Browsing by Subject "Adult Education"
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The Blurred Line Between Mathematical Anxiety and Dyscalculia and the impact on Adult Learners' Academic Performance: A Case Study for Namibia Open and Distance Learning
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)There is an increasing global emphasis on ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, particularly i n the era of the 4th Industrial revolution. ... -
Combating Poverty through Adult Education
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2001-03-05)Combating Poverty through Adult Education Silver Jubilee Celebration Institute of Distance and Continuing Education University of Guyana Inauguration of the Dennis Irvine Lecture Series First Lecture by Professor Gajaraj ... -
Community Based Learning And Outreach For Development: Factors Influencing The Urbanite Woman Learner Participation In Mass Literacy Programme, Accra, Ghana
(2010-11)Adult learner participation is indispensable to the overall access and success of a community based learning and outreach for development programme. The University of Ghana, by policy, is promoting the formal, informal and ... -
Developing vocational skills with embedded literacy and numeracy in second-chance adult learners
(2013-11)Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is concerned with the acquisition of knowledge and skills for the world of work. TVET is becoming a priority as more people achieve basic education, and then need to ... -
Education Beyond Barrier: A Case Study on the Aged Learners of KKHSOU, Assam
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)Assam being one of the states in the Northeast region of India, occupies a distinct place in the field of education. From the last decade distance education system of Assam has become popular among the people of the state, ... -
Effectiveness of Mobile Learning to Improve Letter Writing Skills Through Scaffolding Using WhatsApp – A Study on Working Adults
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)Mobile learning has made a huge impact on technology assisted learning and research during the last two decades. However, a need exists to focus attention on adult learners who are restricted from accessing the conventional ... -
Enhancing On-Line Teaching and Learning – Learners’ Feedback for A Strategic Management Module
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)In an ODL setting, engaging learners become very challenging especially for those who have not been exposed to this type of learning before. Many people assume that because most ODL students are adult learners, they are ... -
Enrolment Motivations and Institutional Attachment of 30+ Age Bangladeshi Women at Distance Learning Programs
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)Due to the advancement of technological development in medical science and wider facilities and awareness for lifestyle modification, have bring tremendous change in older women. With the increase of life span, women’s ... -
The integration of ICTs in the learning and teaching of science at Namibian College of Open Learning
(2013-11)The Namibian College of Open Learning (NAMCOL) is a state funded educational institution which provides educational opportunities for adults and out-of-school youth. Learners’ enrolment for science subjects increased over ... -
Motivation, Experience and Satisfaction Among Adult Learners with Fully Online Web-Based Courses
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)The purpose of this paper is to explore the correlation between motivation, experience and the level of satisfaction among fully online adult learners in an Open Distance Learning (ODL) institution. These attributes is ... -
The “New” Net Generation: Writing Development of Creole-Influenced Adult Learners within a Virtual Learning Environment
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)Historically, the term “net generation” refers to a younger group of individuals who grew up exposed to computerbased technology (Tapscott, 2008). Realistically, increasingly more adult/mature learners today are turning ... -
Open and Distance Learning (ODL): Experiences from Biology Learners of the Distance Learning Institute, University of Lagos
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)This study examined a survey of the challenges facing Biology learners in Distance Learning Institute, University of Lagos. The study was conducted using qualitative and quantitative approaches. The population of study ... -
Policy Interventions and Alternative Learning Pathways: Foundation Level Workplace Training Programmes
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)This paper outlines the scale of the adult literacy and numeracy issue in New Zealand and describes a policy intervention designed to upskill employees in workplaces to help resolve the issue for them. This is the Workplace ... -
Should They Be Excluded? Adult Education and Adult Persons with Disability in Swaziland
(2010-11)One of the guiding principles governing Special Education in Swaziland is that education programmes shall be designed and offered to children with special needs such as physical disabilities, visual and auditory impairment, ... -
The Struggle for Adult Learning and Education Policy: A Ugandan Experience
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)Historically Adult Learning and Education (ALE) has been marginalised, relative to other forms of education provision like schooling and tertiary education. This is more so in developing countries like Uganda. Given the ... -
Teachers' Experiences in Educational Multi-Media Content Development: the case of Tanzania’s Institute of Adult Education
(2013-11)This paper is an academic observation of an Educational Multimedia Content development-training programme funded by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in Tanzania. This project focused on skills development in script writing ... -
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(2010-11)Global economy and technology are two of the factors shaping the learning process in the world today, their effects on the nature of adult learning are staggering, adult learners realize that they must continue their ... -
The use of technology at the Institute of Extra Mural Studies of the National University of Lesotho to transform teaching and learning
(2013-11)Despite the recognized need of provision of adequate and relevant technological support for distance learners, the Institute of Extra Mural Studies (IEMS) of the National University of Lesotho (NUL) faces an enormous ...
