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Kalpana Gupta – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2024
The purpose of this study is to understand the ways in which meditation practice can be used as an online pedagogical method based on adult learners' experiences with various forms of meditation practices. To arrive at this purpose, the researcher found it necessary to gather data about frequency of use, preferences, and related transformative…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods, Adult Learning, Biofeedback
Tarbutton, Tanya M.; Doyle, Lori B. – Athens Journal of Education, 2023
Higher education institutions must recognize the responsibility to support online adult learners as members of a larger global community and technological advancements have made this a reality. COVID-19 restrictions to in-person learning highlighted the need for online learning platforms that promote the benefits of teacher presence, consider the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Technology Uses in Education, Global Approach
Lucie Weissova; Jeanine Gregersen-Hermans; Darko Pantelic – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2024
Contemporary higher education institutions are marked by diverse, internationalized classrooms that bring together various linguistic and cultural backgrounds. However, realizing the full potential of this diversity poses challenges, as academics, key players in maximizing the benefits of international classrooms, often lack the necessary…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Adult Learning, Faculty Development
Shi, Yuewei; Lin, Xi – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
Maslow's hierarchical needs theory has a unique approach to classifying human needs into five different levels. Some researchers agree that Maslow's need theory followed a "low-high" order and that there is a dominance level for five needs in a hierarchical structure. At the same time, some researchers argue that Maslow's needs are…
Descriptors: Self Actualization, Needs, Classification, Adult Learning
Lana Munip; Rebecca Klein-Collins – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2024
The Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR)--defined as a verifiable, portable, interoperable digital asset that recognizes all learning--is currently a topic of interest in the postsecondary and workplace ecosystem. The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) and The EvoLLLution conducted a survey of CAEL higher education members and The…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Digital Literacy, Competence, College Credits
Puspha Sinnayah; Trudy Ambler; Kate Kelly; Loretta Konjarski; Kathy Tangalakis; Andrew Smallridge – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2024
The literature indicates that collaborative activities can support professional learning (PL) for academics teaching in higher education (HE). Nevertheless, limited approaches for collegial PL exist that can be embedded in the day-to-day work of busy academics. This paper reports on an evidence-based approach to practice that was undertaken to…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Cooperative Learning
Conway, Patrick Filipe – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2022
This article synthesizes literatures relating to the fields of andragogy and prison education. It is a key moment to reflect on teaching practices inside carceral settings. As Pell Grant availability for incarcerated students is set to expand dramatically, many college and university faculty are soon likely to be entering prisons as instructors…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Andragogy
Viktor Wang, Editor – IGI Global, 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration in andragogical education offers significant enhancements to the learning experience for adult learners. By utilizing AI-powered platforms, instructors can provide personalized learning paths that adapt to the unique needs, interests, and goals of each individual. These systems can analyze performance data…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Technology Integration
Bird, Jane; Donelan, Kate – Research in Drama Education, 2020
This paper examines the application and efficacy of performance ethnography designed for adult professional learning. An ethnographic performance related to women in research leadership was constructed and performed in an executive tertiary leadership programme and the responses from the female audience/participants were investigated. The study…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Adult Learning, Performance, Females
Wiley, Jennifer L.; Wiley, Kristofor R.; Intolubbe-Chmil, Loren; Bhuyan, Devi; Acheson, Kris – Journal of Transformative Education, 2021
Transformative learning (TL) goals are becoming commonplace in higher education, continuing education, and other adult learning contexts; however, valid and reliable assessments of TL are not so common. This imbalance begs the development of assessment methods that allow for a deeper understanding of how, when, and why deep reshaping of self takes…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Transformative Learning, Measures (Individuals), Values
Jacob D. Lemon – ProQuest LLC, 2021
As graduate and professional programs internationalize to provide students with global competencies and skills, more graduate students are participating in education abroad programs. Graduate students represent a growing portion of the total population participating in education abroad, with short-term, faculty-directed (STFD) programs expanding…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduate Students, Study Abroad, Graduate Study
Stevenson, Carolyn N., Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Institutions of higher learning are providing access to free and low-cost open resources to support students with prior college-level learning during every step of their educational journey. This unconventional approach to education removes traditional barriers to college credit by placing learners in an open environment, which encourages…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Open Educational Resources, Prior Learning
Owusu-Agyeman, Yaw; Fourie-Malherbe, Magda – Cogent Education, 2018
The learning conceptions and priorities of adult learners in higher education institutions (HEIs) are essential to explicating the meaning adults make to teaching and learning processes as well as their knowledge and skills development. Through knowledge formulation, comprehension and reflection of what they learn, adult learners develop a mental…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Employment Potential
Owusu-Agyeman, Yaw; Fourie-Malherbe, Magda; Frick, Liezel – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2018
Adult learners have unique educational needs that require attention from Higher Education Institutions, facilitators and industry. While several theories and policies have been developed to address the bourgeoning educational challenges confronting adult learners in Higher Education Institutions, not much has been achieved in the wake of growing…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Higher Education
Majeski, Robin A.; Stover, Merrily; Valais, Teresa; Ronch, Judah – Adult Learning, 2017
Given the complex challenges organizations face and the importance of emotional intelligence to effective leadership, management education has begun to help adult learners develop emotional intelligence competencies. These include emotional self-control, conflict management, teamwork, cultural awareness, and inspirational leadership, among other…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Online Courses, Higher Education, Adult Learning