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=Teaching Adults in Higher Education=

Also see Online Learners, Adult Education Basics, Adults with Special Needs, Adults with Learning Disabilities and ADHD,

(podcast) Vanderbilt Center for Teaching: Episode 5 - James Lang on Teaching First-Year Students []

The Myth of First-Year Enlightenment by James M. Lang []

Accessibility of the Internet in Postsecondary Education: Meeting the Challenge []

Improving the Outcomes of Higher Education: Learning from Past Mistakes []

Association for Gerontology and Higher Education []

The Seven Principles of Good Practice: Research-based Strategies for Improving Learning Outcomes [Chickering and Gamson; Ehrmann] []

Why 7 Principles of Good Practice? [Ohio Learning Network] []

Introduction to the Elder Interface [] “As a result of the changes associated with normal aging, the modern computer interface can be difficult or impossible to use for an elder, even in the absence of any disease or condition which affect physical performance.”

Adult Learning Strategies [Tech Trainer] []

Camosun College Adult Special Education [] …”provides programs for students who are unable to meet the entrance requirements for other college programs. These programs are designed to create a learning environment where students can gain new skills and knowledge that will lead to improved employability and increased independence.”

Higher Education Resource Hub []

Video Archive [Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)] [] “ Videos of seminars, colloquia, and other events sponsored by the [CTE] can be viewed here.”

Bridge Program at University of SC [] “The Bridge Program … is intended to make transitions from S.C. technical colleges to the University as seamless as possible and to increase the success of transfer students once they're enrolled at the Columbia campus.”

Assessment in Higher Education []

GI Bill [] “The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 put higher education within the reach of millions of veterans of World War II and later military conflicts.”

The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2007 [] “This 2007 ECAR research study is a longitudinal extension of the 2004, 2005, and 2006 ECAR studies of students and information technology. The study, which reports noticeable changes from previous years, is based on quantitative data from a spring 2007 survey and interviews with 27,846 freshman, senior, and community college students at 103 higher education institutions. It focuses on what kinds of information technologies these students use, own, and experience; their technology behaviors, preferences, and skills; how IT impacts their experiences in their courses; and their perceptions of the role of IT in the academic experience.”

A Bill That Took Longer Than a Bachelor's Degree [] “Higher Education Act, 5 years in the making, gets closer to the president's desk”

Grad-School Blues: Students fighting depression and anxiety are not alone []

Is Higher Education Ready to Switch to Digital Course Materials?: Let a Thousand Wikibooks Bloom [|http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i14/14a02902.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en] This article (by P O'Shea, P Baker, and J Kidd) talks about the use of student-written wikibooks.

Why Qualified High-School Graduates Don't Go to College []

Faculty Focus - Articles [] A gazillion articles about teaching in higher education, especially about teaching online. It also has a great deal of information useful to new instructors.

Liefelong Learning at Work and at Home: 25 Principles of Learning http://www.psyc.memphis.edu/learning/whatweknow/index.shtml