1. Resources for the Online Teaching of Adult Learners Jym Brittain, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning - NSU

2. Topics ● Resources ● Participant Resource Sharing

3. Online Teaching Resources ● Palloff, R. & Pratt, K. (2003), The Virtual Student: A Profile and Guide to Working with Online Learners. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. ● Palloff, R. & Pratt, K. (2001), Lessons from The Cyberspace Classroom: The Realities of Online Teaching. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. ● Palloff, R. & Pratt, K. (1999), Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace:Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

4. Additional Online Teaching Resources ● Ko, S & Rossen, S. (2003), Teaching Online: A Practical Guide, 2 nd edition. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. ● Watkins, R. (2005), 75 e-Learning Activities: Making on-line Learning Interactive. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

5. Additional Online Teaching Resources Illinois Online Network http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/tutorials/ Tennessee Board of Regents http://www.tn.regentsdegrees.org/faculty/pedagogy.h tm Kaye Shelton and George Saltsman http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Oct_04/article04.htm

6. Adult Learning Theory Resources ● Bash, L., (Ed.). (2005). Best Practices in Adult Learning. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing. ● Kilmurray, J., (September 2003). e-Learning: It's More Than Automation. The Technology Source, Available online at http://technologysource.org/article/elearning/. http://technologysource.org/article/elearning/

7. Additional Adult Learning Resources ● Phillips, V., (Ed.). (2002). Motivating & Retaining Adult Learners Online. The Virtual University Gazette, Available online at http://www.geteducated.com/articles/JournalMotivateRetain. PDF. http://www.geteducated.com/articles/JournalMotivateRetain. PDF ● Stilborne, L. & Williams, L., Meeting the Needs of Adult Learners in Developing Courses for the Internet. Proceedings of INet 96 Conference, Available online at https://www.isoc.org/inet96/proceedings/c4/c4_2.htm. https://www.isoc.org/inet96/proceedings/c4/c4_2.htm

8. Additional Adult Learning Resources ● Tyler-Smith, K., Early Attrition among First Time eLearners: A Review of Factors that Contribute to Drop-out, Withdrawal and Non-completion Rates of Adult Learners undertaking eLearning Programmes. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, Available online at http://jolt.merlot.org/Vol2_No2_TylerSmith.htm. http://jolt.merlot.org/Vol2_No2_TylerSmith.htm

9. Content Resources ● Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching – http://merlot.org ● Wisconsin Online – Online Learning Object Repository – http://www.wisc-online.com http://www.wisc-online.com

10. Your favorites? ● Association for Continuing Higher Education – acheinc.org ● VideoLan Client – cross platform media player – videolan.org ● Open Office – cross platform office suite – openoffice.org ● Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education WICHE works with its 15 member states to assure access and excellence in higher education for all citizens of the West. www.wiche.edu

11. Questions? Jym Brittain Center for Teaching and Learning Northeastern State University 918-444-5859 brittaij@nsuok.edu Presentation available at: http://ctl.nsuok.edu/drupal http://ctl.nsuok.edu/drupal