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Hainzer, Kirt; Gard, Chris; O'Mullan, Catherine; Brown, Philip Hugh – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2023
Agricultural extension plays a vital role in closing the capacity gaps of smallholder farmers throughout low- and middle-income countries, and there is an increasing interest to improve extension outcomes due to its central role in improving livelihood outcomes. Central to this interest is widening the scope of extension content to cover essential…
Descriptors: Financial Literacy, Foreign Countries, Extension Education, Agricultural Education
Investigating the Efficacy of the AMEP Digital Literacies Framework and Guide for Adult EAL Settings
Tour, Ekaterina; Creely, Edwin; Waterhouse, Peter; Henderson, Michael – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2023
The importance of digital literacies for adult language learners from migrant and refugee backgrounds has been widely recognized. However, there is relatively limited conceptual and practical guidance for practitioners. To address this concern, we developed a pedagogical framework and a practical guide for teachers in the Adult Migrant English…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technological Literacy, Adult Students, Immigrants
Hursen, Cigdem – Education and Information Technologies, 2019
In this study, the effect of technology supported problem-based learning activities on adults' self-efficacy perception for research-inquiry was investigated. Furthermore, determining the advantages and limitations of using Facebook in adult education were also investigated. In the study in which a total of 25 adults continuing their graduate…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Problem Based Learning, Self Efficacy, Inquiry
Wright, Angela – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2018
'Enquiry Based Learning' (EBL), as an engagement strategy to encourage lifelong learning, is the focus of this paper. Participants in this study are adult learners in full time employment who are returning to education, in many cases, after a substantial break. The empirical data was gathered from these students who are studying a master's in…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Inquiry, Masters Programs, Adult Students
Verstegen, D. M. L.; Dailey-Hebert, A.; Fonteijn, H. T. H.; Clarebout, G.; Spruijt, A. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Modern learning theories stress the importance of student-centered and self-directed learning. Problem-Based Learning (PBL) supports this by focusing on small group learning centered around authentic problems. PBL, however, usually relies heavily on face-to-face team collaboration and tutor guidance. Yet, when applied in online/blended…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Terenko, Olena – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2019
Factors that influence motivation are split into external and internal. Key peculiarities of adult who learns are found out. A person who studies can trace connection between educational needs and solution of everyday life problems. Basic terms of learning efficiency are: self-orientation and independence. The main principles of adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Informal Education
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
Koyak, Yasemin; Üstünel, Eda – Online Submission, 2019
This study aims to investigate viewpoints of the adult learners about the effects of the recorded motivational videos. The study was applied to twelve adult learners between the months of March and May in spring semester of 2019, at Mugla Sitki Koçman University. As to the research design, explanatory mixed methods design was implemented. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Student Attitudes
Ansarian, Loghman; Adlipour, Ali Akbar; Saber, Mehrnoush Akhavan; Shafiei, Elmira – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The study investigated the effect of problem-based learning through cognition-based tasks on speaking proficiency of Iranian intermediate EFL learners in comparison to the effect of objective-based tasks. To this end, a true experimental research design was employed. Ninety five (N = 95) language learners studying at a language institute in the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
Roberts, Lindsay – College & Research Libraries, 2017
How can we better engage adult learners during information literacy sessions? How do we increase students' perception of the relevance and importance of information literacy skills for academic work and life in the real world? To explore these questions, the ARCS Model of Motivational Design and Problem-Based Learning were used to develop…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Online Searching, Search Strategies, Information Skills
Dickie, Carolyn; Jay, Leighton – Higher Education Research and Development, 2010
Growing pressure to restructure and reform tertiary education is encouraging university academics to use innovative practices that assist students to develop "employable" skills. The hybrid approach described in this paper stimulated students to be self-directed adult learners who maximized their learning of content and skills by means…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, College Instruction, Adult Students, Graduate Students
Tsai, Chia-Wen; Lee, Tsang-Hsiung – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2012
Vocational education in Taiwan is highly competitive in that it must attract sufficient student enrollment in the environment with a rapidly increasing number of schools. Many students in this context tend to have lower levels of academic achievement, and do not adequately get involved in their schoolwork. Under such constraints but moving toward…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Problem Based Learning

Fiddler, Morris B.; Knoll, J. W. – Continuing Higher Education Review, 1995
Problem-based learning was used by 43 adult students (31 in independent study, 12 in class). Responses from 28 of first group and 9 of second indicated overall satisfaction with strategy, supporting its use in a liberal learning context. Ways to improve it, such as eliciting learners' hunches and emphasizing knowledge to be gained rather than the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Educational Strategies, Higher Education, Independent Study

Ellsworth, Jill H. – Journal of Adult Education, 1992
In a comparable case-study approach, 174 adults answered open-ended questions identifying that (1) degree of self-directed learning was not age related; (2) some emphasized mutual responsibility for learning; (3) learning experiences were largely problem centered; and (4) experience was integral to their learning. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Andragogy, Cognitive Style

Connell, Jane – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2003
To prepare adult students for a problem-based degree program, an orientation workshop was designed to help identify resources, address barriers to study, and acquire skills to benefit from problem-based learning. Transfer strategies included student involvement in planning and as presenters, mentoring, action plans, self-study materials, and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Foreign Countries, Orientation, Postsecondary Education
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