1. Know How You Learn Learning Style Assessment Master of Management Program Cambridge College

2. Learning Styles Auditory Visual Kinesthetic

3. Preferred Learning Style Modality Auditory–Listening  Prefer to get information by listening- needs to hear it to know it  May have difficulty following written directions

4. Preferred Learning Style Modality Visual–Seeing, Reading, Visualizing  Find charts, diagrams,and graphs useful- needs to see it to know it  Often has problems with spoken directions

5. Preferred Learning Style Modality Kinesthetic–Moving, Touching, Writing  Prefer hands-on learning, writing things down clarifies thoughts, may doodle during oral presentations  Often can assemble parts without reading directions likes to draw pictures

6. Learning Style Assessment Exercise: Learning Style Groups  in small groups discuss and capture how you learn best, best learning experience, etc….report out

7. Know Yourself Principles of Adult Learning Master of Management Program AdaptNet Cambridge College

8. What do we know about Adult Learners? Self Concept Experience Readiness to learn Orientation to learning Motivation to learn

9. Self-concept: As a person matures his/her self concept moves from one of being a dependent personality toward one of being a self-directed human being

10. Experience: As a person matures he/she accumulates a growing reservoir of experience that becomes an increasing resource for learning.

11. Readiness to learn: As a person matures his/her readiness to learn becomes oriented increasingly to the developmental tasks of his social roles.

12. Orientation to learning: As a person matures his/her time perspective changes from one of postponed application of knowledge to immediacy of application, and accordingly his/her orientation toward learning shifts from one of subject- centeredness to one of problem centeredness.

13. Motivation to learn: As a person matures the motivation to learn is internal

14. Source: David A. Kolb. Experiential Learning, New York: Prentice-Hall, 1984. The Adult Learning Model

15. Adult Learners….. 1. Adults need to know why they need to learn something 2. Adults need to learn experientially 3. Adults approach learning as problem-solving

16. 4. Adults learn best when the topic is of immediate value. 5. Instruction for adults needs to focus more on the process and less on the content being taught. 6. Strategies such as case studies, role playing, simulations, and self-evaluation are most useful. Adult Learners…..

17. 7. Instructors adopt a role of facilitator or resource rather than lecturer. 8. Adults need to be involved in the planning and evaluation of their instruction. 9. Experience (including mistakes) provides the basis for learning activities. Adult Learners…..

18. 10. Adults are most interested in learning subjects that have immediate relevance to their job or personal life. 11. Adults need to be involved in the planning and evaluation of their instruction. Adult Learners…..

19. 12. Experience (including mistakes) provides the basis for learning activities. 13. Adults are most interested in learning subjects that have immediate relevance to their job or personal life. Adult Learners…..

20. 14. Instruction for adults needs to focus more on the process and less on the content being taught. 15. Strategies such as case studies, role playing, simulations, and self- evaluation are most useful. Adult Learners…..

21. 16. Instructors adopt a role of facilitator or resource rather than lecturer. 17. Adults need to be involved in the planning and evaluation of their instruction. Adult Learners…..

22. 18. Experience (including mistakes) provides the basis for learning activities. 19. Adults are most interested in learning subjects that have immediate relevance to their job or personal life. Adult Learners…..

23. Facts About Learning 95% of what they teach someone else to do 80% of what they use and do in real life 70% of what they talk over with others 50% of what they see and hear 30% of what they see 20% of what they hear 10% of what they read

24. Sources: Smith, M. K. (2002) 'Malcolm Knowles, Informal Adult Education, Self-direction and Anadragogy', The Encyclopedia of Informal Education, www.infed.org/thinkers/et-knowl.htm. Last updated: 02-14-04 Knowles, M. (1975). Self-Directed Learning. Chicago: Follet. Knowles, M. (1984). The Adult Learner: A Neglected Species (3rd Ed.). Houston, TX: Gulf Publishing. Knowles, M. (1984). Andragogy in Action. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.