Adult Education Website Bibliography

Developed by Christine Tillman

The bibliography listed provides information on Internet sites that can be valuable resources for adult educators.

• EduPoint.com http://www.edupoint.com/

The Premier Education Resource for Working Professionals

This site provides a search tool to locating online masters degree programs in a variety of areas.

• Online Masters Degree Site http://www.accreditedonlinecolleges.org/masters-degree/

This site has links to distance education programs, what distance education is, and the different mediums used in distance learning.

• Adult Education Quarterly http://aeq.sagepub.com/content/by/year

This site highlights the current issue of the newsletter & provides information on how to submit articles for the journal as well as subscription information.

• New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development http://education.fiu.edu/newhorizons/

This site gives a description of this electronic journal, including current and past issues.

• International Journal of Self-Directed Learning http://www.oltraining.com/SDLwebsite/journals.php

This site gives a description of this electronic journal, including current and past issues.

• Assumptions About the Adult Learner http://www.cccsfaaa.org/docs/conferences/2008/presentations/B1_AdultLearners.pdf

This site provides information related to adult learners. The assumptions are based on the theories of andragogy and social learning.

• Region IV Hub Literacy Network Project http://www.literacynet.org/

This site is a Web-based resource for the literacy community. The purpose of the site is to provide an on-line interactive structure for increasing communication and sharing information about adult literacy.

• Searching the ERIC database http://www.eric.ed.gov/ 

This site is a valuable research tool that includes a virtual library and search opportunites in the ERIC database.

• Eric Digest Article: Guidelines for Working with Adult Learners http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-929/working.htm

This site lists an overview of trainer functions. Some of the trainer tasks are needs assessment, curriculum design, analysis of methods and materials, and evaluation.

• Training Manager Roles and Responsibilities  http://www.eadulteducation.org/employee-performance/roles-and-responsibilities-of-managers-employees-and-hrd-professionals/

This site lists an overview of manager and HRD functions.

• Informal Adult Learning and the Internet http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED481327.pdf

An ERIC Trends and Issues Piece on the Topic.

• Meeting the Needs of Adult Learners http://www.isoc.org/inet96/proceedings/c4/c4_2.htm

Information on developing adult learner courses on the Internet.

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Updated October 1, 2015

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