Masters in Adult Education

Advanced Certificate in Training of Trainers

Vol. 3, No. 6, June, 2000                                                     A Bi-Monthly Newsletter                                                     Roger Hiemstra, Editor

Summer Time, Summer Time!

You can't beat summer in New York. When Janet and I first moved here, we imagined asphalt jungles, millions crowded together, cars everywhere, pollution, etc. Well, some of that exists, but little did we know the beauty of our lakes, great state parks, the many museums, places like the Adirondaks, etc. Wow!, plus you seldom need air conditioning and just harness a few giant mosquitoes to your car and save gas mileage.

We do enjoy our summers here and hope you can find time to do so, too, even needing to work around very busy schedules, classes you will take or teach, and all the other hecticness that still exists. Take time to watch the butterflies, smell the roses, and have a picnic. Have some ice cream, too. Rog

Speaking of Summer…

Yes, we know you're busy, but we do have a great summer of courses. Check your summer schedule or the web page. REGISTER NOW! For those taking a course in Elmira and need a room, here are some possibilities:

• Lindenwald Haus, Bed and Breakfast. Several of us stayed there last year and really enjoyed it. Less than a 5 minute drive from campus. $55 per night and let them know as you check in when you need breakfast. Phone 607-733-8753 and identify yourself as an Elmira College summer school student.
• Holiday Inn Riverview. They have an $86.36 corporate rate that summer students can use. Phone 607-734-4211.
• Holiday Inn Horseheads. There is a $74 corporate rate (probably 15-20 minutes from campus). Phone 607-739-3681.
• Motel 6 - Horseheads. $47.99 if 2 adults in room; $41.99 for single (10% discount for AAA/AARP). Phone 607-739-3681. We are in the process of putting together a two-year sequence of courses for both Elmira and Liverpool to help you do a better job in planning your graduate program. Check the web page regularly for updates on the two-year program, including the most up-to-date information on each upcoming term.

Congratulations T/T Graduates!

The following recently completed the Advanced Certificate in Training of Trainers (sorry if we accidentally left your name out):

Laura Acuto	Debra Hover
Jennifer Lynn Bozek	Kenneth Hull
Lisa A. Brown	Laurine D. Jones
Spencer Carter	Joni A. Koegel
Jun-Wei Chen	Chin-Parn Kwan
Diana Cima	Shauna L. Malta
Diana Cleary	Mary T. Panek
Mark Dailey	Janette M. Philpot
Julie Dick	Chryl Saidel
Jill Dungey	Corine Wallace
Michael Grimshaw

All graduates, some alumni, and several faculty/staff participated in the annual T/T luncheon, April 15, on campus. AED Masters and T/T alum, Jim Henion, gave a great keynote presentation. To see a summary of his materials go to henion presentation

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared to believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances. ~ Bruce Barton ~

Adult Education Tri-State Retreat!

Put the 2000 Retreat on your calendar now and let's have a great Elmira College turnout; Sept. 22-24, Camp Arnot, south of Ithaca near Newfield. Great fun, great program, and a relaxing weekend. Volunteers are needed to help plan our program (we have about two hours for a training session, workshop, etc. for the other retreat participants--they can be educational, challenging, fun, etc.) and be responsible for one of the meals (we plan that menu, buy the food, prepare the meal, and clean up).

It is great fun, builds tremendous camaraderie among Elmira College students, and gives you a chance to meet fellow Adult Educ. Students/faculty from NY, NJ, and PA. More info. via a flyer in the next newsletter.

Screen Capture Program

Have you ever wanted to capture a screen, even manipulate it with a neat "paint" program, and then print it out. I found a great little program that I used to capture some software screens and place them as instructional pages in the workbook for AED 5220. The Analogx Screen Capture Program is a Windows 95/98/NT utility that by clicking on a camera, a picture is taken and stored. Then if you right click on it, you bring up the menu of options so that you can erase part of it, add symbols, add text, etc., and then print it (and in color, too). Go to http://www.analogx.com/        Rog

Congratulations & Best Wishes!

• Chris Sudol has been selected for a new position at RCD Carrier as Senior Warehouse Planner. Chris notes that the fact she was so close to completing the MS degree had an impact on her selection.
• Debbi Payne was elected to the Newfield School District Board of Education. Debbi believes her election was a call for collaboration and public involvement to create a learning community.
• Diana Cleary has a new position at Corning Community College as Academic Counselor for the Academic Coordination Team. She has varied duties in advising, career direction, and academic support.
• Linda Rosché is a grandmother again. Caitlyn Marie Waller weighed 8 lb., 7 oz., and was 19 in. long. She joins big brother (3 yrs.) Bryan in Tempé, AZ.
• Ken Hull has a new grandson, Thomas Haskell Graver. He weighed 6 lb., 8 oz. Way to go Ken (and his daughter, Diane)!
• Jeri Auwarter was elected to the ACHE Region II board. Norb Henry is the Chair-elect. Good going Jeri and Norb!
• Jane Hugo is co-author of Hayes, E., Flannery, D.D., Brooks, A.K., Tiskell, E.J., & Hugo, J.M. Women as learners: The significance of gender in adult learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Jen Bozek is assistant coach for the Elmira College varsity cheerleaders who brought home the college's first national championship as they won the Division II all women cheerleading championship.
• Jayne Worden, as a Cornell employee, is being honored for receiving her Master's from Elmira College.

Let us know your achievements, family news, etc. so we can share in your life happenings

The Virtualizing of Education

In the Computer Mediated Distance Education course we had considerable discussion on virtualizing education and what this means for adult educators. In the March-April, 2000, issue of The Futurist, Dunn presented related views of the future. Here are a few of his predictions that have relevance for adult and distance educators:

1. Courseware producers will sell courses and award credits direct to end users and thus bypass institutional middlepersons (how should adult educators play a part?).
2. The distinction between distance and local education will be blurred. Almost all courses will be digitally enhanced.
3. The home-school movement will lead to a home-college movement.
4. Many faculty will resist such changes and try to slow or stop the inevitable (should they do this?).
5. The big growth in adult and post-secondary education will be in degree and certificate programs for adults. To be viable in the information society, adults will need at least 30 semester credits every 10 years.
6. Colleges, universities, and other institutions will band together to deliver courses for students in various settings.
7. The distinction between various providers of higher/adult education will largely disappear.

True or not, these predictions are worthy of our consideration. Think about them, discuss them with colleagues, and constantly consider how they will impact on your professional life.

Guest Book Review

Argyris, C. (1999). Flawed advice and the management trap. New York: Oxford Univ. Press. 262 pgs. By Ted Pietrzak. This book attempts to show how much advice and counsel offered by management experts and books is "unactionable" because of inconsistency and lack of specificity for non-routine situations. As examples, we hear things like "we must empower people, but not lose control" or "be creative and take risks - but don't make any bad mistakes." Part of the problem is that people's "theory-in-use" (versus their espoused theory) has governing values such as be in control, maximize the chance to win, suppress negative feelings, and don't allow testing of any claims we make. He believes all of this is typically not discussed and deeply ingrained as personal defensive routines in organizational settings. We often give advice or direction that does not have proper criteria that are predictive, lasting, and testable.

Argyris offers excerpts from gurus such as Stephen Covey, John Kotter, and several better-known management authors in areas of leadership, learning, and change. He gives many examples of what happens when flawed advice is used and why its use persists. Real situations are analyzed throughout the book. Ways of doing it right are also discussed in such areas as human resources, individual and group performance, gaining internal commitment, and implementing strategy.

Argyris has been working with organizational learning and effectiveness for over 20 years. His work on defensive routines is seminal. While his books and articles are challenging to read and understand at a practical level, they often provide deep insights on how organizations and the people within them can be more effective if defensiveness and resistance are overcome. This book is valuable for internal and external consultants, educators, and HRD professionals trying to improve organizational outcomes.

Book Reviews

For your summer reading, here are two books I recently discovered and devoured. Rog

Courtenay, B. (1989). The power of one. New York: Ballantine Books. 518 pgs. A great story of how one person from age 6 on, growing up in South Africa in the 40's, searches for love. Such rich characters as Peekay, Doc, the Judge, Hoppy, Big Hettie, Geel Piet, Morrie, Rasputin, and even Granpa Chook (a rooster) make for spell-binding reading. Peekay works hard to triumph over a tough world with his brain, wits, fists, musical skills, and enduring friendships. Adult educators pay special attention to the power of Miss Bornstein's Correspondence School. I predict you'll have a hard time putting it down.

Nuland, S. B. (2000). The mysteries within: A surgeon reflects on medical myths. New York: Simon & Schuster. 283 pgs. Nuland takes us inside our bodies to debunk many myths and superstitions about the body, various organs, and disease. Laced with stories of operations he or colleagues have performed, Nuland uses medical history to help readers understand more about themselves. Everything you ever wanted to know about the heart, stomach, liver, etc. You have to have a stomach (no pun intended) for jargon, but its fascinating.

• June 22-23, 2000, World Congress on Self-Learning, Paris (bose.cnam.fr/utoformation2000/english/page2en.htm).
• July 17-21, 2000, Philadelphia Summer Series on Aging. See www.asaging.org/summer-series.
• September 22-24, 2000, Annual Tri-State Retreat, Camp Arnot, near Ithaca, NY.
• October 6-7, 2000, Symposium for the Discussion of Graduate Study in Adult Education, Jackson Hole, Wyoming (1-800-448-7801).
• October 14-17, 2000, 62nd Annual Meeting of ACHE, Myrtle Beach. See www.coastal.edu/learn/ache.
• October 26-28, 2000, 3rd International Trans-formative Learning Conference, Columbia Uni-versity Teachers College. See www.TLConference.org/ for more information.
• November 12-18, 2000, National AAACE and CPAE conferences, Providence, RI.
• March 17, 2001, The Pennsylvania Adult and Continuing Education Research Conference, Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus. Contact Trenton Ferro (trferro@grove.iup.edu).

[Note: Send Roger professional conference or other notices you have so they can be included the next time.]

Want to be Published?

Working on a scholarly article related to adult education or wanting to write one? Gary Dean and Trenton Ferro, co-editors of the PAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning, are seeking manuscripts. For information see www.iup.edu/ac/journal.html (email trferro@grove.iup.edu).

Listserv Possibility

Alum Diane Berry recommends the following listserv for those involved with computer or internet training: Nettrain@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu

Information Sessions!

You are our best advertiser so tell friends and colleagues about our information sessions:

104 McGraw Hall Elmira College (6-7:30)	OCM BOCES Liverpool, NY (6-7:30)
Thurs., Aug. 10, 2000	Tues., Aug. 8, 2000
Thurs., Nov. 30, 2000	Tues., Dec. 5, 2000

Murphy Doesn't Have all the Laws

Okay, you've heard of Murphy's famous law, but there are many other related laws:

1. After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch. ~ Lorenz's Law of Mechanical Repair ~
2. If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway. ~ Lower's Law ~
3. The most ineffective workers will be systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage - management. ~ The Dilbert Principle ~
4. If you tell the boss you were late to work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you'll have a flat tire. ~ Cannon's Comment ~
5. Nothing is as inevitable as a mistake whose time has come. ~ Tussman' Law ~
6. The solution to a problem changes the problem. ~ Peer's Law ~
7. Handy Guide to Modern Science: · If it's green or it wiggles, it's biology; · If it stinks, it's chemistry; · If it doesn't work, it's physics.
8. Machines should work. People should think. ~ IBM's Pollyanna Principle ~
9. It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize that you are in a hurry. ~ Ralph's Observation ~
10. Thinly sliced cabbage. ~ Cole's Law ~ (sorry about that one)

It has never been, and never will be, easy work! But the road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination. . ~ Marian Zimmer Bradley ~

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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. The Web Page is http://home.twcny.rr.com/hiemstra or the back-up site is /. Your Elmira College contacts are Dr. Ronald Sundberg, Dean, Assistant Dean Dr. Gina Bisagni, and Graduate Advisor Joan Swanson. Their phone is (607) 735-1825; fax (607) 735-1150; 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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