The Innovative Use of Technological Tools (the ABCs and Ps) to Help Adult Learners Decrease Transactional Distance and Increase Learning Presence

Autor/inn/en	Howell, Scott L.; Johnson, Michael C.; Hansen, Jana C.
Titel	The Innovative Use of Technological Tools (the ABCs and Ps) to Help Adult Learners Decrease Transactional Distance and Increase Learning Presence
Quelle	In: Adult Learning, 34 (2023) 3, S.181-187 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Howell, Scott L.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-1595
DOI	10.1177/10451595221149768
Schlagwörter	Educational Innovation; Technology Uses in Education; Adult Students; Web Based Instruction; Learner Engagement; Educational Technology; Computer Mediated Communication; Audience Response Systems; Documentation; Social Media; Peer Relationship; Reader Text Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship; Social Behavior; Cognitive Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Web Based Training; Unterrichtsmedien; Computerkonferenz; Dokumentation; Soziale Medien; Peer-Beziehungen; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess
Abstract	One of the pedagogical benefits that emerged from the pandemic period for adult learners was that teachers, in addition to supporting institutions, were more willing to consider and introduce technological innovations to the learning experience. For 2 years, teachers and institutions had no choice. Unanticipatedly, some of these innovative strategies also engaged and empowered otherwise hesitant instructors and marginalized adult learners. This article briefly introduces categories of instructional technology tools that emerged from this period to help democratize adult learning--giving all adults opportunities to be heard, manage anxiety and introverted tendencies, to work with others, and to inform learning decisions for instructor and student alike, etc. These practices are briefly contextualized and referenced within the field using both Michael Moore's Theory of Transactional Distance and Garrison, Anderson and Archer's Community of Inquiry theoretical framework. The four categories of instructional technology tools featured in this article include: (1) Annotation (social) tools; (2) Backchanneling tools; (3) Collaboration tools; and (4) Polling (student response systems) tools. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01