How to Teach Adults Technology

Computer technology is everywhere, even in the cash registers at the fast-food restaurant and in modern car light switches. Adults can be intimidated by technology even though it's all around them. But you can create a learning-friendly environment for the older adults to help them get the most out of this modern world.

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Instructions

  1. How to Teach Adults Technology

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      Determine the technological proficiencies of your students. Rewrite your traditional course syllabus to reflect those proficiencies and to provide real-life examples of how the technology being taught will be used so adult students will be encouraged to accept, and learn about, the new technology.

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      Provide hands-on learning with the new technology. You can set up a lab or provide assignments that the adult students can apply to their classroom learning. Encourage their attempts and commend their successes.

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      Set up study work groups for the class. Pair students or divide them into groups. Assign the pairs or groups a technology-based group assignment so the adult students can learn from the experiences of others.

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      Provide outside-the-classroom optional workshops so the students can learn technology at their own pace, practicing the skills they learned in class and in the study work group.

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