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"Teachers of English Language Learners (ELLs), program administrators, professional development specialists, policy makers, researchers, and other members of the adult ELL educator community, will find new tools and resources here to advance instructional quality and to better serve ELLs. "

"This report addresses the five areas of the 2010 National Eduation Technology Plan produced by the US Office of Education Technology-Learning, Assessment, Teaching, Infrastructure, and Productivity-within the context of adult education."

""It's essential to keep rigorous content standards at the heart of instructional planning, delivery, and evaluation." Christopher Coro, Deputy Director of the Division of Adult Education and Literacy, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE)"

""It's essential to keep rigorous content standards at the heart of instructional planning, delivery, and evaluation." Christopher Coro, Deputy Director of the Division of Adult Education and Literacy, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE)"

"TAACCCT provides community colleges and other eligible institutions of higher education with funds to expand and improve their ability to deliver education and career training programs."

"TAACCCT provides community colleges and other eligible institutions of higher education with funds to expand and improve their ability to deliver education and career training programs."

"This report examines the nature, value, and potential impact of digital badges, an emerging electronic form of recognition of an individual's knowledge and skills."

"This report examines the nature, value, and potential impact of digital badges, an emerging electronic form of recognition of an individual's knowledge and skills."

"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."

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"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."

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.

"Problem/need addressed: The Learner Web Partnership addresses the primary barriers to broadband access and use among adults in the United States: affordability, lack of digital literacy skills, and a perceived lack of content relevant to their daily lives, needs, and future aspirations. These barriers are exacerbated among populations that have the lowest levels of broadband access: primarily low-income adults who lack a high school education. This includes a growing-and increasingly diverse-population of adults from immigrant and language-minority communities."

"Project IDEAL is a consortium of states working together to develop effective distance education programs for adult learners. Through collaborative research and practice, the consortium works to raise the quality of distance education across the country. The Project IDEAL Support Center at the University of Michigan provides member states with technical assistance for program planning, teacher training, and program evaluation. To learn more about the Support Center click on About Us. To learn how membership in the Project IDEAL consortium can benefit your state, click on Member Services. To see what distance education for adult learners is all about, follow the links under Getting Started with Distance Education."

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"This publication series, Learning for Life: The Opportunity for Technology to Transform Adult Education, explores technology readiness, access, and use within various adult education delivery channels, as well as market opportunities, program decision-making processes, and the supplier ecosystem for instructional resources. The research and analysis featured in these publications will assist suppliers, investors, policy professionals, and institutions as they explore opportunities in the adult education market."

"There are thousands of apps you can use for education. Here are the best totally FREE mobile learning apps that can be used on both Android and Mac mobile platforms."

"The report extends a previous analysis of universal instructional design principles in distance education by applying them to the design of mobile learning. Eight principles with particular relevance for distance education are selected, and their recommendations are discussed in relation to the design of educational materials for a range of mobile devices. The problems and opportunities of mobile learning are discussed as is the need for educators to focus on content design issues rather than on searching for the next new technology."

"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."