Adult Learning Exchange Virtual Community Podcast

Professional Development for Instructors Higher education instructors need to learn anew and rethink pedagogical strategies when designing and teaching online and blended delivery formats. Instructors crave opportunities to discuss and share their experiences with others. Yet there are few opportunities in their work to do so. This episode, part of the Adult Learning Exchange Virtual Community Pod...

Conversations from the Front Porch In this episode, Dr. Leslie Cordie interviews Dr. Séamus Ó Tuama about citizenship, society, and lifelong learning. Dr. Séamus Ó Tuama is Director of ACE (Adult Continuing Education) and a senior lecturer in politics at University College Cork, Ireland. Bios of interviewees and the audio transcript can be found in the online forum .

Information Literacy The classic sense of literacy involves reading, writing, and arithmetic, sometimes referred to as the three Rs. Some people may think that literacy and reading are interchangeable, however, literacy also includes language, writing, speaking, and listening. Literacy helps us to understand and interpret information and our experiences. In this podcast episode, Lilian Hill define...

Editing with Kate! If you need some extra help with editing your writing project, consider using one of the many online AI editing tools that are now available. For help with grammar, typos, word usage, plagiarism, sentence structure, and more, these tools can help you polish your writing. Grammarly , ProWritingAid , QuillBot , WhiteSmoke , Readable , WordTune , Ginger , Sapling , and PaperRater —...

Reflective and Creative Practice for Adult Educators Discussion boards help students to reflect on how the course content connects to their professional and personal lives while sharing their knowledge and creating community. In this episode, Kathy Lohr describes the activity “Participation Rationale” in which students choose their best initial prompt and three replies to their classmates that the...

Information Literacy With all the responsibilities of adult life, you may be distressed to learn there is another type of citizenship that is currently under discussion. With all the great things the internet makes possible, there are dangers. Therefore, there are practices we must learn to use the internet responsibly. In this podcast episode, Lilian Hill explores digital citizenship– its meaning...

Conversations From the Front Porch In this episode, Dr. Leslie Cordie interviews Dr. Michael C. Wooten and Dr. Jason Bond about transitioning university students to be lifelong learners. Bios of interviewees and the audio transcript can be found in the online forum .

Information Literacy When you are visiting different websites and conducting online searches you may believe you are doing so anonymously, but you leave behind a digital footprint everywhere you go. In this episode of Information Literacy, Dr. Lilian Hill explores digital footprints, what you leave behind online, and steps you can take to protect yourself from exposure of private information. List...

Information Literacy Have you always wanted to write a book, and yet you don’t feel you have enough knowledge, time, and energy? Well, now instead of taking the time needed to develop the expertise, writing skills, and determination to write that book, you can write one in a single day. And you can get it published instantly, too. In this episode, Dr. Lilian Hill explores how ChatGPT has impacted...

Conversations on Learning Design In this inspirational interview, Nick shares his passion as a learning architect and describes his process and approach to designing engaging eLearning content. Nick Floro, president of Sealworks Interactive Studios, is a nationally known and award-winning learning design leader. 

Information Literacy We have been discussing algorithms, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The issue in the news that is taking up a lot of attention is ChatGPT. We have written about it before, but the question of its influence on academic journal publishing is useful to consider. On this episode, Dr. Lilian Hill explains how ChatGPT influences academic publishing. Listen to the epis...

Editing with Kate! The use and influence of AI—Artificial Intelligence—is all around us. It’s in our GPS, our music streaming, our online shopping, our apps, our texts (thank you, autocorrect), and so on. It’s used by banks, the military, in education, by retailers, healthcare, the list goes on and on. With the influence of AI in our everyday lives, it’s not surprising that it also might influence...

Information Literacy It has been a concern for instructors that ChatGPT increases student cheating, but cheating is not new. While much discussion has been devoted to methods of detecting and preventing students from using ChatGPT to write papers, a more constructive view might be to look for ways that ChatGPT can be used to augment instruction and improve student learning. On this episode, Dr. Li...

Information Literacy ChatGPT has become a common talk among educators lately. It has raised concerns, but also shown it has value. On this episode, Dr. Lilian Hill explains what ChatGPT is and what can be done with it by sharing her own experiences with ChatGPT. She also assesses ChatGPT capabilities and drawbacks. Listen to the episode and join in the online forum .

Conversations on Learning Design This episode is part of the Series Conversations on Learning Design , facilitated by Les Howles and Simone Conceição. On this episode, they explore the digital transformation that has been disruptive within the education and workforce training professions, identify four conventional instructional design practices that need to be upgraded, and provide their definiti...

Information Literacy Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been dominating the news lately as it pertains to literature, artwork, and learning. With its advancements and concerns to the educational community, it is important we address it through what has appeared in the news. On this episode, Dr. Lilian Hill analyzes four AI headlines and how they relate to adult education. Listen to the episode and j...

Information Literacy Are print books becoming obsolete? On this episode, Dr. Lilian Hill presents a comparison of the positives and negatives of reading online. You may be surprised that the positives outweigh the negatives. Listen to the episode and join in the online forum .

Editing with Kate! Case studies are used in all sorts of fields to take a problem or issue, look for a solution, and present solutions. Case studies can be help provide solutions to a problem. Different fields use them differently. Businesses might use them to showcase how they solved a problem for one customer and can do it for you too. Clinical case studies can apply to helping with a medical pr...

Information Literacy The field of adult education has historic connections to education for citizenship and for building democracy. This kind of education introduced people wishing to achieve citizenship to information that includes literacy in the language of that country, as well as its organization, ways of work and production, and cultural heritage. On this episode, Dr. Lilian Hill explores ho...

Information Literacy We have discussed the dangers embedded in algorithms in previous episodes. Therefore, there is a need for oversight and regulation. On this episode, Dr. Lilian Hill talks about the efforts to regulate algorithms, provides a historical perspective, and explains what is being done in the U.S. and other countries. Listen to the episode and join in the online forum . References Fe...

Information Literacy Gender bias pervades many aspects of our daily experiences, and even our thinking, it is no surprise that it also exists in algorithms. Algorithms affects our lives. On this episode, Dr. Lilian Hill talks about how gender bias influences algorithmic outcomes. Listen to the episode and join in the online forum .

Information Literacy Algorithms have permeated many aspects of everyday life. Algorithms influence culture. On this episode, Dr. Lilian Hill discusses the relationship of algorithms and culture. Listen to the episode and join in the online forum . References Carah, N. (2017, August 16). Algorithmic culture and machine learning. http://nicholascarah.com/log/2017/8/15/algorithmic-culture-and-machine...

Information Literacy Algorithms are highly efficient at automating laborious functions and have permeated into many aspects of our everyday life, but their characteristics can have devastating consequences. On this episode, Dr. Lilian Hill discusses the characteristics of algorithms and why adult educators should be concerned about them. Listen to the episode and join in the online forum . Referen...

Information Literacy Algorithms can influence decision-making about college admissions, healthcare, criminal justice, legal, housing, and much more. It is important to recognize that there are problems in the way algorithms can incorporate existing human biases and magnify them through Artificial Intelligence and machine learning. On this episode of Information Literacy, moderated by Lilian Hill,...

Information Literacy Algorithms have more influence than we know. Algorithms are embedded in the software program we use every day and may keep track of our personal information. This episode explores algorithms more deeply – why they are difficult to understand, how should we view them, and recognize their goals and objectives. This episode is a follow-up to the first episode on Information Liter...