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I, too, am very interested in adult learning styles, particularly among those "closet technophobes" in the working world, and would appreciate any additional info you have to share. Thanks! Arlene Stevens arstevens@home.com > X-From: Bruce Jones <brucewj@amaonline.com> > This is an interest of mine also. We are at present beginning to investigate > the use of CBTs and WBTs for our education department at a 400 bed acute > care facility in Amarillo, Texas. > > Part of the direction of my Masters is learning styles and the adult > student, especially those adults currently afraid of, or bothered by, > technology and computers. > > Part of the problem is also a cultural barrier, not only from the stand > point of ESL adults but also those adults 'drowning' in the tidal wave of > technology. > > In order to acclimatize adults to the computer I teach a VERY basic computer > course to our employees to alleviate some of the fear and apprehension. In > this course we 'gut' the beast by taking one apart and looking at the > workings of the computer. This rather primitive approach to the 'mystery' > of the computer seems to help a lot. > > I will go through my papers and see if I can find some good references for > your problem. If you run across any good material, I would appreciate it if > you could share some of it with me. > > The investigators that come to mind right off the bat are: > Knowles and Cross who have developed some theories for adult education. > > Sarah Fister in Training, May 1997 - Fun and Games CBT. > > An Instructional Design Checklist for Developing and Teaching Online > Courses, found at http://www.edgorg.com/design.htm > > Addressing Diverse Learning Styles Through the Use of Multimedia, Susan > Montgomery, http://fairway.ecn.purdue.edu/v1/FrE/asee/fie95/3a2/3a22/3a22 > > Matters of Style, Richard Felder > http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Papers/LS-Prism.htm > > Learning Differences and Teaching Styles, John Dwyer York University Gazette > > http://www.yorku.ca/admin/cst/learndifs.html > > The Psychology of Menu Selection: Designing Cognitive Control at the > Human/Computer Interface, Kent L. Norman, published by Ablex Publishing > Corporation, 1991 > ISBN: 0-89391-553-X > > Evaluating Educational System Designs, Lynn Jenkins, Systems Research and > Behavioral Science Syst. Res. 15, 209-215 > > Adult Education and Non-Traditional Education: From the Post War to the New > Millennium, Keynote speech, ANTSHE annual conference, San Diego, Ca. Oct. 2, > 1998 > http://www.universityaccess.com/conf/antshe/speech.htm > > Whence they come: Paradoxes in Adult Learning and Adult Students, Nora Carol > http://zeus.gmd.de/ifets/discussions/discussion6_bg_paper.html > > Adult learner behaviors in Workplace vs. Educational Environments, Nora > Carol, Educational Technology and Society 2(2) 1999 > http://ifets.gmd.de/periodical/vol_2_99/formal_discussion_0199.html > > You might want to look up some of the writings of Habermas, Heidegger, and > Borgmann. > They deal with technology , philosophy, ethics, description, and > utilization. > Edith Stunkel <estunkel@kahsa.org> > > > > I am new to the EDTECH list and I have searched the archives to no avail > > on the following topic: What research is there to show the > > effectiveness of different electronic technologies on adult learning > > (with particular reference to different learning styles)? We are > > developing online materials for on-the-job training in long-term care > > and would like to know if certain modalities are more effective than > > others (e.g. video streaming, audio, graphics, plain text). EDTECH has changed addresses. The new list address is EDTECH@H-NET.MSU.EDU. All subscription commands should be sent to LISTSERV@H-NET.MSU.EDU.
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