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The Art and Science of Designing and Developing an Online English Language Training Module for Adult Learners

The Art and Science of Designing and Developing an Online English Language Training Module for Adult Learners

Wan Zumusni Wan Mustapha
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781466657809|ISBN10: 1466657804|EISBN13: 9781466657816
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5780-9.ch080
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Mustapha, Wan Zumusni Wan. "The Art and Science of Designing and Developing an Online English Language Training Module for Adult Learners." Adult and Continuing Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 1405-1421. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5780-9.ch080

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Mustapha, W. Z. (2014). The Art and Science of Designing and Developing an Online English Language Training Module for Adult Learners. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Adult and Continuing Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1405-1421). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5780-9.ch080

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Mustapha, Wan Zumusni Wan. "The Art and Science of Designing and Developing an Online English Language Training Module for Adult Learners." In Adult and Continuing Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1405-1421. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5780-9.ch080

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Abstract

The rapid growth of e-learning in the education world poses a growing demand for online training for lecturers to master web-based applications in teaching and learning. As a knowledge hub, higher education providers can play a more proactive role in knowledge dissemination and acculturation by taking advantage of what the internet can offer. This challenges some fundamental issues in education in propagating paradigm shift among the lecturers and designing a module that fulfils the lecturers' need to upgrade their knowledge and skills, including English Language proficiency to be better lecturers and researchers. One way of doing so is through e-training, which offers flexibility and cost saving. This chapter describes the design and development of the online English Language Training module for professional adult learners. This includes the criteria for selecting suitable URLs, topics to include as proposed by respondents from the needs analysis and the stages in constructing OLELT, a website for lecturers to upgrade their existing knowledge to be better researchers, writers and academicians. This chapter also delineates the challenges in implementing an e-training program. This is important for the management to consider so that higher education providers can harness human capital to propagate lifelong learning and acculturate a learning academic organization.

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