"This book explores the integration of adult instruction strategies with assessment. It provides strategies to build professional learning communities within a classroom of adult learners with the objective that these students will carry the professional learning community outside of the classroom"-- Provided by publisher.

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Making instruction work for adult learners / Mitra Fallahi -- Teaching the adult learner : building trust and motivation / Mette L. Baran -- Arts integration techniques in the adult learning environment / Eric J. Dimmitt -- Putting paint to canvas : artful teaching strategies for teachers of adult learners / Clavon Byrd, Sean T. Lansing -- Effective teaching strategies to connect with the adult learners' worldview / Janice E. Jones, Mette L. Baran, Julie A. Steuber -- Theories and practice of humor for adult instruction / Peter Jonas -- Effective online learning for adults : Ragan's principles applied / Darnell J. Bradley -- Professional learning communities and adult learning and teaching : best practices in building a community of learners / Eric Dimmitt -- Application of digital technologies, multimedia, and brain-based strategies : nurturing adult education and lifelong learning / Meei Tyng Chai, Aamir Malik, Mohamad Naufal Mohamad Saad, Nidal Kamel, Mohammad Abdul Rahman -- Adult learners : standards for teacher effectiveness and conditions for optimal learning / Freda Russell -- Assessment of learning in higher education / Mitra Fallahi -- Creating connections : competency-based degree programs and undergraduate capstone courses for adult learners / Carolyn Stevenson.