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Amanda Bastoni; Luis Pérez; Cassandra Sell – Adult Literacy Education, 2024
Adult education instructors are as diverse as the students they teach. Their professional backgrounds, training, licenses, and modalities of teaching (online, in person, open vs. closed enrollment, etc.) vary widely, which can make the planning of meaningful, effective professional development challenging. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Individualized Instruction, Pacing, Faculty Development
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Ian Brown; Elaine Farber Budish; Jennifer Greene; Wyvonne Stevens-Carter – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2023
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Adult and Community Learning Services Unit and UPD Consulting engaged in a multiyear partnership to provide adult education providers across the state with people-centered, action-oriented training opportunities focused on antiracism, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI). This…
Descriptors: Racism, Social Justice, Training, Faculty Development
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Coryell, Joellen E.; Hatcher, Cheri – Commission for International Adult Education, 2022
The need to develop international cross-cultural perspectives has led many educators to create study abroad programs for their learners. One way to support this learning in adult higher education is to offer education abroad programs -- often short-term international field experiences led by faculty for adult students. In the current study, we…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, College Faculty, International Education, Cultural Awareness
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Alemdag, Ecenaz; Cevikbas, Seher; Baran, Evrim – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
The main purpose of this study was to design and implement a professional development program to support teachers' technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) in a public education center in Turkey, and to evaluate impact of the program on teachers' TPACK. 10 teachers teaching adult learners in a public education center participated to…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Adult Education
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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
Tolbert, Michelle – 2001
This State Policy Update provides background on professional development (PD) in adult education. Section 2 describes survey methods used to document how states funded and designed their PD systems. Section 3 reviews data collected by the survey of state PD systems, highlighting PD activities in Kentucky, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee. It…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Educational Finance, Faculty Development
O Fathaigh, Mairtin – 2001
The new e-learning technologies offer the rich promise and potential of learning delivery at any time, anywhere, on any topic. Without careful management of the learning process, application of best principles and practices in e-learning design strategies, effective attention to staff development, provision of extensive learner support services,…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Education, Adult Education, Computer Literacy
Bloom, Barbara A. – 1977
The Regional Continuing Education for Women Program (RCEWP), involving Temple University and four community colleges in the Philadelphia area, resulted in the establishment of programs and services at the community colleges to assist adults, particularly women, who are returning to college. It also meant the establishment of a model…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Students, Assertiveness