| 1 | | Welcome & Keynote: Shaping the Future: Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and the Transformation of Adult Distance Learning | Simone C.O. Conceição, Ph.D. |
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| 3 | | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 4 | | AI is eliminating junior jobs—how can adult education restore the talent pipeline? | Oded Israeli |
| 5 | | First-Time Academic Mothers’ Situated Informal Learning via Social Media | Yinyin Zhou |
| 6 | | Learning through volunteering at a midwestern arboretum | Julie Galliart |
| 7 | | Intergenerational learning: Building a comprehensive theory beyond mere contact | Younghyun Kim |
| 8 | | Credentials of Value? Refining a System-Level Approach to Include Non-Credit Learner | Jessica Turner |
| 9 | | Intergenerational Perspectives on LGBTQ Inclusivity in Taiwanese Higher Education | Jannette Gutierrez |
| 10 | | Bridging the Generational Divide in Adult Education: A Transformative Approach | Uchenna Beatrice Oviri |
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| 12 | | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 13 | | #Bridging_Gaps: Intergenerational informal learning through digital media after retirement | JIYEA PARK, Park |
| 14 | | Determinants of informal learning participation among adult workers: A cross-country comparison using machine learning algorithms | Chang Sung Jang, Ph.D. |
| 15 | | Answering the “call to cohort:” Takeaways from piloting a studio for designing dissertation research | Trisha Barefield |
| 16 | | Designing Training Programmes to Support Mid-Career Transitions | Sunny Leong |
| 17 | | Why choose this program? An exploration of adult learners’ program decision choice factors using Q-Methodology | Ann Herd, Ph.D. |
| 18 | | The Possibility of Bridging the Digital Divides | Johnson Ugochukwu Ofoegbu, PhD |
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| 20 | | BREAK | |
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| 22 | | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 23 | | Affinity groups: History, roles, and current challenges | Wendy M Green, PhD |
| 24 | | Latent class analysis of working adults’ learning patterns: Examining the use-it-or-lose-it principle | Jaehong Joo, Song |
| 25 | | Mitigating Veteran Imposter Syndrome in Workforce Transitions: The Hunter Model for HRD Professionals | Yvonne Hunter |
| 26 | | TikTok refugees and cyber coloniality: Rethinking language, power, and public pedagogy on Xiaohongshu | Xun Ril Li |
| 27 | | Trust me, trust the process, and trust yourself! Adult learners and trust during online learning | Brittany Hyden, PhD |
| 28 | | Holistic Health and Social Work Approaches to Education | Shantice Wright |
| 29 | | Faculty Readiness and Integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Teaching and Learning | Dr Yvette Ussher |
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| 31 | | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 32 | | Journeying Through: A Tale of an ESL Online Learning Community | Yuan Zhang |
| 33 | | Mentoring Adult Learners in the Online Environment | Dr. Tennille Lasker-Scott |
| 34 | | The relationship between work autonomy and skills use among adult workers: A serial mediation model | Ryong Jae Lee |
| 35 | | Optimizing workforce strategies in the aggregates industry: A case study in strategic human resource management | Carla C. Flores |
| 36 | | Restructuring the Narrative of Miss Laura's: Tourist Attraction to House Museum | Micki Voelkel |
| 37 | | Utilizing AI to bridge the generational divide for adult learners | Shurla Charles-Forbes |
| 38 | | Lifelong Education in China: The changing landscapes of adult education | Qi Sun |
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| 40 | | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 41 | | Andragogy in the Courtroom: Enhancing the Search for Justice through Adult Learning | Grant Shostak |
| 42 | | Conceptualizing liminal processes as reflexive facilitation for transformative change | David Willis |
| 43 | | Food security literacy among adults: Cross-national pragmatic perceptions of experts | Sneha Roy |
| 44 | | Tanner’s Clinical Judgment Model as a conceptual framework for decision-making in a literature review | Deana L. Wilhoite, MS, RN |
| 45 | | The adults aren’t okay: Perspectives on trauma and persistence in adult education | Sarah Haroon Sualehi |
| 46 | | Understanding AI Adoption Among Laity and Clergy | Dr. Michael D Porterfield, Ph.D. |
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| 48 | | BREAK | |
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| 50 | | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 51 | | Cartography of epistemic Justice: Remapping where and with whom knowledge lives | Makena Neal |
| 52 | | Fluent in the Future: Building AI Literacy Through Microlearning for Educators and Adult Learners | Crystal Donlan, M.Ed., D.Ed.(c) |
| 53 | | Supporting Military Veterans’ Workforce Transition Through Adult and Continuing Education | Katrina White |
| 54 | | Spirituality for Holistic Learning: Challenges, Potentials, and Trends | Shannon Perry |
| 55 | | Understanding the multiple dimensions of faculty wellness in higher education: Exploring a holistic support approach | Qi Sun |
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| 57 | | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 58 | | Bridging Language Education's Theory–Practice Divide: The Interplay of Theoretical and Practical Approaches in Language Learning | Sedighe Zamani Roodsari |
| 59 | | How do part-time graduate students apply learning on DEI from a classroom to the workplace? | Eunbi Sim |
| 60 | | Planning the next wave of AI-powered business process workflows: A distribution company case study. | Yugant Patra |
| 61 | | Inclusion when Excluded: Promoting Inclusion in Adult Education Amidst Uncertainty & Change | Jay Birkhoff |
| 62 | | Toward a Decolonized Andragogy: Addressing the Limits of Neoliberal Adult Education | Derron Borders |
| 63 | | Transformative learning in the age of AI: Rethinking workforce development for adult learners | Supritha Kannan |
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| 65 | | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 66 | | Beyond Utility: Reframing Mature Learner Engagement Through Existential Meaning-Making | Nancy Pratt |
| 67 | | Critical narrative inquiry: Deconstructing settlement/integration stories of diverse international students at a major Canadian college | Benjamin Torhide Denga |
| 68 | | Exploring the impact of long covid on faculty life and work | Dr. Andrea Nikischer |
| 69 | | The critical role of sleep to continuing education and continuing professional development | Thomas J. Van Hoof, MD, EdD |
| 70 | | What generative potential does a complex systems framework hold for career development? Learning from experiences | Lynn M. Ramsey, MEd |
| 71 | | Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z: Meeting adult online learning needs across generations | Dr. Catherine A. Cherrstrom |
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| 73 | | Concurrent Sessions | |
| 74 | | Bridging Generations: Harnessing Digital Tools to Train and Empower Older Adult Volunteers | Marjorie Woodhurst Kersey |
| 75 | | Empowering women in STEM: Unpacking the support systems for senior-level leaders | Katelyn Andersen |
| 76 | | Equine-inspired pedagogy: Teaching with empathy, patience, and partnership | Gwen Scott Ruttencutter, PhD |
| 77 | | Learning from the Past and Building the Future: Competency and High-Impact Credentialing | Michael Hererra |
| 78 | | Promoting Student Success in Online Learning Environments: A Case Study of Bryan University | Valerie Akbulut |
| 79 | | Reassessing Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of AI: Institutional Endorsement and Educators’ Challenges | Dr. Hany Zaky, (Ed. D.) |
| 80 | | Crossroads of change: Intergenerational and international shifts in contemporary adult education | Fatima Bailey |
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| 82 | | Closing | |
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| 85 | | Virtual Posters | |
| 86 | | CULTIVATING INTERGENERATIONAL LEARNING: A CALL FOR INCLUSIVE ADULT EDUCATION | Dushani Eshwaran |
| 87 | | Healing from post-COVID teacher burnout: An autoethnographical investigation on bridging professional & mental health divides | Dr. Kerrin Ingram |
| 88 | | Bridging the Gap: Teaching Advanced Health Assessment in Distance Education Using Virtual Simulation | Susan Blankenship |