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Download full textValentine, Susan M.; Supinski, Stanley B.; Sutherland, Richard L. – 2001
This study addressed how to maintain "use or lose" language skills among Department of Defense linguists. The study, which involved over 300 linguists at 61 installations worldwide, supported the Air Force strategy of global engagement by regularly providing pedagogically sound language maintenance materials in small doses and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Discussion Groups, Electronic Mail
Kerka, Sandra – 1998
Emerging research findings demonstrate a relationship between learning styles and approaches to using the World Wide Web and other hypermedia, especially in terms of success with information retrieval. One of the most widely used conceptions of learning styles is Witkin's Field Dependence (FD)/Field Independence (FI). FI individuals perceive…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Style
PDF pending restorationHuman Resources Development Canada, Hull (Quebec). Office of Learning Technologies. – 1998
This document contains information from and about the Pan-Canadian Forum on Community Learning Networks (CLNs) that was conducted to identify existing and emerging needs of CLNs and identify emerging trends and issues related to CLNs. The document begins with a discussion of role played by CLNs in building a lifelong learning culture. Presented…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, College Programs
Alamprese, Judith A.; Stickney, Eric – 2001
By establishing its Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN) in 1989, California became the first state to spend substantial funds on building a technological infrastructure for adult education. OTAN's goals are as follows: foster communication among state officials, researchers, and local administrators, instructors, and staff in adult…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece). – 1999
This document summarizes the activities conducted by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) during 1998 in its continuing efforts to accomplish its primary objective of linking research, policy, and practice in vocational education and training (VET). The following are among the 1998 CEDEFOP projects and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Credits, Educational Practices
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1996
This book, which is based on the papers presented by the various countries attending an international conference on technology and adult learning, contains 16 papers examining the use of technology in adult learning programs in the context of major institutional and economic change. The following papers are included: "A View from…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Case Studies
Groff, Warren H. – 2001
Trends in using computer technology for career development and human resources development in companies in the United States and worldwide were reviewed, and the possibilities of adapting the latest advances in digital technology-based training delivery systems in school-based contexts were explored. A model was proposed that entailed having chief…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
