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.

1^st 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:

• The USA population is 256 million
• 117 million are retired, on vacation, or traveling which leaves 139 million to do the work
• There are 88 million in school, which leaves 51 million to do the work
• Of this number, there are 30 million employed by the federal government, leaving 21 million to do the work
• 3 million are in the Armed Forces, which leaves 18 million to do the work
• Take from that total the 16 million who work for state and local governments and that leaves 2 million to do the work
• At any given time there are 400,000 in hospitals, nursing homes, or institutions, leaving 1,600,000 to do the work
• There now are 1,599,998 people in prisons, detention centers, and half-way houses
• That leaves just two people to do the work. You and me. And you’re sitting there reading this newsletter.

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

• Newsletters (current and past)
• Course syllabi and requirements
• CNY course schedule
• Faculty descriptions

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

Background information on Roger Hiemstra

General information related to AED 5000

• Successful team activities
• Several informational links
• Ten top "P’s" for being a successful adult educator
• Writing a personal philosophy statement, code of ethics, or professional commitment statement

General information related to AED 5105

• Several informational links
• Interviewing adult learners

General information related to distance education and AED 5220

• Related papers and articles
• Related electronic journals
• Several informational links

Instruction and learning-related materials

• Developing your own statement of philosophy
• Learning contracts and examples
• Writing objectives from different philosophical views
• Related papers and articles
• Several informational links
• The process and design of instruction

Research methods and materials (EDU 5900)

• Data analysis suggestions
• Data collecting techniques
• Removing bias in professional writing
• Statistical analysis packages
• Several informational links

Material related to a capstone course (AED 6000)

• Several informational links
• Developing your professional writing skills
• Selected bibliographies
• Getting the job you want (writing resumes)
• Financial literacy information
• Portfolio development information
• Obtaining references for future job applications

Self-directed learning information (AED 5250)

• Various informational pieces related to self-directed learning
• Several informational links
• (AED 5250 course materials – under construction)

Ethics and the adult educator

APA primer (4^th 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:

• Differences between print design and web design
• Top ten mistakes of web design
• How people read on the web..........and my favorite…..

• Why frames suck!

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

• April 15-16, 1999, Association for Continuing Higher Education Region II Spring Conference, Buffalo/Niagara Marriott, Amherst, NY. For information contact Laura Smith (315-341-2270; lsmith@oswego.edu).
• May 6, 1999, Elmira College Info. Session, 6-7:30 p.m., OCM BOCES, Liverpool, NY. For information contact Roger Hiemstra.
• May 21-23, 1999, Adult Education Research Conference, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. For more information contact Dr. Amy Rose (815-753-9373; arose@niu.edu).
• September 22-24, 1999, 18^th Annual Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult Education, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO. Paper submission deadline is March 26, 1999. For more information contact Connie Jeffries (314-516-5974; conniej@umsl.edu; or try the web page www.umsl.edu/~itc/midwest.html).
• October 12-17, 1999, 48^th Annual Adult Education Conference, Galaxy II and Leadership Summit, San Antonio, Texas. For questions contact AAACE (202-429-5131).
• November 6-9, 1999, 61^st Annual Meeting of the Association for Continuing Higher Education, Cincinnati, Ohio. See their website (www.uc.edu/cece/ACHE99.htm)
• November 11-13, 1999, CAEL International Conference, Seattle, WA. For information visit www.cael.org or call Sarah Krone (312-922-5909).
• March 16-18, 2000, Eastern Regional Adult Education Research Conference, Penn State University. For information contact Ginny Garza ( mvg109@psu.edu). Graduate students are sought to help work on the conference.

[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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