TY - BOOK AU - Vella,Jane Kathryn TI - Taking learning to task: creative strategies for teaching adults SN - 0787952273 PY - 2000/// CY - Calif. PB - Jossey-Bass KW - Adult education KW - Adult learning KW - Learning strategies N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-146) and index; Learning tasks: assumptions and definition -- Comparing teaching tasks amd learning tasks -- Learning tasks as part of a complete design -- Four types of learning tasks -- The power of action:"The verb's the thing" -- Principles to guide design -- The art of leading learning tasks -- Time and the learning task -- Checkpoint: reviewing concepts through examples -- Matching tasks to the group: one size does not fit all -- Tasks for distance learning and the Internet -- Using learning tasks: twenty reasons and twenty principles ER -