Technology and Innovation in Adult Learning - Paperback

by Kathleen P. King (Author)

A comprehensive exploration of technology's role in adult learning

Technology and Innovation in Adult Learning introduces educators and students to the intersection of adult learning and the growing technological revolution. Written by an internationally recognized expert in the field, this book explores the theory, research, and practice driving innovation in both adult learning and learning technology, and illuminates a powerful approach to recognize and leverage these opportunities. Building on current trends and research in technology and its use, each chapter illustrates the need, opportunities, and examples of current and future technologies that scaffold adult learning, and provides comprehensive coverage of both current and emerging challenges.

Many adult learning faculty, practitioners, and students realize that technology presents a growing and ever-present set of issues, yet few feel confident in identifying the opportunities that arise with each step forward. This book clarifies the interplay between adult learning and learning technology, and characterizes the cyclic exchange of information and opportunities that link these fields now and in the future.

• Understand the critical issues currently affecting adult learning
• Learn how technology is presenting both opportunities and challenges for the teaching and learning of adults in different contexts
• Examine recent research on learning technology for adult learners
• Discover how technological innovation can be applied now and how it will continue to shape the future of learning

Adult learning is on the rise, and there is no mistaking technology's role; whether they're learning with or about technology, today's adult learners come with unique sets of needs and skills that demand specialized approaches. Traditional pedagogical techniques don't transfer directly, and learning technology requires its own unique approach to development and use. Technology and Innovation in Adult Learning equips practitioners to further adult learning and shape the future of the field, while providing a rich perspective for classroom inquiry and research.

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PRAISE FOR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN ADULT LEARNING

"Anyone working today with adult learners in this rapidly evolving digital age will benefit from Technology and Innovation in Adult Learning. With twenty years of pioneering the discourse on integrating technology in adult learning and teaching, Kathleen P. King brings a cutting edge understanding to this book."
--Roger Hiemstra, Professor Emeritus, Syracuse University

"Comprehensive, thought provoking, and action-oriented, Technology and Innovation in Adult Learning provides much needed guidance and insight regarding adult learning and the digital age. Packed with rich discussions, examples and activities, professors, teachers, trainers, instructional designers and lifelong learners alike will find this book has lasting value and multiple applications. This book can be used both as a textbook and for personal professional development."
--Mary V. Alfred, professor, Texas A&M University

"Drawing upon her decades of research and practice in adult education, King has leveraged the power of digital technology to provide an in-depth analysis of not only adult learning styles and expectations, but also the transformative power that the effective application of technology can have in adult learning and higher education. Technology and Innovation in Adult Learning is a must read for everyone curious about the future of adult, continuing and postsecondary education."
--Fleurin Eshghi, associate vice president, Instructional Technology Academic Computing, Fordham University

"Technology and Innovation in Adult Learning captures the radical changes in life and adult learning experienced worldwide in the 21st century in a compelling read. Not every book 'works' internationally, but from formal to informal learning, King's approach is very successful as it addresses the shifting challenges of learning and teaching."
--K?the Schneider, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena

"Kathleen P. King provides readers an accessible, example-filled text that clearly shows the connection between adult learning theory and technology. Anyone who teaches adults in this digital age will benefit from this book."
--Lisa M. Baumgartner, associate professor of adult education, Texas A&M University

Author Biography

KATHLEEN P. KING is professor of education at the University of Central Florida, and coordinator of the graduate programs in higher education and policy studies. She has written extensively on using technology in adult education and has published 33 books, 56 journal articles, and 85 book chapters. As president of Transformation Education, LLC, she consults on matters such as distance learning, digital media, and instructional design. She has been recognized for her achievements and contributions to adult and higher education in many ways, including induction into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame (2011); appointment as Visiting Professor at Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China (2012); and receiving an Outstanding Research Publication Award (Division I), American Educational Research Association (AERA) award (2009). She serves on the editorial board of several journals, including the Adult Education Quarterly, the Journal of Transformative Education, and New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. With 20 years experience as a faculty development speaker on teaching with technology and transformative learning, she has spoken and given presentations at many conferences and universities worldwide.