This module will be especially useful to administrators who seek to create “expert learning systems”— interrelated learning communities—where all individuals (teachers, volunteers, administrators, etc.) are expert learners who can assess their own needs, set personal and professional learning goals, and monitor their progress. ​Topics included in this module include the importance of dismantling discrimination and supporting individual variability when designing expert learning systems.

The purpose of this module is to introduce adult educators to two key terms: self-advocacy and learner agency. By completing this module, educators will learn the value these concepts bring to the classroom and identify ways they can design learning environments to facilitate and build self-advocacy and learner agency among their learners.

Adults need to feel a sense of belonging in the classroom. This module focuses on strategies for developing a sense of belonging for adult learners and allows educators to reflect on why teaching adults is different than teaching children. Strategies for how adult educators can support community building in the classroom and beyond are also included.

This module expands the view of literacy to include reading, writing, and other forms of media. The concepts in this module will help adult educators reflect on current approaches and consider new strategies to ultimately help adult learners see why reading and writing truly matter, therefore providing them with the motivation to persevere even when presented with difficulties.