This course provides an opportunity to explore significant works in the adult education and instructional literature, to review various moments in the general histories of adult education and instructional technology, to analyze the emergence of an adult education movement in the United States, and to participate in local research into the history of Wyoming adult education and instrucitnal technology. Topics covered include orientations toward learning, motivation, transitions of adult life, cognition, learning how to learn, self-directed learning, and strategies for improving learning skills. This course is developed upon the premise that individuals teach as they would desire to be taught. It focuses on methods for teaching adults in formal as well as informal settings. The learning styles literature is reviewed and implications for instructional settings are analyzed.
Participants also critique their teaching preformance through videotaped sessions.
Participants will explore various applications and technologies and gain the skills necessary for designing instruction that includes strategies for integrating these technologies into educational environments. An introductory survey course in instructional technology. Covers psychological principles in communication theory and message design with emphasis on the application of technology toward achieving communications objectives. Includes hands-on experience with current presentation hardware and software. This course may be applied toward the practical and applied arts requirement.