Malcolm Knowles, Andragogy, and Technology, Part I

Pretty clever fellow is Malcolm Knowles. He distinguishes between adult and juvenile learners. The problem is that I don't know which category college freshmen fall into. Suppose I assume that I can apply the assumptions behind andragogy to my teaching. Let's start with the need to know. "Why do I need to know this?" "Why do I have to take this class?" "Will this be on the test?" What college professor hasn't heard those questions before?

Technology can help with the answers. The Internet provides access to a plethora of teaching materials. The problem is where to start. We'll continue this conversation by focusing on learning objects in a future post.