Adult Learning and the Internet: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education #78 (J-B ACE Single Issue Adult & Continuing Education)

By Brad Cahoon

More than thirty-six million people in the United States are already using the Internet, and many more will join them in the years to come. Tools such as e-mail, Web browsers, and on-line conferencing present exciting opportunities for both adult learners and their instructors. The purpose of this volume of New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education is to explore the effects of the Internet on adult learning--both as that learning is facilitated through formal instruction and as it occurs spontaneously in the experiences of individuals and groups--and to provide guidance to adult and continuing educators searching for ways to use the Internet more effectively in their practice. Taken as a whole, the sourcebook provides a thorough survey of the research literature. The chapters also reflect the hard-won personal experiences of the authors, all of whom are directly involved in the use of Internet technologies to facilitate adult learning. This is the 78th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787911666
• ISBN13: 9780787911669
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 1.2" x 5.1"