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Amponsah, Samuel – International Review of Education, 2020
In today's complex and knowledge-driven world, the quest to pursue and acquire information and skills to enable one to be useful in society is not limited to young learners; many older adults also actively seek to acquire new knowledge and skills. The study presented in this article aims to establish the characteristics and dominant learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Adult Students, Higher Education, Student Characteristics
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Owusu-Agyeman, Yaw; Fourie-Malherbe, Magda – Studies in Continuing Education, 2019
Adults who enrol in higher education institutions (HEIs) often have contributions that could serve in enhancing the planning and implementation of their programmes. Importantly, while terms such as active learner engagement and knowledge co-creation dominate adult learning discussions, there are unanswered questions pertaining to how adult…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Higher Education, Learner Engagement, Structural Equation Models
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Bosch, Chantelle, Ed.; Laubscher, Dorothy Joy, Ed.; Kyei-Blankson, Lydia, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Challenges in the educational arena are not new phenomena. However, with the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and educators have been made even more aware of the need for a paradigm shift in education. Blended learning, as opposed to fully online learning or traditional face-to-face teaching, has been well-researched and has…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Blended Learning, Disadvantaged, COVID-19
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Addae, David; Quan-Baffour, Kofi – Africa Education Review, 2018
Adult learning rests on the foundation of learner experience and involvement in the teaching and learning process. The methods employed in facilitating adult learning have to a large extent sought to place the learner at the centre of the entire teaching and learning encounter. The lecture method is one of the many methods used to facilitate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nonformal Education, Case Studies, Adult Learning
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The aim of the 2018 International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) conference was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education