Open AccessEducational technology applied to adult education
Author(s) -
José L. Gonzáles,
Bryan Sebastián Alfaro Castillo,
Mario José Vásquez Pauca,
Milagros del Rosario Cáceres Chávez
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of health sciences (ijhs) (en línea)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2550-6978
pISSN - 2550-696X
DOI - 10.53730/ijhs.v6ns1.4758
Subject(s) - andragogy , adult learner , adult education , adult learning , affect (linguistics) , psychology , educational technology , higher education , mathematics education , pedagogy , medical education , medicine , political science , communication , law
Adult learning has been ubiquitous not only in the institutions of higher learning but in the lower learning institutions. As shown by many authors, adult learners often bring with them a high level of experience and higher expectations that positively reflect their performance in their classroom-based activity. This study is done explicitly on educational technology applied in adult learning to enhance the learning activities and increase the level of enrollment in adult learners. Also, the study brings to light how significant technological advancement in education is to adult learners since a higher percentage of students are busy people with different sets of commitments. The study suggests that faculty members' attitudes toward instructional technology, particularly those geared at adults, need to be re-evaluated to serve their students better. Instructors need to think about how technology might affect the development and use of andragogy in the classroom to help adult learners.