Adult and Continuing Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Adult and Continuing Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Editor: Information Resources Management Association
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: IGI Global
Single-User Purchase Price:
$1950.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$2925.00
ISBN: 978-1-4666-5780-9
Category: Social Sciences - Education
Image Count:
168
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Adult and Continuing Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications investigates some of the most promising trends in furthering education and professional development in a variety of settings and industries. With an extensive array of chapters on topics ranging from non-traditional students to online and distance education for adult learners, this multi-volume reference book will provide students, educators, and industry professionals with the tools necessary to make the most of their return to the classroom.
Table of Contents
- Editorial Advisory Board and List of Reviewers
- Preface
- Section 1: Fundamental Concepts and Theories
- Preface to Fundamental Concepts and Theories
- Chapter 1: Historical Evolution of Adult Education in America
- Chapter 2: Adult Learners Online
- Chapter 3: A Qualitative Research Approach for the Investigation and Evaluation of Adult Users' Participation Factors through Collaborative E-Learning Activities in the Virtual World of “Second Life”
- Chapter 4: Electronic Education and Lifelong Learning
- Chapter 5: Best Practices of Teaching Cross-Cultural Adults in Online Format
- Chapter 6: Participatory Barriers to the Informal Learning of Older Australians using the Internet and Web 2.0 Technologies
- Chapter 7: Millennial Adult Learners in the 21st Century
- Chapter 8: Adult Millennials
- Chapter 9: Social Justice and Adult Education
- Chapter 10: Open Access Web Resources for Library Continuing Education and Training
- Chapter 11: Professional Development Opportunities for Academic Subject Librarians
- Chapter 12: Definition and History of Online Professional Development
- Chapter 13: Professional Development with Graduate Teaching Assistants (TAs) Teaching Online
- Chapter 14: Key Factors for Maximizing the Effectiveness of Blended E-Learning
- Chapter 15: Assessment Processes for Online Professional Development
- Section 2: Tools and Technologies
- Preface to Tools and Technologies
- Chapter 16: Enabling Creative Blended Learning for Adults through Learning Design
- Chapter 17: Engaging Adult Learners with Innovative Technologies
- Chapter 18: Technology as Integral to a New Paradigm of Adult Education
- Chapter 19: Twitter-Based Knowledge Sharing in Professional Networks
- Chapter 20: Teachers' Use of Social Networking Sites for Continuing Professional Development
- Chapter 21: Assessment and Learning Partnerships in an Online Environment
- Chapter 22: Defining Professional Development for Technology
- Chapter 23: Online Professional Development for Adults
- Chapter 24: Professional Development in a Virtual World
- Chapter 25: From Basic Participation to Transformation
- Chapter 26: 3D Virtual Classroom Simulations for Supporting School Teachers' Continuing Professional Development
- Chapter 27: The Use of Digital Resources to Support Elementary School Teachers' Implementation of the Common Core State Standards
- Chapter 28: Teacher Professional Development Using Mobile Technologies in a Large-Scale Project
- Chapter 29: Professional Development for Online Educators
- Chapter 30: Enabling Professional Development with E-Portfolios
- Chapter 31: ARTI
- Section 3: Development and Design Methodologies
- Preface to Development and Design Methodologies
- Chapter 32: Design of an Online Continuing Education Module
- Chapter 33: Towards an Adult Learning Architecture of Participation
- Chapter 34: The Single Most Popular Theory
- Chapter 35: Design Guidelines for Self-Assessment Support for Adult Academic Distance Learning
- Chapter 36: Designing a Professional Development Program
- Chapter 37: Theoretical Rationale for Designing a Blended Learning Teachers' Professional Development Program
- Chapter 38: Designing District-Wide Technology-Rich Professional Development
- Chapter 39: Multi-Faceted Professional Development Models Designed to Enhance Teaching and Learning within Universities
- Chapter 40: A Framework for Developing Robust Online Professional Development Materials to Support Teacher Practice under the Common Core
- Chapter 41: Designing Effective Online Instructor Training and Professional Development
- Chapter 42: Designing Simulations for Professional Skill Development in Distance Education
- Chapter 43: An Activity Theoretical Approach to Examining Virtual Professional Development and Informal Learning via Social Networks
- Chapter 44: A Model for Online Instructor Training, Support, and Professional Development
- Chapter 45: Developing ITV Best Teaching Practices and Effective Professional Development Programs
- Chapter 46: Project Management Methods for the Implementation of an Online Faculty Development Course
- Section 4: Utilization and Application
- Preface to Utilization and Application
- Chapter 47: Digital Literacy in a Lifelong Learning Programme for Adults
- Chapter 48: Lifelong Learning in Europe
- Chapter 49: The Public Library in an Aging Society
- Chapter 50: Adult Education and Sustainable Learning Outcome of Rural Widows of Central Northern Nigeria
- Chapter 51: Shifting to a Needs-Based Continuing Education Model
- Chapter 52: Online Mentoring as a Tool for Professional Development and Change of Novice and Experienced Teachers
- Chapter 53: Digital Media Literacy Practices for 5th Year Pre-Service Teachers in a PDS Model
- Chapter 54: Multi-Modal Professional Development for Faculty
- Chapter 55: Changing the Face of ELA Classrooms
- Chapter 56: Using an Observation Cycle for Helping Teachers Integrate Technology
- Chapter 57: Professional Development with and for Emerging Technologies
- Chapter 58: Ernst & Young Leadership and Professional Development Center
- Chapter 59: The Pacific Open Learning Health Net
- Chapter 60: Leveling the Professional Development Playing Field
- Chapter 61: The Pathway to Nevada's Future
- Chapter 62: Transformative Learning in the Workplace
- Section 5: Organizational and Social Implications
- Preface to Organizational and Social Implications
- Chapter 63: Transformative Learning and Technology in Adult and Vocational Education
- Chapter 64: Literacy Level and Vocational Training for Substance-Using Hispanic Adults
- Chapter 65: Facilitating Learning with Adult Students in the Transcultural Classroom
- Chapter 66: Nation Building through Andragogy and Lifelong Learning
- Chapter 67: An Exploratory Study of the Experiences of Older Non-Traditional Students in an Online Learning Environment
- Chapter 68: Differentiating Instruction for Adult Learners in an Online Environment
- Chapter 69: Developing Self-Regulation Skills in Virtual Worlds
- Chapter 70: Lifelong Tools for the Learner, Educator, and Worker
- Chapter 71: Adapting Adult Educators' Teaching Philosophies to Foster Adult Learners' Transformation and Emancipation
- Chapter 72: Adult Learning Influence on Faculty Learning Cycle
- Chapter 73: More than Changing Classrooms
- Chapter 74: Reflections on Personal Experiences of Staff Training and Continuing Professional Development for Academic Staff in the Development of High Quality Support for Disabled Students in Higher Education
- Chapter 75: Adding the “Digital Layer”
- Chapter 76: Professional Development through Web 2.0 Collaborative Applications
- Chapter 77: Implementing the Professional Development Program
- Chapter 78: School Librarians as Significant Other
- Section 6: Managerial Impact
- Preface to Managerial Impact
- Chapter 79: No Adult Left Behind
- Chapter 80: The Art and Science of Designing and Developing an Online English Language Training Module for Adult Learners
- Chapter 81: Partnerships between University and Adult Education Providers
- Chapter 82: Partnerships between Business and Adult Education Providers
- Chapter 83: Moving from Corporate Training to Corporate Education
- Chapter 84: Professional Development Opportunities Provided by Consortia
- Chapter 85: Providing Professional Development Opportunities to Staff in Tough Economic Times
- Chapter 86: Improving Teachers' Self-Confidence in Learning Technology Skills and Math Education through Professional Development
- Chapter 87: The Development and Change of Teachers' Strategic Knowledge in Teachers' Online Community of Practice
- Chapter 88: Benefits of Internal Professional Development for Academic Librarians
- Chapter 89: Teacher Leadership
- Section 7: Critical Issues
- Preface to Critical Issues
- Chapter 90: Interests as a Component of Adult Course Preferences
- Chapter 91: Profiling and Supporting Adult Learners
- Chapter 92: Teaching Computers to Adults
- Chapter 93: Chinese Pedagogy or Western Andragogy?
- Chapter 94: From Politicized Adult Education to Market Oriented Adult Higher Education
- Chapter 95: The E-Learning Cycle and Continuous Improvement for E-Entrepreneurs
- Chapter 96: Moving Beyond the One-Shot for Professional Development
- Chapter 97: Evaluating and Funding the Professional Development Program
- Chapter 98: Creating an Authentic Space for a Private and Public Self through E-Portfolios
- Chapter 99: Library Associations, Conferences, and Professional Development
- Chapter 100: A Professional Development School Technology Integration and Research Plan
- Chapter 101: An Intramuscular Approach to Teacher Development in International Collaborative Higher Education
- Chapter 102: A Decade Later
- Chapter 103: Online Communities of Practice as Vehicles for Teacher Professional Development
- Chapter 104: Is Presence of Community of Practice Dimensions Sufficient for Community-Based Teacher Professional Development?
- Chapter 105: ABCs and PCs
- Section 8: Emerging Trends
- Preface to Emerging Trends
- Chapter 106: Examining Adult Learning Assumptions and Theories in Technology-Infused Communities and Professions
- Chapter 107: Collective Transformation of Three Generations of Chinese Adult Learners in K-20 Education
- Chapter 108: Participatory Learning in Formal Adult Education Contexts
- Chapter 109: Improving Workforce Education and Adult Learning
- Chapter 110: Story-Based Professional Development
- Chapter 111: Contrasting Professional Development and Continuing Education Opportunities for Library Professionals
- Chapter 112: Taking Action Research in Teacher Education Online
- Chapter 113: Online Learning Community
- Chapter 114: Teacher Professional Development through Virtual Campuses
- Chapter 115: The Impact of New Technologies on Professional Development
- Chapter 116: Developing Professional Competencies through International Peer Learning Communities
- Chapter 117: Managing Project-Based Workplace Learning at a Distance
- Chapter 118: Towards More Socio-Culturally Sensitive Research and Study of Workplace E-Learning
- Chapter 119: Moving from Professional Development to Real-Time Use