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Hengtao Tang – Distance Education, 2024
Self-regulated learning (SRL) has been viewed as a critical skill for learner success in MOOCs, but due to methodological limitations of self-reported measures, the relationship between SRL and learner performance remains unquantified. Therefore, this study sought to investigate how SRL impacted learner performance in MOOCs by linking clickstream…
Descriptors: Self Management, MOOCs, Educational Technology, Adult Learning
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Simone C. O. Conceição; Susan Yelich Biniecki – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
This article explores the evolving role of technology in nonformal and informal adult learning settings, guided by the theory of connectivism. It examines how digital platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), and other technological advancements enhance the accessibility, personalization, and efficiency of adult learning. The various educational…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Informal Education, Conventional Instruction, Artificial Intelligence
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Rizgar Qasim Mahmood – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2024
This study explores ESL learners' perceptions of using high-variability phonetic training (HVPT) through YouGlish to improve pronunciation skills. Data were collected through an online questionnaire completed by 70 upper-intermediate level ESL learners and semistructured interviews with 20 learners. The collected data were analyzed statistically…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes, Phonetics
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Catherine A. Cherrstrom; Brittany Hyden; Carrie J. Boden; Shailen Singh; Lei Xie – International Journal of Adult Education and Technology, 2024
Educational technology facilitates convenient access to online programs for adult students but also presents challenges. Using a conceptual framework of Knowles' andragogy process of program development and learner interaction theory, this study examined ed tech in an online degree program designed to serve adult students. Participants included…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Adult Learning, Electronic Learning, Program Development
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Rebecca Perry; Jill Neumayer DePiper; Belin Tsinnajinnie; Brent E. Jackson; Leslie Thornley – Adult Learning, 2025
Additional research is needed to improve adult numeracy instruction, training for instructors, and our understanding of the feasibility and impact of innovations in these areas. The Adult Numeracy in the Digital Era (ANDE) project, funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) at the U.S. Department of Education, seeks to develop and test an…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Adult Learning, Adults, Alignment (Education)
Kevin Hinckley – Online Submission, 2024
Use of the term Background knowledge, in conjunction with Reading Comprehension, has become convoluted and vague over the past several decades of research. Showing the abundance of uses of the term in multiple domains and disciplines has relegated it to being an automatic inclusion in key notes and conclusions of research on the topic of improving…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Educational Improvement, Reading Ability
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Sarah Cacicio – Adult Literacy Education, 2024
Research shows that the vast majority of students who are diagnosed with learning disabilities in school are, in fact, dyslexic. Still, many students with dyslexia are not adequately identified, assessed, or supported with research-based interventions. Adults with dyslexia report struggling with reading difficulties from as early as kindergarten…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Adult Learning, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons