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Never Going Back: Lessons To Carry Forward In Online Instruction, Howard Pitler, Amanda Lickteig, Seth Lickteig May 2023

Never Going Back: Lessons To Carry Forward In Online Instruction, Howard Pitler, Amanda Lickteig, Seth Lickteig

The Advocate

Research has long demonstrated that students thrive best in an online learning community when some basic tenants are followed. These tenants include establishing a peer community, module supports, studying while balancing life commitments, confidence, and the approach to learning (Farrell & Brunton, 2020; Kahn, Egbue, Palkie, & Madden, 2017; Dixson, 2010). Cultivating active engagement in online communities is a purposeful and deliberate practice that requires educators to bring together an assortment of innovative instructional techniques to foster the establishment of Communities of Practice (COP). Wenger, Trayner, and de Laat (2011) define a CoP as a “learning partnership among people who …


Education And Learning To Support A Just Transition In Central Appalachia, Colleen Unroe Jan 2020

Education And Learning To Support A Just Transition In Central Appalachia, Colleen Unroe

Adult Education Research Conference

This case study explores the learning and education of a community organization involved with multiple Just Transition initiatives in Eastern Kentucky where the economies were formerly dominated by the coal industry. Sixteen semi-structured interviews were conducted of leaders within the organization in addition to exploring the educational materials. Although non-formal learning plays an important part, informal learning, activist exchanges, and communities of practice play a more fundamental role in the activist learning.


The Role Of Peer Inquiry Communities In Advancing Technology Integration For Practitioners In Adult Basic Education, Jennifer Kobrin Jan 2020

The Role Of Peer Inquiry Communities In Advancing Technology Integration For Practitioners In Adult Basic Education, Jennifer Kobrin

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper explores how peer communities, one element of a larger collaborative, inquiry-based professional development project in adult education, advance participants’ knowledge and use of technology. As the designer and facilitator of the project, the author drew from memos and field notes, in addition to interviews and written reflections with 6 of 9 total participants who were teachers and administrators in Adult Basic Education programs. Findings indicate successful technology integration entailed participants combining their own experiences with established research to create “knowledge-of-practice” (Cochran-Smith & Lytle, 2009), and that knowledge generation within the peer communities reflected a horizontal trajectory.


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.