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Xi Lin – Adult Learning, 2024
This qualitative study examines student learning experiences toward a student-developed case study activity for online discussion guided by a three-tier case method model. Forty-five students were recruited from four online adult education courses. Analysis of students' feedback shows that this activity leads to students' positive learning…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Adults, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Charissa Jaeger-Sanders – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2023
When you think back to your own experiences as a student, what was meaningful? Memorable? Had a lasting effect? Who are the teachers that stand out? And why? Throughout our lives, we have instructors both in and beyond the classroom, and upon intentional reflection, we can pick up on some qualities that make certain teachers more effective than…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Theological Education, Cooperative Learning, Story Telling
Bérénice Darnault – Multilingual Matters, 2025
This book traces the motivational dynamics embedded within lifelong foreign language learning trajectories, examining the factors which generate and sustain motivation throughout a learner's life. Embracing a complexity approach, it views motivation as a long-term individual process that evolves along a narrative continuum, developing over the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Lifelong Learning, Learning Motivation
Conceição, Simone C. O. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
Designing and facilitating online learning experiences require a repertoire of skills and a unique mindset. This article focuses on adult learners' characteristics, learner-centered principles, and tools for engaging learning in the online environment as a starting point for acquiring these skills.
Descriptors: Online Courses, Teaching Methods, Adult Students, Student Characteristics
Zhang, Yuan; Taylor, Jonathan E. – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
Whether an adult is motivated or unmotivated to learn depends on the actual learning experience. To further our understanding of English as a second language (ESL) learners and their language learning experience, this paper delves into the intricate realm of learning resistance. Ultimately, we seek to provide a comprehensive perspective on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
Smith, Brian H. – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2022
Today three-fourths of those enrolled in undergraduate programs are nontraditional students, defined by the National Center for Education Statistics as adults with one or more of these characteristics: delayed enrollment into postsecondary education, attended part time, financially independent, worked full time while enrolled, had dependents other…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Online Courses, Nontraditional Students, Undergraduate Students
Edmonds, Gerald; Pusch, Rob – Region 5 Comprehensive Center, 2022
This guide is a companion to the "Adult Learning Planning Framework. Toolkit" (ED614137). It works in partnership with the framework while considering the unique challenges associated with the development of engaging and effective online, asynchronous learning experiences that have become embedded in the fabric of learning for all. The…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Asynchronous Communication, Instructional Design, Learning Experience
Silvia Corral-Robles; José Luis Ortega-Martín; Nazaret Martínez-Heredia; Gracia González-Gijón – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2024
In today's interconnected world, increasing longevity has elevated the societal role of older adults, fostering their active participation. Education, particularly language learning supported by technology, empowers this demographic to thrive in a globalized society. Integrating Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into language…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Edwards, Grey; Henschke, John A. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2022
This paper presents a summary of Dr. Clinton Lee (Andy) Anderson's 40+ years Military (US Army) Educator Service implementing Dr. Malcolm S. Knowles' perspective on andragogy. Some specifics of Anderson's implementation include five Adult Basic Education (ABE) characteristics of facilitating Knowles' andragogy, six differences between teaching and…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Armed Forces, Teaching Methods, Adult Basic Education
Bird, Jane; Donelan, Kate – Research in Drama Education, 2020
This paper examines the application and efficacy of performance ethnography designed for adult professional learning. An ethnographic performance related to women in research leadership was constructed and performed in an executive tertiary leadership programme and the responses from the female audience/participants were investigated. The study…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Adult Learning, Performance, Females
Kim, Won – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2021
Despite a wide-spread pedagogical interest and scholarly conviction in the possibilities of educational drama for creating more contextually-situated, engaging, and multi-modal L2 learning experiences (Piazzoli, 2018; Stinson & Winston, 2011), there is scarce empirical evidence concerning what is actually taking place interactionally in L2…
Descriptors: Drama, Teaching Methods, Adult Education, Second Language Learning
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
Saunders, J'aimi Marshall – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The problem addressed through this study was that, in English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms, adult learners in an intensive English program often suffer from tiredness, mental overload, and not having enough time for learning, these are factors which negatively impact their ability to learn English successfully. The purpose of this study…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Cusick, Jennie Morrell – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this Executive Position Paper was to research how to design an online, synchronous, asynchronous, or face-to-face training program for higher education instructors to serve the needs of a diverse student population of emergent learners, specifically in the community college sector. The subsequent research resulted in a faculty…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Learning Motivation
Hunt, Ingrid; Ryan, Alan; hAodha, Micheal O.; Rezaei-Zadeh, Morteza – Industry and Higher Education, 2022
The transformation of new paradigms for online learning delivery has evolved rapidly over the past few years. For postgraduate programmes, the thesis module is regularly the capstone and significant in terms of academic credits. In reality, this module can be just an 'add on' set of resources with no dedicated online learning space. Industry…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Theses, Online Courses, Teaching Methods