Description:
Knowing your content isn't enough when teaching adults online.
You care deeply about your adult learners. You want them truly engaged, motivated, and succeeding, not just clicking through modules while juggling work, family, and life's many demands. Yet despite the boom in online and blended programs, only 28% of institutions say faculty are fully prepared for effective online course design for adult learners. Retention gaps remain wide for adult and non-traditional students, and generic tips or AI quick-fixes keep falling short.
Teaching adults online or in hybrid formats demands a completely different skill set, one most educators never received, whether they are new to online teaching or have years of experience and are seeking stronger strategies.
Practical Strategies for Teaching Adult Learners Online delivers field-tested, research-backed tools that actually work in the real world.
Built from years of classroom experience, rigorous research, and the author's own dissertation, this practical guide helps faculty, instructional designers, and administrators drive real engagement and better outcomes across higher education, healthcare, corporate training, and professional development.
Grounded in Andragogy, the Community of Inquiry framework, Constructivism, and the author's original SPARK Model, the book gives you a clear, repeatable framework for creating dynamic, student-centered experiences. It applies seamlessly to online, blended, hybrid, face-to-face, distance learning, and workshop settings.
With this book, you will:
- Design online, blended, or in-person courses that boost engagement and deliver measurable learning results for adult and non-traditional students
- Apply proven andragogy-based methods to foster collaboration, critical thinking, and self-directed learning
- Keep university students and adult learners motivated and successful, even when life gets in the way
- Leverage technology effectively to create interactive eLearning and impactful professional development workshops
- Strengthen faculty development, advising, student success initiatives, and workplace training programs
Clear, practical, and results-oriented, with strategies you can implement immediately. Educators and instructional designers in higher education, healthcare, and corporate settings are already using the SPARK Model to redesign courses for improved retention and completion rates.
Stop relying on approaches that don't fully match the realities of adult learners in 2026. Equip yourself and your team with proven methods rooted in research and real-world adult learning challenges - whether you're just stepping into online teaching or looking to elevate your existing practice.
Order your copy today and transform how you teach adult learners online.