Making Blended Learning Work
Blended learning incorporates a variety of ways to deliver learning materials and activities, and selecting delivery approaches is part of the instructional design process. The approaches you select will depend on who the learners are, what objectives have been developed, what methods of assessing learning you have designed in alignment with those objectives, and […]
Adult learners have been around for the rapid change in technology does not mean they understand it
Just because adult learners have been around for the rapid change in technology, does not mean that they have experience or exposure to the technology.
Adult learners can be biased towards technology
Some adult learners can be biased towards technology. This can affect the way an adult learner accesses and uses learning resources based on design.
Some adult learners have a genuine fear of technology.
Some adult learners have a genuine fear of technology. This affects the way an adult learner accesses and uses learning resources
Adult learners have multi-level responsibilities
Adult learners have multi-level responsibilities that can often lead to distraction when applied to learning.
Not all adult learners have a clear view of what their learning direction should be
Not all adult learners have a clear view of what their learning direction should be
Adult learners observe and reflect on their own life experiences
Adult learners observe and reflect on their own life experiences. Their own concepts and theories are applied in new learning situations
Adult learners require their learning to be relevant
Adult learners require their learning to be relevant and need to focus on what is useful.
Adult learner’s orientation to learning is life centred
Adult learner’s orientation to learning is life centred and focused on real problems. Learning must be contextualised to be most effective.
Adult learning draws on experience, but can be bias or single minded.
Adult learning draws on experience, but can be bias or single minded. Experience can sometimes mean that unlearning needs to be done before effective learning can take place
