CAEA Programs and Research
Programs
The Center offers customized programs to support those working with adult learners, employing the latest research and practices. Formats include workshops, seminars, certificate programs and summer institutes. Examples include:
Teaching Writing to Adults: Provides focused support on crafting assignments and giving writing feedback to adult students.
Creating Learning Space and Space to Learn: An experiential introduction to learning space theory and practice to engage learners and create environments conducive to learning and reflection.
Adult Learning Principles in Action: Best practices in working with adult students.
Mentoring Adult Learners: Understanding the skills and approaches to guide adult learner success.
Assessing Adult and Experiential Learning: Keys to identifying learning outcomes and supporting adults’ demonstration of learning from experience.
Community Conversations The Center regularly convenes Community Conversations for those interested in the education of adults. We gather to discuss topics and explore questions for collaborative inquiry. Insights and questions that emerge help guide program and conference planning. See Upcoming Events for the date of our next Conversation. You can also join the conversation online at http://caeacommcon.ning.com/
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Research
The Center supports research on the effective and imaginative strategies for working with adult learners in a wide range of settings. Results are disseminated through programs and publications. Research projects are future-focused in areas relating to influencing practice in higher education, work-place settings and community organizations, particularly in the ways adults learn, develop the capacity to think globally, engage with their communities and use technology to advance learning. Partner institutions include University of Virginia.
Inquiry Practice Forums
The CAEA regularly hosts forums to provide an opportunity for adult learning researchers and practitioners from a wide range of settings to share their findings and best practices with a diverse audience. If you are interested in presenting your work at an upcoming forum, contact caea@depaul.edu. Check back soon for details on the next session.
Awards
In alignment with the Center’s mission to contribute to research and practice in adult learning, its Research Committee solicited, assessed, and selected six projects for an award of $1,200 each to support their studies. Recipients present results and implications for practice at the Center's annual conference. Funded projects include:
Michelle Navarre Cleary, with Polly Hoover, Suzanne Sanders-Betzold, Peggy St. John.
DePaul University SNL, with Wilbur Wright College, Chicago, IL
Using Wikis to Improve Adult Student Persistence by Building Community and Improving Academic Writing Skills.
Christopher Worthman
DePaul University, School of Education, Chicago, IL
Writing to Our Strengths: Social Engagement and Writing Development in an Adult ESL Classroom.
Marianne Reiff
Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
"Show Me the Learning" Assessing an Adult Learning DVD.
Helen Rosenberg
University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha, WI
Enhancing learning through community engagement: Understanding challenges for adult learners.
Pamela S. Buchanan
University of Mobile Mobile, AL
Effects of Analogy-Enhanced Instruction on Performance and Motivation of Adult College Students
Roxanne Eubank
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Adult Student Engagement
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The Center offers customized programs to support those working with adult learners, employing the latest research and practices. Formats include workshops, seminars, certificate programs and summer institutes. Examples include:
Teaching Writing to Adults: Provides focused support on crafting assignments and giving writing feedback to adult students.
Creating Learning Space and Space to Learn: An experiential introduction to learning space theory and practice to engage learners and create environments conducive to learning and reflection.
Adult Learning Principles in Action: Best practices in working with adult students.
Mentoring Adult Learners: Understanding the skills and approaches to guide adult learner success.
Assessing Adult and Experiential Learning: Keys to identifying learning outcomes and supporting adults’ demonstration of learning from experience.
Community Conversations The Center regularly convenes Community Conversations for those interested in the education of adults. We gather to discuss topics and explore questions for collaborative inquiry. Insights and questions that emerge help guide program and conference planning. See Upcoming Events for the date of our next Conversation. You can also join the conversation online at http://caeacommcon.ning.com/
Back to Top
Research
The Center supports research on the effective and imaginative strategies for working with adult learners in a wide range of settings. Results are disseminated through programs and publications. Research projects are future-focused in areas relating to influencing practice in higher education, work-place settings and community organizations, particularly in the ways adults learn, develop the capacity to think globally, engage with their communities and use technology to advance learning. Partner institutions include University of Virginia.
Inquiry Practice Forums
The CAEA regularly hosts forums to provide an opportunity for adult learning researchers and practitioners from a wide range of settings to share their findings and best practices with a diverse audience. If you are interested in presenting your work at an upcoming forum, contact caea@depaul.edu. Check back soon for details on the next session.
Awards
In alignment with the Center’s mission to contribute to research and practice in adult learning, its Research Committee solicited, assessed, and selected six projects for an award of $1,200 each to support their studies. Recipients present results and implications for practice at the Center's annual conference. Funded projects include:
Michelle Navarre Cleary, with Polly Hoover, Suzanne Sanders-Betzold, Peggy St. John.
DePaul University SNL, with Wilbur Wright College, Chicago, IL
Using Wikis to Improve Adult Student Persistence by Building Community and Improving Academic Writing Skills.
Christopher Worthman
DePaul University, School of Education, Chicago, IL
Writing to Our Strengths: Social Engagement and Writing Development in an Adult ESL Classroom.
Marianne Reiff
Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
"Show Me the Learning" Assessing an Adult Learning DVD.
Helen Rosenberg
University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha, WI
Enhancing learning through community engagement: Understanding challenges for adult learners.
Pamela S. Buchanan
University of Mobile Mobile, AL
Effects of Analogy-Enhanced Instruction on Performance and Motivation of Adult College Students
Roxanne Eubank
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Adult Student Engagement
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