NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Multimodal Adult Learning through Arts-Based Organisations
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Susan M. Holloway; Patricia A. Gouthro – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2024
Funded by the Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) grant, this national study examines arts-based adult education organizations involved in dance, music, drama, and visual arts with a philosophical perspective aligned with a multiliteracies theoretical framework. Multiliteracies considers how cultural and linguistic diversity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Students
Differences of Cognitive Load in Learning Modalities and Sex within Adult Finnish-Language Learners
Direct linkDirect link
Amber Leigh Rikkonen – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Language learning is an important necessity of today's globalized society. Therefore, it is vital to provide the most effective methods for learning a foreign language. Through understanding how foreign language learning, cognitive load theory, learning modalities, and participants' physiological sex relate to one another, more effective…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Learning Modalities, Adult Students
Using a Multiliteracies Approach to Foster Critical and Creative Pedagogies for Adult Learners
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Holloway, Susan M.; Gouthro, Patricia A. – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2020
Drawing upon a pilot study and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight research study to explore how a multiliteracies framework may inform more critical and creative pedagogical approaches for adolescents and adults, this article begins with a brief overview of the literature on multiliteracies and then overviews the…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Critical Theory, Creativity, Adult Students
Online Learning: Audio or Text?
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
de Oliveira Neto, Jose Dutra; Huang, Wenhao David; de Azevedo Melli, Nádia Cristina – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2015
Implementing online technologies alone cannot ensure learning. A verified approach is needed to optimize the pedagogical effect of online learning. Previous studies have suggested that the application of the modality principle in multimedia design improves the efficiency of learning by reducing cognitive load. Nevertheless, this design approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Multimedia Instruction
Learning by E-Learning for Visually Impaired Students: Opportunities or Again Marginalisation?
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kharade, Kalpana; Peese, Hema – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2012
In recent years, e-learning has become a valuable tool for an increasing number of visually impaired (VI) learners. The benefits of this technology include: (1) remote learning for VI students; (2) the possibility for teachers living far from schools or universities to provide remote instructional assistance to VI students; and (3) continuing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Distance Education
Learner and Task Considerations in Designing Instruction for Native Adult Learners.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Wiesenberg, Faye P. – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1992
Learning outcomes of Alberta Native and non-Native adult learners were differentially affected by relative preference for visual versus verbal learning style. Also demonstrated were the importance of individual differences and the complex interaction of learning style preference, instructional materials, learning task, and cultural background.…
Descriptors: Adult Students, American Indians, Canada Natives, Cognitive Style