Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j5NF64G06696; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:06:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:06:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20050623150301.M89356@dawsoncollege.qc.ca> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Linda Shohet" <lshohet@dawsoncollege.qc.ca> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4764] Re: Adult Literacy Education Wiki Update X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2 20031014 Status: O Content-Length: 3657 Lines: 95 David, May I include this on the Summer Institute "wiki" page? Linda On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 08:28:32 -0400 (EDT), David Rosen wrote > Colleagues, > > The Adult Literacy Education(ALE) Wiki is a free, volunteer, online > environment for practitioners, researchers, adult learners and > others who are interested in the connections between research, > professional knowledge, and practice in adult basic education, > adult secondary education, and English language learning. Like > other wikis*, this is a text environment where you can read what > others have written, but also easily contribute your own knowledge, > opinions, findings, and observations. The ALE Wiki includes > discussions and resources on a number of topics ranging from adult > basic literacy, to assessment, workforce and workplace education, > and public policy. The current list of topics will be found below. > In the topic areas are selected discussions which have taken place > on electronic lists such as this one, summaries of these > discussions, links to relevant research, research citations, > bibliographies, glossaries of terms, and other resources. > > The ALE Wiki is a complement to electronic discussion lists; a handy > electronic reference shelf of definitions, research findings, and > theory; and other resources for selected discussion topics which > take place on adult literacy electronic lists. It may also be a > good environment for discussions on adult literacy topics such as > basic literacy, young adult literacy, GED, or Corrections basic > education, which do not have discussion lists dedicated to them. > > Because a wiki is an easily edited document environent, current or > past electronic list discussions can be copied to it, continued at > any time, and referenced (and linked) in future electronic list > discussions. It is also an environment where researchers can > describe their completed and ongoing work, see how practitioners are > reacting to or using their research, and see what questions and > issues practitioners and adult learner leaders think are important > to study. > > By design, a wiki is a participatory environment. Practitioners, > researchers, learners and others are invited to voluntarily add to > and improve the ALE Wiki. > > To visit the Adult Literacy Education Wiki Main page, go to: > > http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Main_Page > > To set up a log-in account, in order to add to the ALE Wiki, go to: > > http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Special:Userlogin > > Discussion Topics > > 1 Basic Literacy > 2 Evidence Based Adult Education > 3 Adult Learners' Self-Study > 4 Learner Persistence > 5 Distance and Persistence > 6 Corrections Education > 7 Assessment Information > 8 Adult Literacy Professional Development > 9 Participatory and Emancipatory Education > 10 Research to Practice, Practice to Research > 11 Accountability > 12 Public Policy > 13 Technology > 14 Workforce, Workplace and Worker Education > 15 Classroom Practices that Work > 16 GED Research > 17 Family Literacy > 18 Learning Disabilities > 19 Numeracy Research and Practice > 20 English for Speakers of Other Languages > 21 Young Adult Literacy > > *wiki wiki is a Hawaiian word meaning "very very quickly" - wiki > alone means "quick." > > David J. Rosen > Adult Literacy Education Wiki Manager > djrosen@comcast.net -- Linda Shohet, PhD Executive Director The Centre for Literacy of Quebec 3040 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec Canada, H3Z 1A4 Tel.:(514) 931-8731, ext. 1411 Fax: (514) 931-5181 E-mail: lshohet@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
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