Masters in Adult Education

Advanced Certificate in Training of Trainers


Vol. 2, No. 5, April, 1999                          A Bi-Monthly Newsletter                           Roger Hiemstra, Editor

Graduation-Congratulation!!

A hearty congratulations to all students in various locations who are graduating June 6. We are very proud of each one of you. Plan to attend the graduation ceremonies and the graduate student reception on June 5. Contact the Office of Continuing Education if you need more information. If possible, I’d like to get a group picture of all adult education students after graduation.                             Rog

Summer Institute!

We are very pleased with the various social and educational experiences planned for the summer institute. Check the program web page for more details, course syllabi, etc. Of course, there are many other great summer courses planned, too, so register for your summer courses soon and spread the word. Note that some of the summer courses require pre-readings, so check the summer schedule or web page for these requirements.

1st Annual T/T Dialogue

The first annual Training of Trainer’s day on the Elmira College campus is April 17. This is where students obtaining the T/T graduate certificate from both the Elmira and Liverpool areas gather for a final wrap-up day. Faculty members Paul Blair and Barb Walkley are conducting the class activities. Everyone’s invited to a "Dialogue" Luncheon, noon-1:30, Campus Center Lounge. AED Masters alumni and T/T Certificate Holder Leon Golder, Manager of Technical Training, Dresser Rand Company, will keynote on "Transition from SME to Trainer: Success or Burnout." Contact Susan Carboni, Office of Continuing Education and Graduate Studies (E-mail: continuinged@elmira.edu; phone: 607-735-1825) to arrange for luncheon tickets ($10 per person for anyone not currently enrolled in the T/T course).

No Wonder I’m So Tired

For a couple of years I’ve been blaming it on lack of sleep and too much pressure from my over-committed life, but now I found out the real reason I’m tired; I’m overworked:

Informational Index

Much potentially valuable information exists in past newsletters or on my web page (/ -or- http:// home.twcny.rr.com/hiemstra/). Following is a partial index. Information in parentheses notes a specific address for each newsletter inserted after the web page address. (NOTE: Remember that newsletter contents the first year were aimed at CNY Students)

NEWSLETTERS

September, 1997 (aedsep97.html)

Annual tri-state retreat

Computers are a necessity

Portfolio opportunity

Meet your faculty

October, 1997 (aedoct97.html)

AEDNET

A very sad time (Ina Sue Brown’s death)

Web page

Boo!

December, 1997 (aeddec97.html)

A new program

A hero is gone (Malcolm Knowles’ death)

Portfolio guidelines

Happy reading (book review)

Developing the leader within you

Adults and transition

February, 1998 (aedfeb98.html)

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

First graduation

Living arrangements for summer courses

Distance education

Happy reading (book review): Empires of the mind

March, 1998 (aedmar98.html)

Articulation toward a doctoral program

Attending conferences

Motel rooms for Spring and Summer courses in Elmira

Good luck Gene (Roche)

Career planning

Need a book?

The job network

May, 1998 (aedmay98.html)

Congratulations

Pre-reading requirements

Internships

Job changes

Annual tri-state retreat

Email Email

Another sad passing (Cyril Houle)

We need your help

July, 1998 (aedjul98.html)

Congratulations!

Welcome aboard Paul (Blair)

Road Runner

Doctoral Degrees

Book review: 7 kinds of smart

Program evaluation

August, 1998 (aedaug98.html)

Annual retreat

Training of trainers conference

Congratulations Renee

Wedding bells

Portfolio opportunity

CNY-CACE

October, 1998 (aedoct98.html)

Spring training of trainers conference

Professional writing opportunity

Book review: Consilience

November, 1998 (aednov98.html)

The 1999 summer institute

The spring activity for trainers

Project adult education vitae

Your help is needed

Where are the books

Book reviews: Multiple intelligences in the classroom and Beyond the American dream

Internships

Web reviews

December, 1998 (aeddec98.html)

Applause, applause

AERC 2000

Syracuse library

Congratulations

Galaxy II

Doctoral studies

Book reviews: Tuesdays with Morrie; Rich dad, poor dad; The magic of believing; European views of self-directed learning

Our hectic lives

February, 1999 (aedfeb99.html)

Musings again

Search engines

Graduation

Extreme learning

750 days!!

Brain research

Book/technology reviews: 5 important things; www.peru.edu; sunsite.unc.edu; nsn.bbn.com

12 best ideas for being successful

ROGER HIEMSTRA’S WEB PAGE

Graduate adult education in Central New York

The educative community (text of a 1993 book by Roger Hiemstra)

Background information on Roger Hiemstra

General information related to AED 5000

General information related to AED 5105

General information related to distance education and AED 5220

Instruction and learning-related materials

Research methods and materials (EDU 5900)

Material related to a capstone course (AED 6000)

Self-directed learning information (AED 5250)

Ethics and the adult educator

APA primer (4th edition)

Helpful writing hints

Writing an executive summary

Various stylistic guidelines

Help for finding list servs

Improving your searching capabilities

Publishing articles help

Personal vita project (vitas of past and current adult education leaders)

Recent papers written by Roger Hiemstra

Web Design Recommendations

Colleague Jon Martens passes along a neat suggestion: http:// www.useit.com/. The web site’s theme is Useable Information Technology. It features several useful sections:

There also are several interesting links to various techniques for writing on the web.

Book Reviews

I seldom make recommendations on fictional books to my adult education colleagues. "Who has time for such reading, right?" But I got turned on to the work of Kim Stanley Robinson a few weeks ago when I happened to be perusing the Discovery Channel. They were talking about the possibilities of eventually inhabiting Mars. Kim has written an absolutely wonderful trilogy on the very subject: "Red Mars," "Green Mars," and "Blue Mars." I am reading the Bantam Book paperbacks. They were written in 1993-95. Although I have only read the first two, there is actually lots of "stuff" in them for adult educators. He talks about the trials and tribulations of building a society from scratch, all the constant learning that is mandatory just to survive from one day to the next. Great bathroom or "I am sick of those required readings" books. Give yourself a break.

Professional Reading Ideas

Here are a couple of suggestions to consider for your professional library. The Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education contains articles on a wide variety of adult education issues and topics. Contact Editor Allan Quigley (aquigley@juliet.stfx.ca) for subscription information.

Another good journal is The Journal of Continuing Higher Education. Published three times a year through the Association for Continuing Higher Education, it features articles, reviews, and association news. Contact Wayne Whelan, ACHE, Trident Technical College, P.O. Box 118068, CE-M, Charleston, SC 29423-8067 to subscribe.

CAEL

The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning has a new membership rate for graduate students. CAEL is a national not-for-profit organization devoted to expanding life-long learning opportunities for adults. Contact Robert Fitzpatrick (rftzpatrick@cael.org); or see their web page (www.cael.org) for details.

Calendar of Upcoming Events

[Note: Send Roger professional conference notices that you receive so they can be included the next time. This is YOUR newsletter so make it work for you by sharing.]

 

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. William James

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AED REPORT is a newsletter for students and faculty involved in the Elmira College Graduate Program of Adult Education. The Editor is Roger Hiemstra. Please send any correspondence to him at 318 Southfield Dr., Fayetteville, NY 13066. His phone is (315) 637-0029; fax is (315) 637-0029. Email is rhiemstra@elmira.edu. Web Page is / or the back-up site http://home.twcny.rr.com/hiemstra Your Elmira College contacts are Dr. Ronald Sundberg, Dean, Associate Dean Judith Clack, Graduate Advisor Joan Swanson. Their phone is (607) 735-1825; fax (607) 735-1759; email graduate@elmira.edu; address is Office of Continuing Education, Elmira College, One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14901. This newsletter is YOUR vehicle for networking, news, tips, and information. Its value is enhanced by your active support and involvement in reading it, contributing to it, and critiquing it.

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