Malcolm Knowles is acknowledged as the father of adult education. Pedagogy is the science of how we teach, andragogy is the experience of how adults learn.
Knowles' theory can be stated with six assumptions related to motivation of adult learning:[1][2]
- Adults need to know the reason for learning something (Need to Know)
- Experience (including error) provides the basis for learning activities (Foundation).
- Adults need to be responsible for their decisions on education; involvement in the planning and evaluation of their instruction (Self-concept).
- Adults are most interested in learning subjects having immediate relevance to their work and/or personal lives (Readiness).
- Adult learning is problem-centered rather than content-oriented (Orientation).
- Adults respond better to internal versus external motivators (Motivation).
The term has been used by some to allow discussion of contrast between self-directed and 'taught' education.[3]
From wikipedia
This post will hopefully kick off a discussion of what and how you would like to see online resources used to improve the education delivery system here at Tx A & M San Antonio. Some courses are clearly hybrid and others meet more often, but there is still the potential to mix in a lot more content. That content will require a lot more of your time on the net. But it will assure that there is continuous engagement occurring.
Professor Elam 
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