EDAE 620 - Processes and Methods of Instruction

Processes and methods including helping theories used by adult learning facilitators.

Textbooks and Materials

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.

Required

• Adult Learning Methods: A Guide for Effective Instruction, 3rd Ed. (2004)
  M.W. (Ed) Galbraith
  ISBN: 157524232X
• Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms, 2nd Ed. (2009)
  Richardson, W
  ISBN: 978-1-4129-5972-8
  Not available at the CSU Bookstore
• Tuesdays with Morrie (2007)
  Albion, M
  Not available at the CSU Bookstore

Galbraith, M. (2004). Adult Learning Methods: A Guide for Effective Instruction. 3rd Edition. Krieger. 1-57524-232-X

Albon, M. (2007). Tuesdays with Morrie. Doubleday

Richardson, W. (2009). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. 2nd Edition. 978-1-4129-5972-8

Instructors

Karen Kaminski
(970) 491-3713
karen.kaminski@colostate.edu

Dr. Karen Kaminski has been teaching for the Master's of Adult Education and Training for ten years. Her expertise is in instructional design and development including face-to-face and distance learning. She has supported faculty for over fifteen years in preparing to teach via distance technologies.

Jeffrey Foley

Jeff joins the Adult Education and Training faculty after twenty years as an outdoor educator and twenty years in emergency services. Jeff is a mountain guide and experiential educator; he has worked in the field and served as the director for Outward Bound and the Outdoor Leadership Program at Colorado Mountain College. Many of Jeff’s research and publications center around developing learning outcomes and learning assessment of students engaged in experiential education.

Jeff also serves as the Director of Emergency Management in Lake County, Colorado. Jeff’s emergency services work centers around emergency management, fire, emergency medical response, hazardous materials response, special operations, and search and rescue

Jeff has a Ph.D. from the Community College Leadership Program in the School of Education at Colorado State University. Jeff graduated from the Adult Education and Training program in 2001. He has come back to instruct in this program because of the impact and success this program has helped him achieve.