Adult Learning articles from June 1999

Adult Learning archives from June 1999

Adult Educators and Technology: Possibly Just What the Doctor Ordered
June 22, 1999... It seems rather curious that all of education is currently abuzz with technology. Teachers are saying, and being told that they need to use technology in their classrooms. Administrators are saying that technology needs to be infused into the...

New Educational Technologies: Connection or Autonomy?
June 22, 1999... New educational technologies offer the potential to affect service to all learners, but especially adult learners. Because of this fact, adult educators have become enamored by the possibilities offered through the Internet, distance education,...

A Cybermobile, Frogs, and Lifelong Learning
June 22, 1999... Muncie Community Schools' Adult Education Prooram How does an adult student learn to dissect a frog? Have you ever heard of a dry lab? Ever hear of a Cybermobile? Are your teachers up to speed with computers? All of these questions deal with...

"Tech" Tools Enhance Our Seeking ... and Savoring
June 22, 1999... Introduction A column featuring adult-education resources in a special issue about technology could take off in many directions. The definition of technology in my 1982 American Heritage Dictionary is listed as "The application of science,...

Hitting the Hitlist Trail: An Online Adventure
June 22, 1999... The latest phase of this columnist's continuing quest to discover "what's out there" regarding adult education resources began May 1, 1999. From an upholstered swivel chair in the Ottenheimer Library at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock,...

How to Get a College Degree Via the Internet.(Review)
June 22, 1999... How to Get a College Degree Via the Internet, by Sam Atieh. Rocklin, CA: Prima Publishing, 1998. 204 pages. ISBN 0-7615-1370-1. Sam Atieh, a computer consultant and the director of online education at Vatterott College in Missouri,...

Teaching and Learning with Internet-based Resources.(Review)
June 22, 1999... Teaching and Learning with Internet-based Resources, by Susan Cowles, Literacy Leader Fellowship Program Reports 3(2). Washington: National Institute for Literacy, 1997. Paper version: 133 pages. Online version: www.nifl.gov/susanc/inthome....

American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun.(Review)
June 22, 1999... American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun, by Edward Swick. Happauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 1999. 120 pages. ISBN 0-7641-0807-7. Should you always keep a stiff upper lip, even when it's your turn to foot the bill? Did you...

A Tradition that has no Name: Nurturing the Development of People, Families, and Communities.(Review)
June 22, 1999... A Tradition that has no Name: Nurturing the Development of People, Families, and Communities, by Mary Field Belenky, Lynne A. Bond, and Jacqueline S. Weinstock. New York: Basic Books, 1997. 245 pages. ISBN 0-4650-2605-2 A Tradition that...

Are you on AEDNET ... yet?
June 22, 1999... A slightly longer version of Kathleen Taylor's review appeared on AEDNET, the Adult Education [electronic] Network. Are you an AEDNET subscriber yet? If not, you're missing not only enthusiastic recommendations from adult educators such as...

The Virtual University Gazette.
June 22, 1999... The Virtual University Gazette [Online serial]. Waterbury, VT: Lifelong Learning, ISSN 1099-4262. www.geteducated.com It's a monthly newsletter e-mailed to more than 10,000 subscribers--at no cost to the recipients. It's a timely digest...

Educational Technology: Searching for the Value Added
June 22, 1999... At the end of the twentieth century, those of us in the education world have been exploring the potential of technology. One important aspect of this is the growth of educational opportunities available to those who might not be able to...

Teaching and Technology in Higher Education: CHANGES AND CHALLENGES
June 22, 1999... Colleges and universities are beginning to change the way they do business. Why? Because their students are changing, and they way they want to learn is changing, and the tools to accommodate these demands are changing. Are institutions of...

An Interactive Television Seminar Designed for OLDER LEARNERS
June 22, 1999... When we think of educational delivery systems and technology we usually think first of computers, the Internet and e-mail. Interactive television is another electronic option that has the added advantage of multi-modal socialization...

Web-Based Training in the WORKPLACE
June 22, 1999... Web-based training is taking the training and education world by storm. Just to get a sense of how fast Web-based training is growing, consider some of these indicators. * The U.S. market for Web-based training generated $197 million in...

Technology and Adult Education: RISING EXPECTATIONS
June 22, 1999... The uses of technology for adult literacy and adult education have grown exponentially in recent years, from computer-assisted instruction to the information highway, to the simple improvements engendered by the use of personal computers in...

Online Learning Communities: Implications for Adult Learning
June 22, 1999... The adult education community is well aware of the potential of technology to inspire the construction of new models of instruction and to accommodate the special needs of adults. As yet, however, current applications of technology within adult...

Access to Learning: RETHINKING THE PROMISE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
June 22, 1999... When we examine the gap between the promises of technology in education and the reality, what we find is a lot of wishful thinking" (Kearsley, 1998). The connections between distance education (DE) and adult education in this country are...