By Jelena Zascerinska, Hochschule Wismar Many researchers (Rimé, Bouchat, Paquot, & Giglio, 2020) agree that there are intrapersonal and interpersonal levels of emotions. The intrapersonal level of emotions means the emotions an individual has inside him/herself. The intrapersonal level of emotions refers to the internal processes (Schwartz-Mette, Lawrence, Shankman, Fearey Read more…
By Jelena Zascerinska, Hochschule Wismar Distance learning has become an indispensable strategy in adult education. Distance learning is also known as distance education and online learning (Simonson & Berg, 2023) as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 The inter-connections between distance learning, distance education and online learning (the authors) Distance Read more…
By George Stergioulas, Akadimos Menace: Poor time management article The outbreak and the expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic introduced a plethora of unprecedented changes to the educational reality. Instantaneously, teachers, trainers, educators and students, not only of the adult sector, but of the educational community as a whole, had to Read more…
By George Stergioulas, Akadimos Menace: Adaptation of materials and activities to online teaching In just two years, the adult education sector and the general educational community has experienced a sudden and unexpected swift. When the pandemic outbreak occurred, alongside with its devastating effects, the educational community was caught by an Read more…
By Antonia Castellani, Skill Up The EPALE Journal (Italian version) n. 10_2021, dedicated to new insights on Adult Education after the pandemic, hosts a very interesting study on the psychological effect of COVID-19 on university students (Deborah R. Vivo, Gaspare Dalia: “Psychological Effects of Covid-19 on University Students. Is there Read more…
By Antonia Castellani, Skill Up In recent years, the Adult Education sector (AE) has begun to collaborate more extensively and systemically with Erasmus Plus programme. Adult education projects have grown and have begun to address the difficulties of trainers in their teaching practice in a more incisive way. The year Read more…
By Daria Filimonova, Babel Idiomas Building rapport is crucially important in a safe and effective educational environment. Rapport means a good understanding of someone and an ability to communicate well with them. Rapport sometimes happens naturally. In other cases, building it might take time and a great deal of effort. Read more…
By Angie Rey, Babel Idiomas How many of us have run into obstacles in a learning environment? And in a distance learning environment? Better yet, who hasn’t? I suppose that, if we were in a room together, we would all be looking around at this point searching for that one Read more…
Students around the world have struggled with the shift to online learning, and Granite Bay students have experienced this hardship in a variety of ways. Many people have reported feeling unmotivated as a result of their classes’ new format, which could have an impact on how well they perform academically Read more…
By Chris Manuel, Eurospeak Due to their particular qualities, adult learners face special difficulties that have an impact on how they pursue further education or engage in online distance learning activities. Depending on the characteristics of the issues, the difficulties faced by adults were grouped into themes: internal, external, and Read more…