Penn State Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

03/26/2025

11/21/2024

The new issue of The American Journal of Distance Education is out and highlights Advancing Equity and Innovation - Past and Future of Global Online and Distance Education. The Lifelong Learning and Adult Education program features a graduate certificate in the study of distance education.

Published in American Journal of Distance Education (Vol. 38, No. 4, 2024)

11/15/2024

Please join our Penn State-University Park Lifelong Learning and Adult Education (https://ed.psu.edu/LLAED) Program for an information session on our graduate programs. We are currently accepting applications for our Online M.Ed. in LLAED, Online D.Ed. with an emphasis in LLAED, and our residential D.Ed. and Ph.D. programs in LLAED.

Friday, November 22, 12-1 PM (EST)
Register at the link below or scan the QR code https://psu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvdu2rqD4uGt2nAxTPsiI8xaAKrcQwd6hS

Contact Dr. Jose Cossa (Professor-in-Charge) with questions: [email protected]

10/11/2024

Talk With Me Toolkits Webinar
October 17th, 2-3 pm EST
Register here https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_I2MjwRwqRfaYzKRiPUNQzg #/registration .

Learn how to use the Smithsonian Institution's free, online learning resources in programming for families with young children (age 4-8). The Talk with Me Toolkits (TMTs) feature high-quality artifacts (photos, videos, paintings, artwork) from the Smithsonian's world-renowned digital collection and provide caregivers with questions to start conversations with their children. They also include new vocabulary words, hands-on activities, and 3 recommended picture books. Each TMT follows a theme such as "Who lives in the soil?" and "Can it fly?"

Supported by an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant, 6 TMTs have been re-designed based on rigorous feedback from families and librarians at 4 Family Place Libraries across the USA. Learn how the TMTs can foster fun family learning and interaction through your library, community program, family literacy program, early childhood education site, or school.

Family Place Libraries, the Goodling Institute at Penn State University

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Talk With Me Toolkits Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

09/09/2024

Join us for Building, Maintaining, Sustaining: Vision and Vital Partnerships in Learning Cities: A virtual meeting of the North American Alliance of Learning Cities (NAALC) on September 23, 2024, 11:00 – 12:00 EST. This meeting will be co-hosted by the Coalition of Lifelong Learning Organizations (COLLO) and the North American Alliances of Learning Cities (NAALC) and will feature ‘Good News!’ from Denis Barret of Cork Learning City and the Irish Network of Learning Cities, and ‘Lessons Learned’ with NAALC Co-founders, Madeline Typadis Snow and Margaret Shanahan, on the fifth anniversary of NAALC’s founding and the development of lifelong learning initiatives in Lowell, Massachusetts. Attendees are invited to engage in a Q & A with the guest speakers directly following the webinar.

Pre-registration is required by September 22nd at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErd-ChrDwrG9OoDLzz492MR7WXtbFPEgjR

For more information, feel free to email Christy Rhodes at [email protected] or Annalisa Raymer at [email protected].

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Sustainability and Creating Sustainable Networks of Learning Cities, Lifelong Learners and Lifelong Partnerships Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

09/06/2024

The new issue is out!

Volume 38, Issue 3 of American Journal of Distance Education

08/23/2024

Ph.D. student Eric J. Hunting was elected to the CIES UREAG (Under-represented Racial, Ethnic, and Ability Groups) board as Secretary. This is the second year that Eric has served in this role after being elected after the 2023 CIES annual meeting in Washington, D.C. UREAG is one of the CIES's standing committees that helps to remove barriers to participation at the CIES annual conferences, increase access to publication of professional articles, and sponsors events relevant to UREAG. To read more about UREAG and what the committee has been up to, you can check out the most recent newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/1e117c849d86/cies-ureag-newsletter-march-2024

https://cies.us/committees/

The Underrepresented Racial, Ethnic, and Ability Group (UREAG) Standing Committee strives to remove barriers to participation in the CIES, at CIES Annual Conferences, and in access to publication of professional articles. The committee aims to increase the participation of under-represented racial,....

08/14/2024

https://kvia.com/news/2024/08/11/fort-bliss-soldiers-graduate-with-masters-degrees/

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Twelve sergeants major from Fort Bliss, Texas, are marking a significant achievement as they graduate with master’s degrees from Penn State University. The soldiers earned their degrees through the Sergeants Major Academy Fellowship Program, which provides Army-funded scho...