Technology Challenges Faced By Adult Learners
As seen on Elearning Industry and included in The seven year education itch and Discovering Educational Technology for Adult Learners Adult learners acquire their knowledge very differently to children. They are much more results driven, goal oriented, and practical, as well as being very self-directed. When it comes to technology, we can’t simply assume that all adult […]
EdPuzzle – Edit, crop, record audio and add questions to just about any video online and allow students to participate in virtual classrooms [UPDATE].
EdPuzzle is a website site that lets you take just about any video off the web, edit it down to the portions you want, add audio notes and questions for students, and create virtual classrooms where you can monitor individual student work. There is also an app that supports students to access the virtual classrooms […]
Teaching adult learners how to ‘learn’
Having just sat on a on industry expert panel for vocational education, there were discussions around what the future of learning is. From a higher ed perspective, it was discussed that we should be teaching our learners HOW to learn. This is very previlant to our every changing industries. Chances are that when a student […]
Look at how people use technology not at technology people use
I came across this on twitter and thought it was prevalent to the challenges faced by Adult learners. Once we know how people (in this case adults) use the technology, we can build better tools to overcome the challenges faced by adult learners. Original tweet https://twitter.com/briansolis/status/684501828113846272
Tips to motivate adult learners
Although a few years old now, these tips are still prevalent today http://elearningindustry.com/17-tips-to-motivate-adult-learners
Adult Learning Challenges with Technology – Digital Social & Culture
When we talk about the challenges we face with Adult Learners, there are several area’s that we can focus on. I’ve summed these up as Digital blefs. This post will look at the issue, Digital Social & Culture. The age and exposure to technology of a learner can have an impact on adult learner’s knowledge and how to use […]
Adult Learning Challenges with Technology – Digital Fear
When we talk about the challenges we face with Adult Learners, there are several area’s that we can focus on. I’ve summed these up as Digital blefs. This post will look at the issue, Digital Fear. Fear can be defined as: ‘a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.’ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fear There is a genuine fear of some learners […]
Adult Learning Challenges with Technology – Digital Experience
When we talk about the challenges we face with Adult Learners, there are several area’s that we can focus on. I’ve summed these up as Digital blefs. This post will look at the issue, Digital Experience. The word ‘Experience’ can have many different meanings, for adult learners we can say that Experience could be defined as […]
Adult Learning Challenges with Technology – Digital Literacy
When we talk about the challenges we face with Adult Learners, there are several area’s that we can focus on. I’ve summed these up as Digital blefs. This post will look at the issue, Digital Literacy. ‘Digital Literacy is the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring […]
Adult Learning Challenges with Technology – Digital Bias
When we talk about the challenges we face with Adult Learners, there are several area’s that we can focus on. I’ve summed these up as Digital blefs. This post will look at the first issue, Digital Bias. When used in the context of eLearning, this can play a massive part in how an adult learner […]
