Application of information technology in adult education

Jiao, Xuhua; Liu, Miao

doi:10.1109/opee.2010.5508020

Engaging Adult Learners with Innovative Technologies

Beck

¹

,

Hughes

²

2013

Handbook of Research on Technologies for Improving the 21st Century Workforce

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This chapter suggests and explores the need for a paradigm shift regarding the use of innovative technologies to engage adult learners. Some concerns addressed are: 1) The ways educational programs can be designed to improve the technical skills of adults; 2) The choices of technological, instructional methods, and materials and the subsequent impact on the success of educating adults; and 3) Elimination of the perceived feeling of disadvantage that some adult learners possess regarding their understanding and use of technology. Lack of exposure, access, and motivation to utilize innovative technologies combine to create a “glass ceiling” that is currently preventing adult learners from becoming competitive in the global marketplace. However, by applying motivational theories, embracing policies to ensure equitable technology access, and promoting efforts to seize the professional development opportunities available, adult learners and their instructors can shatter the glass ceiling and rise to new levels of skill and expertise.

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Engaging Adult Learners with Innovative Technologies

Beck

¹

,

Hughes

²

2014

Adult and Continuing Education

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This chapter suggests and explores the need for a paradigm shift regarding the use of innovative technologies to engage adult learners. Some concerns addressed are: 1) The ways educational programs can be designed to improve the technical skills of adults; 2) The choices of technological, instructional methods, and materials and the subsequent impact on the success of educating adults; and 3) Elimination of the perceived feeling of disadvantage that some adult learners possess regarding their understanding and use of technology. Lack of exposure, access, and motivation to utilize innovative technologies combine to create a “glass ceiling” that is currently preventing adult learners from becoming competitive in the global marketplace. However, by applying motivational theories, embracing policies to ensure equitable technology access, and promoting efforts to seize the professional development opportunities available, adult learners and their instructors can shatter the glass ceiling and rise to new levels of skill and expertise.

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Teachers and students thoughts on the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) and its use in adult centres: The case of the Canary Islands

Almeida¹,

Bermúdez²,

SÃ¡nchez³

2015

Educ. Res. Rev.

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This study presents the results of an investigation carried out with teachers and students of adult centres of the Canary Islands, Spain. The main goal of the investigation was to determine the opinions and the formation of both teachers and students about information and communication technologies (ICT) and whether they use these technologies in their daily life. For this purpose, two questionnaires were created, one for teachers and one for students, with some questions especially designed for each group and a common section for both groups. A total of 760 people participated in the study investigation to a total of 31 adult centres in the Canary Islands. Similarities and differences in their way of thinking about ICT were established from their responses to the common section, and this will help us to improve their teaching-learning process in adult centres of the Canary Islands, as well as to determine the necessary resources to implement some processes with technology.

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Application of information technology in adult education

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Engaging Adult Learners with Innovative Technologies

Engaging Adult Learners with Innovative Technologies

Engaging Adult Learners with Innovative Technologies

Teachers and students thoughts on the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) and its use in adult centres: The case of the Canary Islands

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