Successful Facilitation of Adult Learning Groups

Name: Successful Facilitation of Adult Learning Groups
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Creating a professional adult learning environment

Created byLeigh Faulkner

Last updated 8/2021

English

What you'll learn

You will be able to identify factors that contribute to learner diversity.
You will understand the special characteristics and needs of adult learners.
You will learn what constitutes effective collaborative learning.
To identify and examine features of effective group structure and dynamics.
To identify and examine features of effective collaborative tasks.

Course content

7 sections • 26 lectures • 1h 42m total length

Course Objectives2:16
This lecture presents the six main objectives of the course.

Section 2 Objectives1:04
This lecture presents the three main objectives of Section 2.
What are the “adult learning principles”?3:46
This lecture looks at six principles that are key to successful adult education.
What are the characteristics of the adult learner?3:48
This lecture examines a wide range of characteristics of adult learners that will influence educational experience.
What are the particular needs of adult learners?4:33
This lecture examines a wide range of needs of adult learners that will influence educational experience.
Section 2 -- Characteristics and Needs of Adult Learners

Section 3 Objectives1:12
This lecture presents the three main objectives of Section 3.
What is a useful working description of the term “collaborative learning”?1:02
This lecture introduces the concept of “collaborative learning.”
Collaborative learning contrasted with other types of learning situations4:03
This lecture further examines the nature of collaborative learning.
Collaborative learning and adult learning principles, characteristics, and needs2:05
This lecture relates collaborative learning to the principles of adult education and to the characteristics and needs of adult learners.
Section 3 -- Features of Effective Collaborative Learning

Section 4 Objectives1:25
This lecture presents the six main objectives of Section 4
What is the role of the instructor/facilitator in adult collaborative learning?8:29
This lecture presents the competencies, characteristics, and facilitative behaviours of the successful adult education instructor.
What is the role of the learner in adult collaborative learning?7:39
This lecture looks at the special role of the adult learner in a collaborative learning environment.
What is the role of collaborative goal setting?5:15
This lecture makes a case for collaborative goal setting in the adult learning environment.
What are some methods of building effective teams for collaborative learning?8:54
This lecture suggests some methods of effective team building in the collaborative learning situation.
What is the place of empathic listening in collaborative learning?5:35
This lecture presents characteristics of empathic listening and a model for implementing the technique.
What are some features of appropriate feedback in collaborative learning?8:06
This lecture explains and promotes the idea that effective feedback in the adult learning situation can be approached as a conversation.
Section 4 -- Effective Group Structure and Dynamics

Section 5 Objectives1:16
This lecture presents the two main objectives of Section 5.
How does problem solving fit collaborative learning?6:39
This lecture explains and promotes the use of problem-based learning in the adult learning situation.
Collaborative learning tasks appropriate for multilevel adult learning8:58
This lecture presents several types of collaborative learning tasks, along with specific examples.
Section 5 -- Effective Collaborative Tasks

Section 6 Objectives1:22
This lecture presents the three main objectives of Section 6.
What are the differences between formative and summative assessment?2:07
This lecture provides an introduction to the important differences between summative and formative assessment.
What is the role of formative assessment?2:39
This lecture makes the case that formative assessment can be a constructive process for use with adult learners.
Formative assessment and the learner’s life beyond the instructional setting4:28
This lecture makes the point that a very important link exists between the formative assessment process used in the learning situation and the life of the adult at home and in the community.
Section 6 -- Formative Assessment

Requirements

No additional materials needed.

Description

The course is designed to help you to become a successful facilitator of adult learning groups. You’ll examine the ways learners in the same group can be different, having a variety of particular characteristics and needs that the successful facilitator must take into account. You’ll learn about the power of collaborative learning, problem-based instruction, and formative assessment. And, of great importance, you’ll learn about the role of the facilitator and what makes a facilitator successful.

Course Objectives

You will be able to identify factors that contribute to learner diversity.

You will understand the special characteristics and needs of adult learners.

You will learn what constitutes effective collaborative learning.

You will understand the features of effective group structure and dynamics.

You will learn what makes collaborative tasks effective.

You will learn the features of effective assessment with adult learners.

Do you have responsibility for instruction at your workplace or in a community continuing education group? Are you a program developer who wants to move into face-to-face instruction? Understanding adult learning theory and the principles of adult education, as well as the unique characteristics and needs of adult learners, will prepare you to meet your course goals and the broader social goals that are part of any adult learning program. This course can prepare you to achieve your goals and the goals of your adult learners.

No teacher training is necessary for you to benefit from this course, but you need a strong desire to learn and a willingness to practice what you learn.

Who this course is for:

This course is for the person who may have responsibilities for instruction at his or her workplace or for the program developer who wants to move into face-to-face instruction.

Successful Facilitation of Adult Learning Groups

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Course Objectives1 lecture • 2min

Learner Diversity3 lectures • 6min

Characteristics and Needs of Adult Learners4 lectures • 13min

Features of Effective Collaborative Learning4 lectures • 8min

Effective Group Structure and Dynamics7 lectures • 45min

Effective Collaborative Tasks3 lectures • 17min

Formative Assessment4 lectures • 11min

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