title: Effective learner-centered strategies for teaching adults: using visual media to engage the adult learner.
abstract: This article offers practical guidance for educators as they prepare specialists to enhance the lives and communities of older persons through the strategic use of visual media in age-related courses. Advantages and disadvantages of this learning innovation are provided as well as seven approaches for enriching instruction. Resources are included for locating effective visual media, matching course content with video resources, determining fair use of copyrighted media, and inserting video clips into PowerPoint presentations. Strategies for accessing assistive services for implementing visual media in the classroom are also addressed. This article promotes the use of visual media for the purpose of enriching gerontological and geriatrics instruction for the adult learner.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA. Dennis_Myers@baylor.edu
authors.forename: Dennis R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sykes
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014743:Videotape Recording