Walters, ShirleyFebruary, Colette AnnFaculty of Education2013-11-212024-04-122009/10/302009/10/302013-11-212024-04-122007https://hdl.handle.net/10566/10549Magister Educationis - MEdThis Research sets out to understand the participation experiences of a selected group of adult learners at one of the partner institutionsof the online Intercontinental Masters in Adult Learning and Global Change. The study offers an understanding of adult learners' experiences of success and persistence in relation to online study within a higher education context, and also offers insights into what may costitute successful learning communities. In relation to literature, , the student perceptions obtained via the study largely affirm what 'successiful' can mean to a group of postgraduate adult learners in an online learning environment. This stidy also contributes to the ongoing conversation in terms of the unique experiences of students in one particular cohort of the programme.enAdult educationOnline EducationThesisUniversity of the Western Cape