Meeting Support Institute

The magazine Convene from PCMA (Professional Convention Management Association) is publishing a series of articles called How Adults Learn. This series of about 10 articles is written by Glen C. Ramsborg, PhD and Sue Tinnish. They are published from 2008 onwards and it will be very useful for those that are interested in the educational side of their meetings. This Convene series, How Adults Learn, is intended to offer meeting professionals a new paradigm, focused on optimizing the adult learning experience. This first article describes how four major factors — learning environments, fragmented audiences, technology, and networks — affect how adults learn.