This paper explores experience that is both misconstrued and under theorized in adult education. Human expressed the public sphere as motivation for social political change. The connections among experience, sphere, democracy are identified. allies exploring role of education John Dewey Jack Mezirow's transformation theory their understanding a basis outlining more critical theory-inspired reco...

We analyze information aggregation in a stopping game with uncertain common payoffs. Players learn from their own private experiences as well as by observing the actions of other players. We give a full characterization of the symmetric mixed strategy equilibrium, and show that information aggregates in randomly occurring exit waves. Observational learning induces the players to stay in the gam...

This study investigates the case-based learning experience of 133 undergraduate veterinarian science students. Using qualitative methodologies from relational Student Learning Research, variation in the quality of the learning experience was identified, ranging from coherent, deep, quality experiences of the cases, to experiences that separated significant aspects, such as the online case histo...

Collaborative Learning (CL), where students work together to develop shared understanding, is effective within the classroom. By co-constructing knowledge, learners benefit from the collective experience of others to supplement their learning. However, the extent to which students engage in collaborative activity outside of formal learning, and the basis of perceptions of the value of CL, is la...

This paper provides insight into the way in which distance learning had changed over the past 30 years from the perspective of the author as a distance learning student. The question is then asked as to whether current practice is reducing flexibility for distance learning students? The paper starts with a discussion of flexible learning and the different factors that need to be considered when...

Reinforcement learning algorithms typically require too many ‘trial-and-error’ experiences before reaching a desirable behaviour. A considerable amount of ongoing research is focused on speeding up this learning process by using external knowledge. We contribute in several ways, proposing novel approaches to transfer learning and learning from demonstration, as well as an ensemble approach to c...

Human learners appear to have inherent ways to transfer knowledge between tasks. That is, we recognize and apply relevant knowledge from previous learning experiences when we encounter new tasks. The more related a new task is to our previous experience, the more easily we can master it. Common machine learning algorithms, in contrast, traditionally address isolated tasks. Transfer learning att...

Educators have recognized that curricula must become more focused on developing student skills and less focused on memorization of rules. Increasing demands on student time make it necessary for students to access learning support tools on demand. Successful curricula give students opportunities for active learning and opportunities to be self-regulated learners. Teaching students how to be act...

One of the greatest challenges facing neuroscience is Advances in our understanding of learning and memthe understanding of human memory. Over the years, ory have come from studies conducted in a variety of studies have repeatedly shown the exquisite precision organisms, ranging from invertebrates, such as Aplysia in how the brain develops, how information is integrated and Drosophila, to human...