutorials, their experience with…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Prior Learning, Technological Literacy, Networks
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Anikeeva, Olga A.; Sizikova, Valeriya V.; Demidova, Tatiana E.; Starovojtova, Larisa I.; Akhtyan, Anna G.; Godzhieva, Regina B.; Karpunina, Anastasia V.; Maydangalieva, Zhumagul A. – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2019
At present, IT have become an indispensable condition for the quality of education, but they are rarely applied in education of senior citizens and their range is quite narrow. An exception is the methods of teaching computer literacy to older adults, which is much narrower than IT in education. Meanwhile, they are no less essential both for…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Aging (Individuals), Quality of Life, Well Being
Hill, Jennifer Rose – ProQuest LLC, 2018
A 2014 study found that more than half of all Americans aged 16-74 do not possess the literacy skills needed to adequately cope with the demands of day-to-day life, with over 13 million people in the United States alone considered to be functionally illiterate. There have been numerous efforts to address these high illiteracy rates by way of Adult…
Descriptors: Phonetics, Literacy Education, Adult Education, Teaching Methods
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Mahmuda Sharmin – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2023
Over the years, there has been a rising interest in combining debriefing teaching approaches and multimodality in classrooms to promote superior critical thinking, reflective thinking, and comprehension (Reyes-Chua, 2018). Such practices have also been instrumental in facilitating L2 learning and identity development (Johnson & Kendrick,…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Personal Narratives, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Gao, Shanshan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In the modern higher educational system, technology permeated almost all the provisions of educational processes and transformed individual learning transactions. Empirical evidence reveals students' skill gaps in the digitized campus and the real-world work environment driven by technology. Technical training is of high value and in high demand…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Learning Motivation, Personal Autonomy, Learning Theories
Albuquerque Mendes, Beatriz Dixo Sousa – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This research investigates the responses of three individuals engaging with the Super Mario World (SMW) platform videogame glitches, and how they learned to solve the problem without formal help. This investigation was chosen because it explores connections between media literacy, critical thinking, and play in adults in the context of responding…
Descriptors: Video Games, Computer Software, Error Correction, Problem Solving
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Lee, Nicole M. – Communication Education, 2018
The Internet poses a variety of risks at both the individual and societal levels including scams and the spread of misinformation. Older adults are especially vulnerable to many of these risks. This paper argues that one important strategy for combating such threats is through digital media literacy education. Although a good deal of research on…
Descriptors: Deception, Computer Mediated Communication, Internet, Misconceptions
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Bohannon, Fionuala; Thomas, Michael – International TESOL Journal, 2021
While the use of digital technologies is increasingly prominent in higher education, research suggests that adult English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) learners within the English Further Education (FE) sector have fewer opportunities to access them as part of their language learning. This paper explores whether the use of authentic…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Malessa, Eva – Research-publishing.net, 2018
This study investigated what log files can reveal about learner behaviour of low- and non-literate adults learning to read for the first time in Finnish as a second language. The participants' reading development was supported by practising in an online training environment. Log files, automatically created user-computer interaction records, were…
Descriptors: Illiteracy, Literacy Education, Finno Ugric Languages, Second Language Learning
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Johnson, Ensa; Morwane, Refilwe; Dada, Shakila; Pretorius, Gaby; Lotriet, Marena – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2018
Student engagement is a prerequisite for successful learning. Due to the tremendous change in the use of information and communication technologies, the nature of this engagement has had to adapt to fit a hybrid approach of teaching and learning. In this qualitative study, three focus group discussions were conducted that aimed to investigate…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Learning, Student Attitudes, Learner Engagement
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Taha, Jessica; Czaja, Sara J.; Sharit, Joseph – Educational Gerontology, 2016
Many older adults who lose their jobs face challenges in finding new employment due to fundamental limitations in their technology skills. While training could give them the skills they need, older workers often have less access to training programs than younger workers. This study examined the feasibility of using an e-learning training program…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Adult Education, Job Applicants, Electronic Learning
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