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Digital Promise, 2016
It's a staggering statistic -- 36 million adults in the United States read at a 3rd grade level or below. Of these, more than two-thirds are members of the workforce but don't have the skills for advancement. Yet, finding and completing education programs is often a struggle for this population. Access to quality education programs is limited at…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Learning Theories, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Kruger-Ross, Matthew James – Journal of Transformative Education, 2013
In this article, I explore how transformative learning theory, an approach to educating drawn from adult education, can be used to provide access to the critical theory of technology for educators. Rather than focusing primarily on K-12 teachers and educational systems or higher education and other postsecondary instruction, I connect learning as…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Transformative Learning, Learning Theories, Educational Technology
Allen, Julia Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study applied the stages of transformative learning to faculty perceptions and application of best practices to online learning. Research questions included: Can transformative learning theory constructs be used to identify potential barriers in faculty development and delivery of online instruction?; How does the stage of transformative…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Goodfellow, Robin – Teaching in Higher Education, 2011
This paper is a critical review of some recent literature around the "literacies of the digital" in schools and higher education. It discusses the question: "what does the conjoining of the terms "digital" and "literacy" add to our understanding of teaching and learning in higher education"? It explores the continuing role of critical literacy in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Technology, Electronic Publishing, Computer Literacy
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Parrish, Patrick E. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2009
This article offers principles that contribute to developing the aesthetics of instructional design. Rather than describing merely the surface qualities of things and events, the concept of aesthetics as applied here pertains to heightened, integral experience. Aesthetic experiences are those that are immersive, infused with meaning, and felt as…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Instructional Design, Transformative Learning, Learning Experience
King, Kathleen P. – Educational Technology, 2011
In a world dominated by change and transformation, this article explores instructional technology connections to and applications of transformative learning. The author provides an overview of the theory of transformative learning, which embraces the hallmarks of 21st century learning. Rather than focusing solely on how to use technology,…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Byrd-Jones, Shannon L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Effective professional development training is essential to ensuring full technology integration in all classrooms by all teachers on a regular basis. Technology integration can greatly enhance the learning of all students. In particular students with disabilities and special needs benefit a great deal from the use of technology during…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Access to Education, Educational Technology, Special Education
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Kabakci, Isil; Odabasi, H. Ferhan; Kilicer, Kerem – Professional Development in Education, 2010
Teacher educators need professional development in effective use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in order to keep up with the changes and developments in ICT and to pose as a model for teacher candidates. For the purpose of meeting teacher educators' professional development needs in ICT, it is necessary to take…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Mentors, Transformative Learning, Foreign Countries
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Goulah, Jason – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
This instrumental case study examines how adolescent high-intermediate Japanese language learners enrolled in a one-month credited abroad program used video as a mediational tool for (1) learning foreign language, content, and technology skills, (2) cultivating critical multiliteracies and transformative learning regarding geopolitics and the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Theories, Traditional Schools
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Hu, Xiangen, Ed.; Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Hershkovitz, Arnon, Ed.; Paquette, Luc, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2017
The 10th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2017) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Optics Velley Kingdom Plaza Hotel, Wuhan, Hubei Province, in China. This years conference features two invited talks by: Dr. Jie Tang, Associate Professor with the Department of Computer…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Graphs, Data Use
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Jarmon, Leslie; Keating, Elizabeth; Toprac, Paul – Simulation & Gaming, 2008
This article describes a university-sponsored experiential-based simulation, the NANO SCENARIO, to increase the public's awareness and affect attitudes on the societal implications of nanoscience and nanotechnology by bringing together diverse stakeholders' perspectives in a participatory learning environment. Nanotechnology has the potential for…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Learning Experience, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology
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King, Kathleen P. – Computers & Education, 2002
Describes a study that examined the experiences of 175 teachers as they learned technology for educational purposes within the framework of transformational learning. Highlights include technology integration; educational technology professional development; adult education; teacher self-confidence; and classroom practice. (LRW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Educational Technology, Learning Theories
King, Kathleen P. – 2002
A model of educators' learning experiences in educational technology was developed by studying 205 educators who participated in professional development in educational technology at metropolitan area graduate schools of education over a 7-year period. Data were gathered over the entire semester for all participants. Additional data on a limited…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Attitude Change, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Taylor, Maurice, Ed. – 1998
These proceedings on the theme, Adult Education Research: Shaping the Future, contain 52 papers. The papers are: "Virtual Adult Education" (W. Archer and D. Conrad); "Reversal Theory Approach to Adult Learning and Education" (M. Atleo); "Objectiver L'Action" (A. Balleux et al.); "Cultural Constructions of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Jackson, Ann, Ed.; Jones, David, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 43 papers from a conference on researching inclusion. The following are among the papers included: "Include Me Out: Critique and Contradiction in Thinking about Social Exclusion and Lifelong Learning" (Paul Armstrong); "The Linking of Work and Education To Enable Social Inclusion" (Dave Beck);…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Admission Criteria