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April 19-23 in the CAISE Forum, a group from the Osher Lifelong Learning Center and their collaborators will lead a discussion about "Learning Science in the Third Age: ISE for Adults Ages 50 to 100." They note that "Compelling changes in demographics and sociocultural characteristics define the 'New Awkward Age' as healthy, educated Boomers age into the ranks of older adults" and that this represents both a challenge and an opportunity for the informal science education community.

The asynchronous discussion will cover topics in adult learning theory; collaborations/partnerships between older adult learning communities and science centers; older adults as a diverse audience (not just volunteers, donors ,or grandparents); and strategies for reaching the healthy, active, curious, aging minds living throughout your community.

People working in all areas of informal science education are invited to join. To join, go to www.connect.astc.org, set up an account, and use the word "informal" to sign in to the the CAISE Forum.

Kali Lightfoot, who'll be leading the discussion, gave a presentation at the March ISE Summit 2010. Her presentation (along with many others) is documented in the "Hot Topics" chapter of the Summit report, which you can find here.