Difference between revisions of "Adult Learning"

{{Term|ADULT LEARNING|Term that denotes the entire body of ongoing learning processes, formal or otherwise, whereby adults develop their abilities, enrich their knowledge, and improve their technical or professional qualifications or turn them in a new direction to meet their own needs and those of their society. Adult learning encompasses both formal and continuing education, non-formal learning and the spectrum of informal and incidental learning available in a multicultural learning society, where theory- and practice-based approaches are recognized.<ref> Hamburg Declaration, International Conference on Adult Education, 1997</ref>  One of the most important characteristics of the way adults learn is that they have already accumulated knowledge and experiences that they can add or hinder to the [[Learning Process|learning process]]. All the accumulated knowledge will represent a personal bank, against which future learning events will be compared and to which new concepts will be related. Adults learn from experiences: they observe, reflect, and integrate what they’ve learned in future experiences. Adults are at the origin of their own learning and to become committed to learning they must have a reasonable expectation that the knowledge gained will help them further their goals. They will need to see that the professional development learning  is relevant and related to their day-to-day activities. <ref> [http://www.learningpt.org www.learningpt.org](5 March 2008), [http://www.arl.org  www.arl.org](5 March 2008), [http://www.pkc.gov.uk www.pkc.gov.uk](5 March 2008) [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] (27 june 2008)</ref> See also: [[Adult Education]], [[Adult Learning Principles]], [[Andragogy]], [[Accelerated Learning]].}}

{{Addlink|Below you have the link to a course that provides additional information related to Adult Learning and Accelerated Learning principles.}}

|This videos is an introduction to the concept of Accelerated Learning (AL), a system for speeding up and enhancing both the training design process and the learning process. This video will touch upon fundamentals concept of instructional design and adult learning, as the one related to the importance of social interaction and the fact that the learning process is not sequential.