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Overton, Andreana L. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Virtual reality (VR) as an emerging technology has extreme potential to revolutionize online higher education for adult students through immersive and engaging learning experiences. Lower cost and advancing research in VR technology and immersive simulation software offers unique opportunities for adult students to engage in a virtual learning…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Computer Simulation, Technology Uses in Education, Adult Students
Zoa-Gay Bonofiglio – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Using self-efficacy (SE), andragogical, and pedagogical frameworks, the goal for this study was to explore instructional designer (IDer) narratives in response to questions focused on their perceptions of instructional design (ID) practices for creation of workplace education and training assets, specifically intentionality in the use of transfer…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Adult Education, Workplace Learning, Professional Education
Lorraine V. Beach – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This is a qualitative case study that examined four institutions of higher education in New York to assess how well they have done at implementing a quality standard established by the Commission on Accelerated Programs (CAP) in 2011 and 2019 calling for "accelerated adult programs" to incorporate adult learning theory within their…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Practices, Acceleration (Education), Adult Learning
Barbara Green McWhite – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Working adult students may have difficulty mastering complex concepts when taking courses online. Researchers have argued there is a need for in-person, peer-teacher interaction available in traditional classrooms that is lacking online. The purpose of this dual-focus phenomenological study was to explore the meaning of purposeful interpersonal…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Mastery Learning, Electronic Learning
Sarah Lynn Myers – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Context. An understanding of valuable as well as ineffective learning experiences from the perspective of the professional masters (PM) athletic training student and how their level of development connects to these perceptions is needed to continue to encourage growth in the adult learner, a new type of scholar in many athletic training education…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Athletics, Student Development, Educational Experience
Jacob D. Lemon – ProQuest LLC, 2021
As graduate and professional programs internationalize to provide students with global competencies and skills, more graduate students are participating in education abroad programs. Graduate students represent a growing portion of the total population participating in education abroad, with short-term, faculty-directed (STFD) programs expanding…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduate Students, Study Abroad, Graduate Study
Kristy Kuhn Donnelly – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this action research study was to gain an understanding of the learning experiences and outcomes of 12 undergraduates enrolled in Creative Dance, a general education choreography course, in Fall 2019 and the teaching strategies and practices that guided their learning. Research questions that guided this study were: what does…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Instructional Development, Teaching Methods, Dance Education
Keitges, Mark Joji – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The concept of "global learning" has become a pervasive buzzword in higher education in the United States. While the term is well-known, its meanings are multiple. In some instances, global learning refers to a modernization of liberal education initiatives, while in others it refers to the implementation of global experiences abroad. In…
Descriptors: Ethics, Global Approach, Aesthetics, Guidelines
McManus, Barry L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation describes the overall effectiveness of deception detection training and identifies conditions that may enhance training effectiveness through understanding how adults learn and utilizing scenario-based training. The analysis was based on a total of 1,788 evaluation data sheets (archival records). The major aim of the research is…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Deception, Vignettes, Teaching Methods