Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i9JMIka09764; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 18:18:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 18:18:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <32618204.1098224127336.JavaMail.root@grover.psp.pas.earthlink.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Mary Ann Corley <macorley1@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3321] Meeting of the Minds Symposium, December 9-11 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Earthlink Zoo Mail 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Status: O Content-Length: 1999 Lines: 12 National Adult Education Practitioner-Researcher Symposium: A Meeting of the Minds The program schedule for the Meeting of the Minds Symposium is now available on the Symposium Web site, www.researchtopractice.org. Join us for this exciting dialogue among adult education researchers, practitioners, and policy makers! The Symposium, scheduled for December 9-11, 2004 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sacramento, California, is sponsored by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), the California Department of Education (CDE), and the California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project (CALPRO). Nationally recognized adult education researchers will discuss their studies in such areas as reading, learner persistence, instructional paradigms, technology, authentic materials, health literacy, writing, standards-based reform, adult multiple intelligences, and many more. Presenters include Hal Beder, Alisa Belzer, Beth Bingman, John Comings, Larry Condelli, Charles Darrah, Ellie Drago-Severson, John Fleischman, Paul Gerber, Marilyn Gillespie, Erik Jacobson, Silja Kallenbach, Rima Rudd, Cristine Smith, Regie Stites, John Strucker, Heide Wrigley, and others. The Thursday morning (December 9) opening session will address “How to be a Wise Consumer of Research” and will provide participants with tools to evaluate research findings. Throughout the symposium, each research presentation will be followed by (1) a panel of practitioners who will respond to the presentations, and (2) group discussions among participants who will share their reactions and explore implications from their perspectives as practitioners, researchers, and policy makers. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to learn about current adult education research and to explore implications for your work! Registration is limited to the first 300 people. Visit the Symposium Web site and register now! -Mary Ann Corley, Ph.D. CALPRO Director and Symposium Coordinator
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