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Adventure learning is a hybrid distance education approach pioneered at St. Thomas University in the 1990s and defined in 2006 by Aaron Doering of the University of Minnesota. History [ edit ]
Davidson & Associates, Inc. was an American developer of educational software based in Torrance, California.The company was founded in 1984 by husband-and-wife Bob and Jan Davidson, the latter of whom led the company as president until January 1997.
The Language Learning Centre, established in July 2021, is a place for editors who may frequently translate articles from other Wikipedias and use a variety of different languages sources to develop their skills so that they can at least improve their understanding of text on another language Wikipedia and not solely rely on automated translation.
Adventure education is the promotion of learning through adventure centered experiences. Adventure centered experiences can include a wide variety of activities, due to the different ways people experience adventure. Outdoor sports, challenge courses, races, and even indoor activities can be used in adventure education.
Aaron Doering (born 1971 in Good Thunder, Minnesota) is an American explorer, author, public speaker, and adventure learning pioneer. He was a full professor at the University of Minnesota until 2019, [1] and the director and co-founder of the Learning Technologies Media Lab. Doering is a laureate of the humanitarian Tech Awards, and was a fellow for the University of Minnesota Institute on ...
Humak University of Applied Sciences offers a bachelor's degree in Adventure and Outdoor Education in its English language programme focusing on the technical skills for the adventure sports and pedagogy, tourism and entrepreneurship. Annually 20 students are taken in to the programme. [22]
[2] [3] [4] Experiential learning is distinct from rote or didactic learning, in which the learner plays a comparatively passive role. [5] It is related to, but not synonymous with, other forms of active learning such as action learning, adventure learning, free-choice learning, cooperative learning, service-learning, and situated learning. [6]
: In 1988, Berlitz International, Inc. acquired Language Institute for English (L.I.F.E.), which later became ELS Language Centers. [17] Second Language Testing, Inc.: Specializes in the development of second language proficiency tests and the translation and adaptation of standardized achievement tests to students' native languages and ...