Posts Tagged ‘adult students’
January 25 - Tips for Teaching Adult Students
By: Brooks Doherty in Effective Teaching Strategies
With the number of non-traditional students growing, many educators have discovered that adult learners are fundamentally different than their younger counterparts in many ways. Yet, most instructors have been left to their own devices to figure out how best to reach these students who come to class with an entirely different set of challenges, demands and expectations, and generally at a much different level of maturity.
April 5 - Understanding the Unique Needs of Adult Learners
By: Christopher Hill in Distance Learning Administration
Returning adults, particularly those looking to complete degree work, demand online options, distance education programming, and a campus culture fitting their learning style. Bruce N. Chaloux, Ph.D., past president of the Sloan Consortium and a highly-respected authority in adult degree completion, discussed some of the unique needs of adult learners with Distance Education Report. What
October 27 - Why Being a Student Made Me a Better Teacher
By: Vickie Kelly, EdD in Effective Teaching Strategies
Congratulations! You’ve accepted a position as a professor, instructor, or lecturer. Now comes the hard part. Unless you have spent your professional career studying curriculum, instruction, assessment, online learning, classroom management, and the many other topics with which you now face, you have stepped into a whole new world. Your subject matter expertise or technical knowledge that got you the job is simply not enough.
June 14 - Using MP3s as a Teaching Tool for College English Classes
By: Vicki E. Phillips in Teaching and Learning
My recent foray into using MP3s to teach college level English classes came out of my need to reach more of my non-traditional students. I saw a trend developing where more adults than ever were seeking a college education or even returning to college to change careers, and it only followed that I had a responsibility as an instructor to try and reach these students. It also became apparent in my classroom that I wanted to not only reach, but to retain these non-traditional students who seemed to become easily frustrated with the more traditional lecture and textbook methods.
June 9 - Non-Traditional Students: Understanding Adult Learners’ Needs
By: Mary Bart in Trends in Higher Education
Students dropout of college for a variety of reasons – some are not ready for the academic rigors, while others leave to raise a family, get a job, or join the military. Many of these students are now in their 30s, 40s and 50s. They’re more mature, and they’re ready to come back and finish what they started. Is your school truly committed to do what it takes to attract and support these students through degree completion?
April 7 - Effective Strategies for the Adult Degree Completion Market
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
A variety of factors are driving a growing number of adults back to school. Some are finishing a degree they started years ago, while others are looking to develop new job-specific skills. Are you prepared to serve this growing population of non-traditional students?
Bruce N. Chaloux, PhD. is the president of the board of directors at Sloan-C where he oversees the 16-state Electronic Campus initiative of the Southern Regional Education Board. The Electronic Campus has grown to include more than 10,000 credit courses and 500 degree programs from more than 300 colleges and universities in the region.
He is an engaging, dynamic presenter dedicated to integrating online education into the mainstream of higher education.