[Abesoutheast] [SABES] Licensure Compatible Course: Adult Human Development

[Espindola, Annemarie]

Course Title:  Adult Human Development (A hybrid DL course with multiple
on-line sessions, Statewide)

 
Time:  February 9, 2008, 10:00 am - 02:30 pm
(This is the only face-to-face meeting for the whole course)

 
Place:  ALRI/Boston SABES, Wheatley Building, 4th Floor, Room 167
UMass Boston 
100 Morrissey Blvd. 
Dorchester, MA 02125

 
Course Overview:

This course provides an excellent opportunity to learn about adult
development with the convenience of online delivery, the support of
face-to-face instruction via web conferencing, and interaction with your
peers.  In this 45-PDP, licensure-compatible course, participants will
examine concepts and theories of adult development, explore the
reciprocal relationships between development and learning, and apply new
knowledge and skills to their classroom practice.  The format for the
course is engaging, convenient and offers you the best of all learning
worlds. 

 
Course Details:

Beginning with a face-to-face session on Saturday, February 9, 2008
(snow make-up on February 16), this 45-PDP-hour course will go through
to May 10, 2008.  During that time, participants will work online,
engaging in a variety of activities that include discussion boards,
small group work, web-based research, and web-conferencing via Wimba.
The web conferences are "live online" and will occur on a bi-weekly
basis, days and times to be agreed upon at the first class meeting.

While travel logistics are eliminated, you will find that the course
work requirements are as demanding as "regular" course. The rewards of
being able to learn on your own time and to engage with others in a more
relaxed manner, however, are many and the format will soon become
comfortable. 

Because the course is almost completely online, participants will need
to:

- Have computer and Internet access
- Have comfort with basic word processing and email
- Practice with the demo course on Backboard Vista before the course
starts     (http://www.umassonline.net/CourseDemo.cfm) 
- Log on to the Adult Development course once registered and given
log-in information-course will be ready for viewing from February 4th
on.  (We will also review and use the online tools at the 1st session).

 Those who complete this course will have much of the knowledge and
materials required for the ABE Teacher's License portfolio.

Learning Objectives:

As a result of attending the course, participants will be able to:

- Identify several concepts and theories of adult development and
explore the reciprocal relationship between development and learning;

 - Understand key topics that include theories/models of development,
the effects of shared cultural and historical influences on development,
and psycho-social, cognitive, and moral/ethical changes which occur as
adults move through the lifespan;
 
- Learn about at least one theorist in-depth;

- Relate theories and materials of adult development to their own lives
and the lives of adult learners;
 
-Incorporate course concepts by applying what they are learning to their
classroom teaching;
 
- Design lesson plans with teaching strategies that take into
consideration various aspects of individual development.

 
Presenter/Instructor:

Barbara A. Macaulay, Ed.D.
 

Presenter's Bio:

Barbara Macaulay currently serves as the Chief Academic Officer for
UMassOnline.  Prior to joining UMass in 1999, however, she served as the
Dean of Continuing Education at Quinsigamond Community College,
overseeing both the ABE Programs and the Central Mass Regional SABES
Center.  Barbara assisted in developing the first pilot courses for
SABES for both adult development and adult learning theories.  She has
over 25 years experience in the field of adult and continuing education,
including adult literacy, and has taught adult education and adult
learning courses at Worcester State College, Clark University, and
Teachers College/Columbia University, and UMass Boston, as well as
conducting professional development courses for SABES and other
organizations.  Her doctorate from Teachers College is in adult and
continuing education.

 
Registration: 

Register on line at http://calendar.sabes.org/boston, or contact Andrea
Lawless at andrea.lawless at umb.edu or 617-287-4079.

 
If you have questions about the activity: Contact John Zhang at
john.zhang at umb.edu or 617-287-4076.

 

Annemarie
 
Annemarie Espindola, Director
SABES Southeast 
Bristol Community College
777 Elsbree Street
Fall River, MA 02720
(508) 678-2811 ext. 2782
For more information on the System for Adult Basic Education Support
(SABES) please go to: www.sabes.org/southeast

For information on upcoming SABES offerings or to register for events
please go to: calendar.sabes.org/southeast

"SABES: Training Leaders in Adult Basic Education"