Making Learning Stick: Success in Higher Education as a Working Adult Student

August 21, 2024 / 12:00 pm (EDT)–12:40 pm (EDT)

Thinking of returning to school while working or already enrolled and wondering how to keep your head above water? This webinar will provide you with some easy strategies to help you succeed.

Topics include:  

  • transfer of learning 
  • the learning process
  • learning styles 
  • theories of adult learning 
  • learning strategies 
  • the neuroscience of learning

Jeannine Wonderling

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Assistant Director, Education Alliance Programs

Jeannine Wonderling is an Assistant Director of Education Alliance Partnerships with Penn State World Campus.  She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Master of Science in Workforce Education, both from Penn State.  She additionally instructs undergraduate courses in Workforce Education for the College of Education.

The RN to BSN program requires you to have a valid RN license or to have earned one within your first semester of the program.

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The DNP – Nurse Practitioner program requires you to be licensed to practice professional nursing in the state of Pennsylvania, or to be licensed prior to being admitted into the program.

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The Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Graduate Certificate program requires you to be licensed to practice professional nursing in the state of Pennsylvania, or to be licensed prior to being admitted into the program.

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The Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Graduate Certificate program requires you to be licensed to practice professional nursing in the state of Pennsylvania, or to be licensed prior to being admitted into the program.

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The Family/Individual Across the Lifespan Nurse Practitioner Graduate Certificate program requires you to be licensed to practice professional nursing in the state of Pennsylvania, or to be licensed prior to being admitted into the program.

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