the adult learner

Experienced in working in teams and with a background in dealing with a variety of people and personalities, the adult learner tends to adapt and navigate easily to this online environment. They are more likely, as demonstrated in our class, to create a respectful environment and observe the rules of netiquette without being reminded. Their reasons for being online is to engage openly and candidly with issues within a community of the like-minded and look at confrontations as a learning experience rather than as a “fight or flight” situation.