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Janet Williams – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
This paper examines ways adult education practitioners can develop innovative, inclusive, equitable instructional practices by integrating Instructional Design (ID) models and principles into their curricula and content development processes. A review of the relevant literature highlights the importance of creating a student-centered learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Instructional Design, Student Centered Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Stojanovic, Maja; Biniecki, Susan M. Yelich – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2023
This paper focuses on the experience, reflections, and best practices related to training adult education researchers in an adult learning and leadership doctoral program at a Research I institution in the United States. We discuss embedding technology into the curriculum, fostering connections, and supporting the development of self-directedness…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Research Training, Doctoral Programs, Best Practices
Williams, Janet M.; Pulido, Laurie – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, an adult noncredit program in the California Community College system partnered with Ease Learning to help convert face-to-face courses to an online modality. Subsequent data revealed a misalignment in the courses' Student Learning Outcomes and Instructional Objectives which became a barrier to student success. Wile's…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Teaching Methods, Online Courses, Outcomes of Education
Oest, Jess; McGinty, Jacqueline – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
Social isolation and loneliness are important issues for older adults. This paper discusses a program called NeverTechLate (NTL) that was created to combat these issues by providing digital literacy education and by promoting the use of tablets and video conferencing technology to empower older adults. This program involved using the feedback from…
Descriptors: Social Isolation, Technological Literacy, Older Adults, Videoconferencing
Selman, Mary – TESL Talk, 1982
Explains principles, planning, and strategies which entered into production of "ESL for Adults: A Curriculum Guide" which is a British Columbia Ministry of Education project. Gives sample of the modular guide. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Miller, Gary E. – 1988
It is noted, firstly, that instructional technology has had difficulty in finding its place in higher education, and secondly, that higher education is currently undergoing a transformation as it adapts to new social needs. This transformation is described as revealing itself in a resurgence of curriculum reform with emphasis on general education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Technology
Houchin, John F., Sr.; And Others – 1985
A program of continuing education was developed for institutionalized mentally retarded persons based on the premise that the clients would determine the direction and content of their education. The program involves a curriculum of academic subjects, electives, a student government, and a generic education program. There is a strong emphasis on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Curriculum Development, Individual Development
Lindenskov, Lena – 1998
This paper reports on a pilot study in the Danish "Profile in Mathematics" project implemented by the Directorate General for Employment, Placement and Vocational Training and the Ministry of Education. The pilot study develops and tests specific guidance materials to guide participants and teachers through a course for crane workers…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials
Palmer, Teresa M. – 1987
A study was conducted to identify the competencies needed by training professionals as perceived by those currently employed as professionals in training. Its purpose was to provide data useful in curriculum development. The sample consisted of the membership of two local chapters of the American Society for Training and Development in central…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competence, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Anderson, Clinton L. – 1986
Ten years after institution of the multiservice effort to develop a common doctrine and procedures for systematic development of training and education curricula, which became known as Instructional Systems Development (ISD), a U.S. Army Training Board report declared that the Army's military occupational specialties were devoid of serious…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Instructional Systems, Military Personnel
Paprock, Kenneth E. – 1988
A study examined the situation-specific program development strategies used in 47 different settings in the southwestern United States from January 1987 to January 1988. Specialized and elite interviews were administered to program developers to identify the approaches that are being used and to determine how they relate to the approaches…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Practices, Educational Research
Yanok, James; Beifus, Joan Addis – 1991
This paper describes a death education curriculum designed for and field-tested on verbally expressive adults with mental retardation. The Communicating About Loss and Mourning (CALM) curriculum was presented to an experimental group in 8 sessions each lasting 50 minutes. Lectures and group discussions were used to convey information about death…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Counseling Services, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Soltis, Lawrence A. – 1975
A description of the University of Wisconsin's Professional Development Degree (PDD) program, a post-baccalaureate degree program designed to bring various opportunities for learning to the practicing engineer, is provided. The primary objectives of the program are: (1) to expose the professional to subjects necessary to combat obsolescence, (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Engineering Education, Engineers
Sadowski, Bernard S. – 1977
Senior citizens between the ages 60-72 most want to attend a community college according to a series of interviews among 100 members 60 years and older, of Seattle, Washington-based senior centers. A semantic differential technique evaluated the concepts of community college, classroom and senior center. Members evaluated the concept "community…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Centers, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Kinunda, M. J. – 1975
Tanzanians feel that their educational system, inherited from the colonial past was mainly serving the interests of the elite and inducing in them attitudes of superiority and of disdain for manual occupations and skills. Tanzania's new educational policy demands that the educational effort be directed at the needs of the society, the nation and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Education