Turning Coffee Time into Teaching Moments through Bite-Sized Learning for Adult Learners

Autor/inn/en	Ho, Yan Yin; Yeo, Eun-Young; Wijaya, Dhaniah Suhana Binte Mohammad
Titel	Turning Coffee Time into Teaching Moments through Bite-Sized Learning for Adult Learners
Quelle	In: Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 71 (2023) 2, S.183-198 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0737-7363
DOI	10.1080/07377363.2021.2024000
Schlagwörter	Adult Students; Educational Technology; Undergraduate Students; Learning Activities; Electronic Learning; Foreign Countries; Part Time Students; Handheld Devices; Computer Oriented Programs; Cognitive Psychology; Study Habits; Student Behavior; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Unterrichtsmedien; Lernaktivität; Ausland; Part-time students; Teilzeitstudent; Computerprogramm; Kognitive Psychologie; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Singapur
Abstract	The increasing number of adult learners in higher education is a trend that has been observed in recent years. An impetus for this trend is the need for upskilling and re-skilling in order to stay relevant and employable in today's world of globalised knowledge. However, finding uninterrupted blocks of time to study in adult learners' busy schedules may be challenging because of their many other commitments and responsibilities. Bite-sized learning, through the utilisation of micro-learning activities that learners can access anytime and anywhere on their mobile devices, is one method of helping adult learners better manage their studies and learn more effectively. Before adult educators put in the resources to develop bite-sized learning activities, it is nonetheless important to ascertain that adult learners would indeed utilise such provisions. This article discusses the results of a study conducted to investigate the utilisation of bite-sized learning by adult learners enrolled in a part-time undergraduate degree programme. Specifically, the study examined whether adult learners utilised bite-sized learning activities during pockets of "down time" in their busy schedules, especially during the daytime, since adult learners tend to study at night after work or over the weekends. The results showed that adult learners were keen to learn from bite-sized learning activities during these pockets of down time. Implications of the results and directions for future investigation, including the aptness of bite-sized learning in today's COVID-19 situation, are also discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01