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 h8U0vpV07126; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:57:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:57:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <A6E0A658-F2E0-11D7-91FA-00039381D39E@comcast.net> 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: "David J. Rosen" <djrosen@comcast.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4181] Evidence-based Adult Education System Discussion Work Group X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) Content-Type: text/plain; delsp=yes; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 3419 Lines: 73 Dear Colleague, This is an invitation to join an online discussion workgroup which is forming now and will end in December. The workgroup is intended as a focused discussion for adult education (adult literacy/basic/secondary education and ESL/ESOL) researchers and practitioners who are interested in advising on and helping to develop an evidence-based adult education system in the United States. The discussion will be based on the recently published “Establishing an Evidence-based Adult Education System” downloadable free (as a pdf) from the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) Web site at http://ncsall.gse.harvard.edu/ The discussion is sponsored by NCSALL, will be moderated by me, David J. Rosen, and will take place as an asynchronous threaded discussion (not e-mail, not real-time) on the Community Zero Website. To subscribe to this discussion workgroup, go to http://www.communityzero.com/ebae Choose "Join," and follow the directions from there. If you have difficulty, e-mail me at djrosen@comcast.net and I will help you to join. The paper describes an evidence-based adult education system, suggests a process for developing that system, and sets out initial steps to begin that development. The authors are not asking for a discussion as to whether or not this approach is appropriate for our field. Instead, they are looking for advice on how to ensure that this effort is successful. The discussion will take place primarily during three, two-week periods in October and November, and will focus on the topic listed for each discussion period below. Those who subscribe (at no cost) are expected to participate in all three discussion parts. To actively participate after joining, one needs to go to the Website at least three times during each discussion period, a total of at least nine times from October 14 - November 21. There may also be some follow-up discussion through the end of November and into early December. Discussion Part One: How to Improve the Process for Developing the System Tuesday, October 14 – Friday, October 24 1. How could the process for developing the system, set out on pages 10-15 (Building an Evidence-based Adult Education System, Baseline Program Models for Adult Education, Defining, Testing, and Using the Baseline Program Models, and Establishing an Evidence-based Education System), be improved? 2. How could the initial steps, set out on pages 16-17 (Next Steps), be improved? Discussion Part Two: How to Move Ahead with Implementing the System Monday, October 27 – Friday, November 7 • Defining specific student subgroups based on instructional need and goal • Design of the “baseline models” Discussion Part Three: How to test the effectiveness of the models Monday, November 10 – Friday, November 21 ======================================================================== ================================= To subscribe to the Evidence-based Adult Education discussion work group, go to http://www.communityzero.com/ebae Choose "Join" and follow the directions from there. If you have difficulty, e-mail me at djrosen@comcast.net and I will help you. ======================================================================== ================================= David J. Rosen djrosen@comcast.net EBAE Discussion Moderator
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