Browsing by Subject "Adult Education"

The Blurred Line Between Mathematical Anxiety and Dyscalculia and the impact on Adult Learners' Academic Performance: A Case Study for Namibia Open and Distance Learning

Anderson, Fiona (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

There is an increasing global emphasis on ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, particularly i n the era of the 4th Industrial revolution. ...

Combating Poverty through Adult Education

Dhanarajan, Gajaraj (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2001-03-05)

Combating Poverty through Adult Education Silver Jubilee Celebration Institute of Distance and Continuing Education University of Guyana Inauguration of the Dennis Irvine Lecture Series First Lecture by Professor Gajaraj ...

Community Based Learning And Outreach For Development: Factors Influencing The Urbanite Woman Learner Participation In Mass Literacy Programme, Accra, Ghana

Saah, Albert A; Mensah, Joseph A (2010-11)

Adult learner participation is indispensable to the overall access and success of a community based learning and outreach for development programme. The University of Ghana, by policy, is promoting the formal, informal and ...

Developing Multimedia Programmes for Out-of-School Girls: The Case of GIRLS Inspire in Tanzania

Gasuku, Samwel (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-03-19)

Learning resources such as audio, video and online content are developed as supplementary learning resources to print-based materials. This study focuses on the development of multimedia learning in adult education programmes ...

Developing vocational skills with embedded literacy and numeracy in second-chance adult learners

Neal, Terry; Seelig, Caroline (2013-11)

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is concerned with the acquisition of knowledge and skills for the world of work. TVET is becoming a priority as more people achieve basic education, and then need to ...

Education Beyond Barrier: A Case Study on the Aged Learners of KKHSOU, Assam

Senapati, Chayanika; Choudhury, Smritishikha (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

Assam being one of the states in the Northeast region of India, occupies a distinct place in the field of education. From the last decade distance education system of Assam has become popular among the people of the state, ...

Effective Management and Application of ICT towards the Accessibility to Learning for Development in Distance, Collaborative and E-learning Among Working Adult Learners in Tertiary Education in the Malaysian Public Universities

Lee, Tan Luck (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)

PCF5: Cross-Cutting Theme // Purpose – This research is attempts to examine the effectiveness of the management and application of ICT facilities for working adult learners accessing the distance and collaborative teaching ...

Effectiveness of Mobile Learning to Improve Letter Writing Skills Through Scaffolding Using WhatsApp – A Study on Working Adults

Chinthaka Naleen, VG (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

Mobile learning has made a huge impact on technology assisted learning and research during the last two decades. However, a need exists to focus attention on adult learners who are restricted from accessing the conventional ...

Enhancing On-Line Teaching and Learning – Learners’ Feedback for A Strategic Management Module

Mohamad, Wardah; Sulaiman, Tuan F T; Mohamad, Liana; Osman, Zahir; Mohamad, Ratna K (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

In an ODL setting, engaging learners become very challenging especially for those who have not been exposed to this type of learning before. Many people assume that because most ODL students are adult learners, they are ...

Enrolment Motivations and Institutional Attachment of 30+ Age Bangladeshi Women at Distance Learning Programs

Akhter, Zobaida (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

Due to the advancement of technological development in medical science and wider facilities and awareness for lifestyle modification, have bring tremendous change in older women. With the increase of life span, women’s ...

Foundation Level Workplace Training Programmes

Alkema, Anne (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-07-20)

This paper outlines the scale of the adult literacy and numeracy issue in New Zealand and describes a policy intervention designed to upskill employees in workplaces to help resolve the issue for them. This is the Workplace ...

Guidelines on Open and Distance Learning for Youth and Adult Literacy

UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning; Commonwealth of Learning (Commonwealth of Learning (COL)UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2021-10)

Guidelines on open and distance learning for youth and adult literacy addresses a gap in literacy provision by presenting open and distance learning (ODL) principles and practices to illustrate how learning and education ...

The integration of ICTs in the learning and teaching of science at Namibian College of Open Learning

Afunde, Ndeshimona L (2013-11)

The Namibian College of Open Learning (NAMCOL) is a state funded educational institution which provides educational opportunities for adults and out-of-school youth. Learners’ enrolment for science subjects increased over ...

Interplay between Literacy and Health Services Access: The Case of Elderly Exemption Beneficiaries in Tanzania

Edwards, Joshua (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-03-18)

Over the last two decades research has indicated an unpleasant experience for the elderly with exemptions. An important question for this paper is whether the unpleasant exempted experience for the elderly in accessing ...

Motivation, Experience and Satisfaction Among Adult Learners with Fully Online Web-Based Courses

Zakariah, Zulaika; Hashim, Raemah A; Musa, Nuruljannah (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

The purpose of this paper is to explore the correlation between motivation, experience and the level of satisfaction among fully online adult learners in an Open Distance Learning (ODL) institution. These attributes is ...

The “New” Net Generation: Writing Development of Creole-Influenced Adult Learners within a Virtual Learning Environment

Moore, Schontal (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

Historically, the term “net generation” refers to a younger group of individuals who grew up exposed to computerbased technology (Tapscott, 2008). Realistically, increasingly more adult/mature learners today are turning ...

Open and Distance Learning (ODL): Experiences from Biology Learners of the Distance Learning Institute, University of Lagos

Ebabhi, Abosede M; Olubiyo, Oluwaseun A (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

This study examined a survey of the challenges facing Biology learners in Distance Learning Institute, University of Lagos. The study was conducted using qualitative and quantitative approaches. The population of study ...