Higher Education and Assessment: Adult Education

Extension of educational opportunities to those adults beyond the age of general public education who feel a need for further training of any sort, also known as continuing education.

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
Public institution of higher education. Community colleges are characterized by a two-year curriculum that leads to either the associate degree or transfer to a four-year college.

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather guide
Form of education using technology to teach students who are dispersed geographically.

A collection of books or other written or printed materials, as well as the facility in which they are housed and the institution that is responsible for their maintenance.

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather guide
Institution established in the UK in 1969 to enable mature students without qualifications to study to degree level without regular attendance.

From Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide
Do adults learn differently than children do? What distinguishes adult learning and adult education from other areas of education?

From Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide
In addition to there being different dimensions to experiential learning, there are different theoretical conceptualizations of this type of learning.

From Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide
Since Tough's work on adult learning projects was published in 1971, self-directed learning has captured the imagination of researchers and writers both inside and outside the field of adult education.

From Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide
Transformative or transformational (terms used interchangeably in the literature) learning is about change—dramatic, fundamental change in the way we see ourselves and the world in which we live.

From Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
Forms of cooperative or collaborative learning have been used for centuries and a variety of peer learning techniques have emerged. The underlying premise of these techniques is that learning is enhanced by peer interaction.