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Nontraditional Adult Learners: The Neglected Diversity In Postsecondary Education, Joseph Chen
Nontraditional Adult Learners: The Neglected Diversity In Postsecondary Education, Joseph Chen
School of Continuing and Professional Studies Faculty Publications
In the discourse on diversity in colleges and universities in the United States, an often-neglected population is nontraditional adult learners. This article explores this invisible aspect of undergraduate diversity, and addresses how competence-based education, which focuses on demonstrating the actual ability to do , is an innovative approach that caters to adult learners’ life phase and learning needs. College arguably is a youth-centric phase of life generally designed for the younger student.However, the stereotypical full-time student who lives on campus is actually a small percentage of the entire postsecondary population. Due to the demands of an increasingly competitive world of …
Finding Evidence Of Metacognition In An Eportfolio Community: Beyond Text, Across New Media, Kathryn Wozniak, Jose Zagal
Finding Evidence Of Metacognition In An Eportfolio Community: Beyond Text, Across New Media, Kathryn Wozniak, Jose Zagal
School of Continuing and Professional Studies Faculty Publications
Finding evidence of how metacognition is demonstrated in educational ePortfolios is often limited to written artifact analysis and ignores new media such as images, video, links, and navigation schema. This study seeks to begin to fill this gap through a qualitative content analysis of 30 learners’ ePortfolios developed in a networked ePortfolio community. We found evidence of learners’ metacognition in their choices, integration, and organization of new media content in the ePortfolio. We propose that intentional analysis of learners’ choices and arrangement of new media can help educators and researchers find additional evidence of metacognition beyond text within digital learning …
The Feeling Of Difference: Minority Faculty Experience In Academe, Dan K. Hibbler Ph.D.
The Feeling Of Difference: Minority Faculty Experience In Academe, Dan K. Hibbler Ph.D.
School of Continuing and Professional Studies Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Thinking Outside The Box: Placing Park And Recreation Professionals In K-12 Schools, Dan K. Hibbler Ph.D.
Thinking Outside The Box: Placing Park And Recreation Professionals In K-12 Schools, Dan K. Hibbler Ph.D.
School of Continuing and Professional Studies Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.