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From: "David Collings" <david@collings.com>
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Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2952] Re: Supported Distance Learning
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Tommy, I am responding to your question about ALT or ALTN -- the Adult
Literacy and Technology Network (altn.org). ALTN is in the process of
launching partnerships with several national adult education
organizations. These relationships allow ALTN to bring
technology-related pre-conference workshops and concurrent sessions to
several major conferences each year. The following groups have agreed
to partner with ALTN in this way:
* American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE
-- aaace.org)
* Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE -- coabe.org)
* Correctional Education Association (CEA -- ceanational.org)
* ProLiteracy Worldwide (proliteracy.org)
ALTN workshops for the ProLiteracy conference in Washington, D.C. are
set for Nov. 13 & 14 and for the AAACE conference in Detroit on Nov. 18
& 19. Read more at altn.org/conference.html or email me with further
questions.
David
David Collings
Chair, Adult Literacy and Technology Network
ALTN.ORG
david@collings.com
-----Original Message-----
From: nifl-technology@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-technology@nifl.gov] On
Behalf Of Tommy B. McDonell
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:28 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2928] Re: Supported Distance Learning
David, hello. Your topic interests me greatly. I've just been hired
(perhaps, see problem) to design five online classes in ESL for a
specific population of people who are here for a year on visas. I am
also a consultant on a online project for the UN. I am, in my spare time
(!) considering developing online classes through a family foundation I
run for people who live in NYC but can't attend classes. So I'm very
interested in this discussion.
I just finished an online class where we were given the opportunity to
use a new piece of software called textweave.
One problem I have and this may not be a problem yet to members out
there, is, who owns the material put online. And is it free?
There are some very good online sites for teachers, but most of the
online student sites, I find, aren't lessons, but a hodge podge of
material for students. This unsequenced learning may not, and often is
not, the best.
BTW, whatever happened to ALT?
T
Tommy B. McDonell
Adjunct Instructor,
Marymount Manhattan College
Doctoral Candidate in TESOL-NYU
tommy.mcdonell@nyu.edu
212-414-8513 home before 10PM
212-414-1293 fax
----- Original Message -----
From: "David J. Rosen" <DJRosen@theworld.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 11:09 AM
Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2921] Supported Distance Learning
> Hello NIFL-Technology Colleagues,
>
> I am delighted to have this opportunity, while Emily is vacationing,
> to raise some issues I have been thinking about. Let's begin with
> (supported, mixed, or hybrid model) distance learning for
> ABE/ESL(ESOL) students.
>
> To begin, distance learning for basic skills adult students is now a
> reality in many states. At least fourteen states, for example, are
> part of a U.S. ED- and state-supported national research and
> development effort, Project IDEAL, led by Jerome Johnston and Shannon
> J. Young at the University of Michigan. [ http://projectideal.org/ ]
> In 2001-2002, in California alone, over 38,000 adult basic skills
> students were enrolled in distance learning courses. Over 35,000 of
> these were ESL students. (Source: CASAS, 2002 ).
>
> I would like distance learning, especially supported distance
> learning, to be a regular topic of discussion here. So, to begin, I
> have some questions for those who are operating distance learning
> programs:
>
> 1) For whom are your programs intended?
> a) GED or other adult secondary education level students seeking a
> diploma?
> b) Immigrants seeking to learn/improve English skills? If so at what
> levels?
> c) Students already enrolled in face-to-face classes who want extra
> practice or instruction ("video, TV, or computer-based homework")
> d) ??
>
> 2) What kinds of people apply? Those you were expecting? Others? What
> have you learned about the demand for DL from those who have applied?
>
> 3) What have you learned about marketing, recruiting, orientation,
> enrollment, and support of students who are enrolled?
>
> If you have operated a distance learning program for adult basic
> skills students, please let's hear from you. If you know others who
> are not yet subscribed to NIFL-Technology but who might enjoy -- and
> contribute to -- this discussion, please ask them to join by going to:
> http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/nifl-technology/
> technology_literacy.html
>
> If you are not operating a distance learning program, but are thinking
> about it and have some questions, what are your questions?
>
> David J. Rosen
> Guest Moderator, NIFL-Technology
> DJRosen@theworld.com
>
>
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