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Kansas State University Libraries

2008

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Medical Students’ Preparedness For Apprenticeship Learning, Jodi Jarecke, Maryellen Gusic, Edward W. Taylor Sep 2008

Medical Students’ Preparedness For Apprenticeship Learning, Jodi Jarecke, Maryellen Gusic, Edward W. Taylor

Adult Education Research Conference

This research investigated medical student and clinical faculty perceptions of preparedness for learning in the clinical setting. It also explored their beliefs about the ways in which the curriculum promotes or fails to promote preparedness for apprenticeship learning.


Formal And Informal Learning Experiences In Second Life: An Overview, William C. Diehl Sep 2008

Formal And Informal Learning Experiences In Second Life: An Overview, William C. Diehl

Adult Education Research Conference

A growing number of higher education institutions, consortiums and libraries are establishing presences in the virtual world of Second Life. Millions of adults currently engage in both formal and informal learning experiences in SL and the numbers are growing. This paper provides an overview of this phenomenon.