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Perspective of prison from former prisoner. Recommended by participant in #openabe MOOC

MUST READ for those in #openabe. This is a great summary of design heuristics drawn from various learning theories associated with adult learning.

MUST READ for those in #openabe. This is a great summary of design heuristics drawn from various learning theories associated with adult learning.

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In case you missed it live, here is the recording from the September 15, 2016 Designers for Learning #openabe service-MOOC webinar, along with the slides and text-chat from the session.

"Although nine out of 10 low-income families have Internet access at home, most are underconnected: that is, they have "mobile-only" access - they are able to connect to the Internet only through a smart device, such as a tablet or a smartphone."

Inge de Waard's m-learning courses addressed -- and discussed -- this point. It applies to third health training as much as it urban poverty in the U.S. I also recall an article several years back about inner city youth and parents hunting down hotspots for doing homework and assignments. Both are part of the "new" digital divide ~ not that the "old" one ever went away, claims of the privileged to the contrary. Anyway, I saved the links (hopefully on Diggo) and will look for them. PS I've been using #openabe and #adulted but will add OpenABEMOOC to collection -- blessed be the bulk edit function

Designing a website that also looks good on mobiles is known as responsive web design. There is a mooc on Coursera that teaches this. https://www.coursera.org/learn/website-coding http://www.html5rocks.com/en/mobile/responsivedesign/ http://www.zingdesign.com/responsive-website-design-cheatsheet1/

"This education trends report focuses on two related but distinct challenges confronting state policy leaders and students as they seek to leverage online distance education to meet personal and statewide education goals, namely access to infrastructure and ensuring availability of financial resources."

"The Northstar Digital Literacy Project defines basic skills needed to perform tasks on computers and online. The ability of adults to perform these tasks can be assessed through online, self-guided modules. Included are basic computer digital literacy standards and modules in nine main areas: Basic Computer Use, Internet, Windows Operating System, Mac OS, Email, Microsoft Word, Social Media, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint."

You can use this tool to see the vocabulary frequency of any text. So if you are trying to simplify a text for a remedial reader you can see which vocabulary words need to be simplified first, or scaffolded

Not user friendly, but if you dig its useful.

Basic Math Skills with Lego

~1.2m IL adults have less than a HS ed. IL Comm College Bd progs served ~82K last year. http://bit.ly/1qsXmo0 Need more $ for #AdultEdu

"Bridge programs are a 21st-century idea for helping prepare low-skilled individuals for jobs that require more education. Known by many names-integrated education and training, contextualized learning, embedded skills-bridge programs assist students in obtaining academic, employability, and technical skills they need to enter and succeed in postsecondary education and training and the labor market. BridgeConnect is a national survey designed to help determine the depth and breadth of bridge programs throughout the country. Quantifying the number and types of programs in operation can help policymakers and funders improve both policy and practice related to adult education. A critical mass of bridge programs may suggest the approach is ready for rigorous evaluation; that an effort to formally identify standard of excellence is warranted; or that it is time to identify strategies for scaling up the most effective programs."

Asym formatting provides visual cues. These visual cues help good readers read faster and understand more. These cues also help poor readers have the same saccades as good readers.

"The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy."

Creative Commons Licenses Explained In Plain English

This organization has a website and wiki. The wiki includes tutorials on planning, searching, using, re-mixing and choosing a license for OER materials, as well as links to collections.