Notes and News
By Ireta Ekstrom

Hello everyone,
This month’s newsletter is focusing on adult learners. Jennifer Cochran and Shelly Boardman have written an article for us titled Using Rubrics to Effect Authentic Assessment of Adult Learners. We also have a book review of Ronald Berk’s book, Professors are from Mars, Students are from Snickers by Jay Griesser.

FaCIT’s site has some good articles about adult learners to check out, too. The compendium includes theories, resource guides, and characteristics as well as organizations, associations and some ERIC articles.

The tip of the trade this month is about modifying the navigation buttons in your Blackboard course shell. And don’t forget to check out the First Friday announcement, too. The topic is Teaching with Technology and is at a new time – Friday morning.

I hope you are enjoying the leap into fall weather we’ve had as well as your final weeks of the semester.

Until next time,
Ireta