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General Resources and Organizations

American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE)
Association for Non-Traditional Students in Higher Education (ANTSHE) with a good set of useful links
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
Nonformal Education Manual, thru Chapter 4 (local copy), Peace Corps
Nonformal Education Manual, Chapter 5 and beyond (local copy), Peace Corps
Adult and Continuing Education, from Yahoo
Adult and Continuing Education Organizations, from Yahoo
Adult & Continuing Education, from Teach-nology
Adult & Continuing Education, Professional Organizations, from Teach-nology
Community Colleges for Innovative Technology Transfer (CCITT) "CCITT is a national consortium of community colleges committed to incorporating innovative technological dimensions into existing and future educational programs and services. The CCITT member colleges are affiliated with NASA centers or Department of Defense locations ...."

Schools, Courses, and Projects

See Professional Continuing Education on Military Education Online page
Community College of the Air Force (CCAF)
Academic Instructor School (AIS) "the teacher's college of the Air Force"
SpaceTEC, "is a national partnership formed to develop and operate a national aerospace science Technical Education Center of Excellence" supported by the Community Colleges for Innovative Technology Transfer (CCITT)
Continuing Legal Education
Paralegal Continuing Education

The Adult Learner

30 Things We Know For Sure About Adult Learners - excellent
Applying Principles of Adult Learning - The Key to More Effective Training Programs (local copy), by Kennedy, in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Nontraditional Training Systems - Realizing the Effectiveness of an Agency’s Most Valuable Resource (local copy), by Della, in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin - includes tools and models for adult learning concepts
The Adult Learner in the Workplace
- Seven Characteristics of Highly Effective Adult Learning Programs
Adult Literacy and Adult Learning resources
The Adult Learner
Assumptions About the Adult Learner - from The Nebraska Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy
Adult Learning Theory: A Resource Guide - theories and resources
Malcolm Knowles: Apostle of Andragogy
Andragogy - overview of Knowles' theory on adult learners
Knowles: Studying the Adult Learner -- VERY brief overview
Principles of Adult Learners - outline based on work of Malcolm Knowles

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