David Stein

David Stein is associate professor of Workforce Development and Education. His work centers on three elements important to the working adult, adult centered of formal learning organizations, ie post secondary, access and availability, and use of formal learning opportunities. His recent research has focused on how working adult learners make decisions concerning participation, choice, and use of technology in learning settings (formal, nonformal, informal).

• Adult Development and Aging
  • Use of the internet
• Civic Education
• Educational/Instructional Technology
  • Online instructor development
  • Use of electronic tools to design curriculum
• Learning Technologies
  • Developing social, teaching and cognitive presence
  • Pedagogical practices for teaching online
  • Use of discussions for improving critical thinking
• Technology Integration
• Technology Teacher Education
• Workforce Development and Education
  • Adult learning theory
  • Adult teaching(andragogical practices)
  • Program planning