The M.A.E.A. is designed with adult students in mind, who bring their experiences, expertise, and desire for improving their practice to a collaborative learning setting. While grounding ourselves as co-learners in the prevailing theories and goals in the broad field of adult education and adult learning, the learning activities during the program strengthen practitioners within the intersection of assessing, designing, facilitating, evaluating, and researching best practices.

A focus in all courses and seminars is critically examining theories and practices, so the M.A.E.A. graduate emerges with an expansive, practiced, and applied set of skills to enhance praxis in a selected area. Toward these ends, the M.A.E.A. brings into the classroom the latest in instructional technology, program and course designing, effective learning facilitation, learning theories, presentational skills, Internet-based practices and awareness of emerging issues. The program allows adults to customize portions of study to match individual needs. Mentoring, coaching, and assignments that allow students to apply what they learn in their work or a vocational setting aim at making this a practical, no nonsense, nuts-and-bolts program of study The program can be completed part-time in 2-3 years.   http://www.snl.depaul.edu/prospective/educatingadults.asp