Adult Learning

In my current profession as a Computer Lab Instructor, I lead a class room learning environment and my students are adults. As an Instructor, I have faced the challenge of keeping the training interesting. This has resulted in always looking for new and creative ways of presenting content (software applications). I am always looking for activities that will keep students engaged and that will help them retain the information. I became very interested in this article because it explains step by step the experiences that Adult Learners may and can experience during learning or training experience and it provides resolutions for Instructors. These are a few of the topics that are discussed in this article: Reflection, authentic experiences, communication, dialog, discussion, self-assessment, correction, picture superiority effect and dual coding. As an Instructor, I have found that adult students learn best if dialogue is promoted in lessons, if students are able to reflect on task learned and completed, and when the student finds meaningfulness in the quality of education received.
Confucius (450BC) said” "Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand.”

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