1. Portfolio presentation – Part 1
Adult Education & Training program
Colorado State University
Ernesto J. Luna
EDAE 698 – Research
Dr. Leann M.R. Kaiser
Fall 2012

2. Portfolio presentation
AET program – What I’ve learned
Teaching experience
Future goals

3. Portfolio presentation
AET program – What I’ve learned
Peer
learning
Authors & Concepts
theorists
Adult
education
Strategies Methods
History

4. Concepts

5. Concepts
New concepts
• Informal learning • Facilitator
• Nonformal learning • Self-directed learning
• Formal learning
Expanded
• Learning • Adult
• Adult education • Instructor
• Pedagogy
Redefined & clarified
• Intelligence • Culture
• Memory • Evaluation
• Learner • Assessment

6. Authors, theorists & theories
• How we learn
• Why learners act the way they do
• Why some strategies work with
some learners and others don’t
• Adult learner Vs. other learners
• Adult learner motivation
• Adult learner participation
• Learning & teaching styles
• Multiple intelligences
• Andragogy

7. History
• How adult education is not
something new
• How adult education has
changed over the years in the
world and in the U.S.
• Major players in adult
education
• How theories were created
and how they evolved

8. Methodology
Instructional design
Research
APA Style

9. Strategies
How to implement theories and concepts
Tailor material to adult learners
Allow and promote creativity
To achieve:
• Learning transfer
• Skill development
• Learning goals and
objectives

10. Strategies
In order to implement these strategies, we have
learned that:
• Different learners = different needs
• We need to consider different
learning styles in our strategies
• The learners’ diverse cultural
backgrounds also create different
learning needs
Evaluation and Assessment

11. Peer learning
Resources
Knowledge
Different time
constraints Feedback
Opinions
Solutions
Ideas Experience

12. Portfolio presentation – Part 1
Adult Education & Training program
Colorado State University
Ernesto J. Luna
EDAE 698 – Research
Dr. Leann M.R. Kaiser
Fall 2012