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How Colleges Are Thinking Differently to Serve Adult Students

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I think the most innovative adult learning programs are either recognizing what adults bring through either a competency-based model where learners are tested for their knowledge or through a prior learning assessment methodology of portfolio. My own institution has worked quite collaboratively with others.

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Teaching Excellence Through Mindful Reflection 

Faculty Focus

They did indicate that they gained new knowledge and/or skills they can use. Participants also indicated that they enjoyed the reflection process and found it valuable to pause and think about their teaching and student learning.

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Teaching Excellence Through Mindful Reflection 

Faculty Focus

They did indicate that they gained new knowledge and/or skills they can use. Participants also indicated that they enjoyed the reflection process and found it valuable to pause and think about their teaching and student learning.

Teaching 111
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Assignments with Significance

Faculty Focus

People learn new knowledge most easily if it relates in some way to previous learning (Ambrose et al., Another is seeing comments on survey evaluations such as saying they made life-long friends in the class (despite that year being online-only during the pandemic). 2010; Bransford et al., Casas, E., & Morales, Y.