Schedule
Daily start & end times for the Virtual Learning Summit:
- 8:00 to 11:30 AM Pacific & Arizona
- 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM Mountain
- 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM Central
- 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM Eastern
The Cycle of Working Adult Learners: Removing Barriers and Building New Pathways*
Presented by the League for Innovation in the Community College in partnership with the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
The Learning Summit will focus on
- How the future of work is shifting education
- Defining the adult learner cycles and support
- Meeting working adult students where they are
- Reinventing approaches or initiatives for effectively serving working adult learners, especially considering COVID-19
The structure of the virtual meeting will include virtual activities during each session to support interactive sessions. Opportunities include participant activities, breakout groups, report outs, and reflection.
Times on this schedule are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-06:00)
HOMEWORK: Opportunity to learn about the basics before we meet. Project: Identify a specific project/initiative that will be your focus for the Summit. Develop questions related to your project: What do you want to learn more about?
Monday, October 5
Learning Objectives. After active participation in today's activities, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the various adult learner principles being utilized in your college
- Describe various adult learner centered initiatives
- Describe best practices in effectively engaging and serving adult learners
- Identify the opportunities and challenges for adult learners
- Identify the adult learning cycle and pathways
9:00 - 9:15 AM MDT Welcome and Introductions
9:15 - 9:55 AM MDT Laying the Groundwork
- The adult learning life cycle
- Opportunities/challenges for colleges in developing adult learner centered initiatives
- Adult learner initiatives
10:00 - 10:45 AM MDT Team Time Focus Your Work: Discussion Activity
(10:45 - 10:50 AM MDT Switch/Break)
10:50 - 11:00 AM MDT Wisdom/Wondering
11:00 - 11:35 AM MDT Welcoming and Supporting Adult Learners
- Common challenges
- The role of transparency and communication
- Strategies emerging through national practice
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM MDT Team Time Your Institution: Discussion Activity
12:15 - 12:30 PM MDT Wisdom/Wondering/Adjourn
Tuesday, October 6
Learning Objectives. After active participation in today's activities, participants will be able to:
- Describe and discuss flexible learning ecosystems that include recognition of prior learning, competency-based education, and program design best practices
- Identify the stakeholders, resources, and training, necessary to develop an adult learner initiative
- Begin to apply this knowledge to the project they have identified for their team and to envision a plan for launching an adult learner initiative
9:00 - 9:15 AM MDT Welcome and Day One Recap
9:15 - 10:00 AM MDT Developing and Embedding Flexible Learning Ecosystems
- Alternative credit pathway strategies
- Workforce and industry partnerships
- Program scope
10:00 - 10:45 AM MDT Team Time Creating Change: Discussion Activity
(10:45 - 10:50 AM MDT Switch/Break)
10:50 - 11:00 AM MDT Wisdom/Wondering
11:00 - 11:35 AM MDT Building Your Ecosystem
- Identifying assets and opportunities
- Removing barriers
- Identifying resources
- Scaling
- Evaluation
(11:35 - 11:40 AM MDT Switch/Break)
11:40 AM - 12:20 PM MDT Team Time Your Work, Your Next Steps
12:20 - 12:30 PM MDT Wrap Up/Adjourn
*This schedule is subject to change.