Overview
In this module, participants will be introduced to adult learning and adult teaching. It is important to be aware of a variety of learning resources that are designed specifically with the adult learner in mind. It is equally important to consider an exploration of personalized learning and the importance of creating a student profile that will help them identify the adult learner that has low skills when it comes to technology or no access to technology.
This module also touches on the participants’ active engagement in a weekly handwritten wisdom journal that will produce a learning narrative at the end of this course. Participants will analyze their own personal teaching philosophies to enable them to create a transparent teaching style that will consider them as part of the equation when it comes to learning and teaching.
Note: Use this sheet to consign important and pertinent information discussed as you go through the modules, should you wish to do so. The RIDAR model (Review, Identify, Develop, Apply, Reflect) will be used throughout every week to help you keep track and categorize information you deemed important. RIDAR Notes Sheet (PDF)
Learning Outcomes (LOC)
Upon completion of this module, participants will be able to do the following:
- LOC 1: Identify and explore the meaning of limited technology skills and limited technology access
- LOC 2: Produce a handwritten wisdom journal on a week-by-week basis (the end result will be a personal learning narrative)
- LOC 3: Consolidate a personal philosophy to teaching
- LOC 4: Explore and recognize AODA educational resources, Creative Commons licenses, and copyright rules
- LOC 5: Demonstrate the ability to reflect on their own learning by practicing reflective writing
“Small groups of aspiring adults who desire to keep their minds fresh and vigorous; who begin to learn by confronting pertinent situations; who dig down into the reservoirs of their secondary facts; who are led in the discussion by teachers who are also seekers after wisdom and not oracles: this constitutes the setting for adult education, the modern quest for life’s meaning.” — Eduard Lindeman, The Meaning of Adult Education (1926).
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