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In the rapidly changing world of higher education, innovative
approaches to teaching adults are helping to drive instructional
practices that are key to preparing the professionals of the
future. Innovations in Teaching Adults gathers examples of those
instructional practices found to be most effective at reaching
adult students. This isn't a book on educational research and
theory. Rather, faculty members of City University of Seattle share
teaching practices that have proven successful in both face to face
and online classes so that instructors around the world can read
and employ these practices on their own campuses. Chapters in
Innovations in Teaching Adults address issues including: Student
engagement The use of technology Practice-based approaches to
teaching Authentic learning Skills acquisition The editors have
gathered fourteen specific instructional strategies that faculty at
universities around the world can use to help educate adult
students. The papers collected in Innovations in Teaching Adults
were originally presented at a conference at City University of
Seattle. City University of Seattle, known as CityU, is a, private,
nonprofit university that primarily serves working adults in the
Pacific Northwest. It has satellite campuses in eleven countries on
four continents. Its concentrations include education, leadership,
management, technology, psychology, and general studies. Through a
mix of in-class, online, and hybrid instructional delivery, CityU
reaches out to students worldwide, many of whom would otherwise not
have access to education. Educators go through orientations and
periodic training, but they find that they often learn more when
they share strategies and learn from their peers. At CityU, this
sharing of ideas has led to a rich collection of educational
strategies that faculty members are now sharing through the Proven
Practices in Higher Education series. Innovations in Teaching
Adults is the second book in the series. This book is being
published as higher education faces a rapidly changing landscape.
Students want to pay lower tuition and complete programs in a
shorter amount of time. This has resulted in the development of
integrated educational technologies, evolving modes of classroom
delivery, and competency-based learning opportunities that enrich
students' experiences. Today's adult learners want more than the
traditional forms of face to face lecture instruction. They want to
experience the opportunities for increased interaction that
technology advancements make possible. Engaging students in
meaningful ways is good for business and for the students. It takes
on an added importance, as adult learners are hungry for skills
that they can immediately use in their careers. Innovations in
Teaching Adults focuses on finding ways to integrate students'
individual goals into the curriculum. It offers ideas on how to
provide personalized feedback to students and how to develop
training models that help small businesses embed essential skills
into their workplace training.
In the evolving world of higher education, discovering and
integrating effective new practices, both online and in the
classroom, is crucial in preparing today's growing number of adult
students for tomorrow's dynamic and evolving workplace. Now, three
administrators at City University of Seattle have compiled an
influential collection of work that reflects the successful
practices of its faculty members in response to the busy schedules
and time pressures of today's adult student. In Authentic
Instruction and Online Delivery: Proven Practices in Higher
Education, Kurt D. Kirstein, Judy M. Hinrichs, and Steven G.
Olswang have collected and edited the experiences of twenty-six
instructors or teams of instructors from a small, private,
not-for-profit university in the Pacific Northwest with satellite
campuses in eleven countries on four continents. Their combined
wealth of valuable educational strategies is the driving force
behind this richly instructive resource. In order to meet the
educational demands of busy adult students, a different educational
approach much be taken. The collection was created to enable
university instructors everywhere to learn from these classroom and
online experiences, so that they may incorporate relevant practices
in their own classes. Presented in three parts, the book addresses
authentic instructional strategies, online course delivery, and
perspectives in teaching and learning. Part One introduces methods
of authentic instruction. Part Two taps into the university's
pioneering role in online education to shed new light on its design
and delivery. Part Three addresses emerging themes in educational
assessment and program revision. With the guiding principle that
experience is the best teacher, Authentic Instruction and Online
Delivery: Proven Practices in Higher Education is an innovative
compendium of practices that are both state-of-the-art and
field-tested. Each work in this illuminating book reveals how
teaching that is developed through instructor experience has much
to offer both novice and veteran educators.
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