Monday, July 26, 2010

Good Teaching is Good Teaching

A significant portion of the instructional design I do and much of my previous teaching experience has been with vulnerable adult populations. By vulnerable, I mean adults who have involvement with various authorities and social service agencies because of life challenges they've experienced and/or choices they've made.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Fabulous Adult Learning

Last time I wrote about the unrealized potential of some adult learning opportunities. Now I have the pleasure of sharing an amazingly great adult learning experience that I had just last week!

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Training Adult Learners

Over the last year or two I have attended a handful of professional development conferences designed for educators desiring to improve their practice. The most puzzling (and unfortunately repeating) occurrence at these different workshops has been a frustrating lack of attention to how adults learn! How could this be? This is continuing education for educators by educators!