Planner



Date
Topic        
Assignment
Week 1 
1/7-1/13
Introduction: Social Context of Adult  Learning
Email molly.duggan@lr.edu to schedule a 15-30  minute video-conference with the instructor via video-conference in LAMP during this week. 


Blogging 101 Assignment in LAMP




Read Chapter 1.


Forum: Good Blogging Criteria

Complete all assignments in this week’s module by midnight of Sunday, January 13.
Week 2
1/14-1/20
Learning Environments & Learning Concepts
Read Chapter 2

Additional readings posted in LAMP

Let the Blogging Begin! (see chart earlier in this document)

Complete all assignments in this week’s module by midnight of Sunday, January 20.
Week 3
1/21-1/27
Adult Learners who Participate – and Why
Please schedule a progress update meeting with the instructor (telephone conference, videoconference through Skype, or a face-to-face meeting) for some time during this week.

Read Chapter 3.

Forum: Cyber Hunt 2: Exploring NCES

Complete all assignments in this week’s module by midnight of Sunday, January 27.
Week 4
1/28-2/3
Knowles’s Andragogy and Modes of Adult Learning
Read Chapter 4.


Critique 1 due. Submit through ASSIGNMENTS function in LAMP.

Complete the following assessments and bring the results to next week’s F2F. NOTE:  Do not complete these all in one sitting.  Take a break between.  Keep the results as you will need them again in week 15:


Forum:  Me, Me, Me! It’s all about Me!

Complete all assignments in this week’s module by midnight of Sunday, January 3.
Week 5
2/4-2/10

Adult Learning in Contemporary Society

F2F meeting:
Friday, 2/8: 5-9 pm.
Saturday 2/9: 9-5 pm.
Week 6
2/11-2/17
Self-Directed Learning
Read Chapter 5.

Complete all assignments in this week’s module by midnight of Sunday, February 17.
Week 7
2/18-2/24
Transformational Learning;
Experience and Learning
Read Chapters 6 & 7.

Critique 2 due. Submit through ASSIGNMENTS  function in LAMP.

Complete all assignments in this week’s module by midnight of Sunday, February 24.
Week 8
2/25-3/3
Adult Learning Theory & Models
F2F meeting:
Friday, 3/1: 5-9 pm.
Saturday 3/2: 9-5 pm.
Week 9
3/4-3/10
Embodied, Spiritual, and Narrative Learning
Read Chapter 8.

Adult Learner Analysis due

Complete all assignments in this week’s module by midnight of Sunday, March 10.
Week 10
3/11-3/17
            Spring Break
Week 11
3/18-3/24
Learning and Knowledge: Non-Western Perspectives
Read Chapter 9.

Please schedule a progress update meeting with the instructor (telephone conference, videoconference through Skype, or a face-to-face meeting) for some time during this week.

Complete all assignments in this week’s module by midnight of Sunday, March 24.
Week 12
3/25-3/31
Critical Theory, Postmodern, and Feminist Perspectives
Read Chapter 10.

Complete all assignments in this week’s module by midnight of Sunday, March 31.
Week 13
4/1-4/7
Traditional Learning Theories. Adult Development
Read Chapters  11 &12

Complete all assignments in this week’s module by midnight of Sunday, April 7.
Week 14
4/8-4/14
Cognitive Development in Adulthood
Read Chapter 13.

Complete all assignments in this week’s module by midnight of Sunday, April 14.
Week 15
4/15-4/21
Intelligence and Aging. Memory, Cognition, and the Brain
Read Chapters 14 - 16.

Critique 3 due. Submit through ASSIGNMENTS function in LAMP.

Forum:  Back to ME!

Complete all assignments in this week’s module by midnight of Sunday, April 21.
Week 16
4/22-5/1
Reflections on Learning in Adulthood
F2F meeting:
Friday, 4/26: 5-9 pm.
                Saturday 4/27: 9-5 pm.

The instructor reserves the right to adjust this planner as necessary.

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