Adults as Learners: An Orientation
As part of the registration process, we ask that you go through a short tutorial on online learning in order to better prepare yourself for success.
Are you a new adult educator? Need help figuring out how to effectively teach the adult learner? Through this online course, you will learn the keys to success in working with adults through:
- instructional strategies,
- classroom management techniques, and
- assessment approaches to measure learning gains.
Through the online course format, you can learn at your own pace from the comfort and convenience of your own home or office. Facilitators, available to help you throughout the eight-week course, lead you through the content and technical aspects of the course.
Each week's lesson addresses a topic in adult education. Course activities include readings, assignments, and discussions. The lessons are sequential.
Lessons and resources included in the course:
- Adult Literacy and Education Issues
- Classroom Management
- How We Learn
- Instructional Strategies
- Special Topics in Adult Literacy
- Assessments
- Lesson Planning
- Next Steps
Completion of the course is designed to require a minimum of 32 hours of your time; approximately four hours for each of the eight topic sessions. However, you may find that you want to spend longer with some topics.
Because the course is designed for busy professionals, it is scheduled over several weeks to allow time to work through the materials and complete the course according to your schedule. It may also be helpful for you to spend some time in a classroom. Be thinking about scheduling an opportunity to do this if you are not currently teaching.
In order to receive the certificate for participating in the Adults as Learners: An Orientation training, you must complete all assignments, respond to the discussion postings of the facilitator, and respond to one of your classmates at least once in each discussion. Although there are due dates for each assignment, the final due date for all completed assignments will be one week after the course closes.