The instruction of non-traditional learners can be a challenge that requires specialized pedagogical principles and tactics. The integration of online learning principles and practices introduces a new set of issues as adult learners often have to overcome several barriers to e-learning, such as access to online courses and the sense of isolation and lack of immediacy between teachers and other learners in online learning environments.
Integrating Adult Education Principles in an Online Environment highlights the ways through which the effectiveness of a learning program can be enhanced by overcoming online learning barriers amongst adult learners through the integration of teaching principles for adult populations. Highlighting crucial concepts relating to the educational needs of the non-traditional learner, this video lecture is ideally designed for use by educators, researchers, instructional designers, and IT specialists focusing on the development of educational software and programs.