Audio Interviews

Here’s a way you can find out more about the Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference! Listen to brief audio interviews including:

• an introduction to keynote speaker Dr. Joe Levine
• reflections of past conference participants on the 25th anniversary
• thoughts on adult learning, impact, and technology
• information on the Graduate Student Pre-conference
  

The length of each audio file is listed in parentheses (minutes:seconds). To listen, you need the free Windows Media Player 10 installed on your computer.     

Welcome to the Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference! (2:23)
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Dr. John Henschke of University of Missouri-St. Louis and University of Missouri Extension welcomes conference participants to St. Louis.

Meet Dr. Joe Levine, Keynote Speaker (5:02)
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Keynoter Dr. Joe Levine encourages networking among colleagues and friends and introduces a new online dialogue site (available Sept. 12-Oct. 6).

"So, wadda you do?" (6:04)
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Dr. Joe Levine talks with Dr. John Henschke about his ongoing challenge as an adult educator to answer the frequently-asked question, "So, what do you do?"

Re-empowering ourselves as educators to help adults learn (5:10)
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Dr. Joe Levine and Dr. John Henschke discuss how changes in technology used by adult educators through the years have impacted adult learners. Dr. Levine encourages educators to "help adults learn" rather than focus on "teaching adults."

Impacts of technology on learning (5:48)
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Dr. John Henschke, Dr. Joe Levine, and conference co-chair Tom Titus talk about past challenges to adult educators in using technology.

An invitation to adult education graduate students (3:51)
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Dr. Mary Cooper discusses the Graduate Student Pre-conference and invites feedback from graduate students through an online dialogue (available Sept. 12-Oct. 4).

Thoughts on 25 years of the Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference
Dr. Trenton Ferro and Dr. John Henschke, past conference participants for nearly 25 years, discuss the conference’s silver anniversary and the:

• importance of collegiality (4:55) [LISTEN NOW] [Read transcript]
• link between research and practice (4:28) [LISTEN NOW] [Read transcript]
• personal benefits and graduate student benefits from past conferences (6:13) [LISTEN NOW] [Read transcript]

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