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Kaiser, Leann; McKenna, Kelly; Lopes, Tobin; Zarestky, Jill – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
This chapter highlights several of the significant design and facilitation considerations used to support adult working learners pursuing online learning across educational contexts. These include the integration of inclusive online learning practices, the design and facilitation of quality interactions in the online environment, and application…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Education, Student Employment, Online Courses
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Nutwell, Emily; Mokashi, Prasad; Christy, Ann – Advances in Engineering Education, 2023
This paper describes the course design and evaluation results for an online continuing education program designed for working engineers. Engineering educators have long recognized the value of reducing the gap between the classroom and work environments. Implementing experiential learning in the undergraduate classroom brings much needed context…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Online Courses, Engineering Education, Work Environment
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Ralston-Berg, Penny; Braatz, Heather – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
This article examines the design structure and interface of online courses and explains how program-wide design standards can benefit the learner, educator, and organization as a whole. Standards in program design can help support learner success, and these examples serve as a guide when designing, updating, or improving online adult and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Instructional Design, Standards, Program Design
Elizabeth Thornton – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Professional development is imperative for gifted and talented teachers' improvement in classrooms. However, many professional development courses are not meaningful for teachers and are not presented effectively. Using effective researched strategies, leaders can create better professional development courses. Professional development leaders…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Gifted Education, Talent, Teacher Improvement
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Shi, Yuewei; Lin, Xi – Research in Learning Technology, 2021
Online learning has become a prevailing trend among adult learners. Therefore, this study investigated the learning time preference and the relationship between the course completion and learning activities among adult learners based on data from one online learning platform. Results indicate that a periodical fluctuation of participating online…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
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Faulconer, Emily – American Journal of Distance Education, 2021
With an increasing number of courses taught asynchronously online, it is important to explore how to implement high-impact practices in this modality. Service-learning--a high impact practice--is a course-based, credit-bearing type of experiential learning. It is important to understand instructional strategies and course design for…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses, Undergraduate Students
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den Heyer, Molly; Smith, Eric; Irving, Catherine – Journal of Transformative Education, 2021
The following article describes how one organization, the Coady International Institute, met multiple monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning objectives while still staying true to its roots in transformative adult education. The Learning from Stories of Change (LSC) methodology brought together stories-based techniques with aspects of the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Transformative Learning, Social Change, Adult Education
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Hermaszewska, Susannah; Sin, Jacqueline – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Strong evidence suggests that parents of children on the autism spectrum face increased stressors to their physical and mental wellbeing due to the demands of caregiving and paucity of support. The disparity between the services currently offered and unmet needs indicates that accessible and flexible support through online delivery is needed for…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Intervention, Children, Autism
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Burke, Christi M. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2019
Trends in higher education include accelerated online learning and an increase in adult learners. The retention of these learners is essential for universities. This study used an exploratory case study methodology to examine factors facilitating the retention of women in an accelerated, online teacher education program. Using the Priorities…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Online Courses
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Robideau, Kari; Vogel, Eric – Journal of Extension, 2014
Volunteers are central to the delivery of 4-H programs, and providing quality, relevant training is key to volunteer success. Online, asynchronous modules are an enhancement to a training delivery menu for adult volunteers, providing consistent, accessible options traditionally delivered primarily face to face. This article describes how Minnesota…
Descriptors: Learning Modules, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Volunteer Training
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Seepersaud, Deborah, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2021
For the forty-fourth time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented online and onsite during the annual AECT Convention. Volume 1 contains papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Papers dealing with…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Feedback (Response), Course Evaluation
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Lee, Debra; Paulus, Trena M.; Loboda, Iryna; Phipps, Gina; Wyatt, Tami H.; Myers, Carole R.; Mixer, Sandra J. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
As the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville prepared to move their graduate programs online, a nursing faculty grass-roots movement led to the implementation of a faculty development program. This instructional design portfolio describes the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of this program, with the goal…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Faculty Development, College Faculty, College Instruction
Kleiman, Glenn; Dash, Terry; Ethier, Denise; Johnson, Kirsten; Metrick, Susan; Treacy, Barbara – Education Development Center, Inc., 2000
This report provides useful information for those who are planning to incorporate online learning into professional development programs, as well as those who will design and implement online professional development activities. The Education Development center, Inc. (EDC) Center for Online Professional Education is continuing to explore this new…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Professional Education, Online Courses, Audiences
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Brown, Kenneth G. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2005
Employees with access to e-learning courses targeting computer skills were tracked during a year-long study. Employees' perceptions of peer and supervisor support, job characteristics (such as workload and autonomy), and motivation to learn were used to predict total time spent using e-learning. Results suggest the importance of motivation to…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Employees, Job Satisfaction, Followup Studies