March Summary

Monthly Summary – March
Andragogy

As we are now approaching the end of March and Spring Break is behind us. Our group began the month by wrapping up our program investigation. Through our investigation, we reviewed “Corporate Training Consultants Inc.”, targeting adults seeking higher education and “Road Scholars”, offering learning adventures across all 50 states of America and over 150 different countries. We took the knowledge we gained from our program investigations and transformed the concepts of each and developed a program design targeted at a specific group of adult learners.

In creating our program design, we wanted to focus on providing a unique opportunity for elderly learners to take initiative to fulfill learning needs at a reasonable cost. We felt that developing a program specifically geared towards the older adults will offer enhanced quality of life by traveling and social interactions shared with other members with similar interests. We also felt that in collaboration with community groups and resources for the aging population will assist in development of our program, create awareness and understand the needs of our community. With this information we are able to offer classes or programs in which the older adult population will find interest and value through education.

For the month of March we have continued to work together as a group providing feedback in program design development and each contributing based on the needs of the project. Each one of us taking on different tasks in which we feel we are most comfortable and contribute the most value to our team. Each member of the group has taken an element of the project and offered their contribution to the overall project’s success. We are continuing to work on our communication as a group, primarily through email to ensure all of us are on the same page and aware of our own duties.

The next month we will be sending our course design to educators who will evaluate our syllabus. Following the evaluation, our group will reflect upon their responses and offer potential ways to improve our course if deemed necessary. Lastly, we will wrap up with a project demonstration using a source of media in which we feel most comfortable. This will be shared on our blog for our classmates to view. In the end, we hope to provide an excellent program design in the area of andragogy and how it can create unique learning opportunities for older adults.

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