Resources for Adult Basic Education

"The Creative Commons copyright licenses and tools forge a balance inside the traditional "all rights reserved" setting that copyright law creates. Our tools give everyone from individual creators to large companies and institutions a simple, standardized way to grant copyright permissions to their creative work. "

I *think* this is a link to Chris Woodin's videos but it might just be to one of them. He is an expert at teaching math to folks who need things physical and visual and concrete. He's got some books and resources and lots of good videos that show students engaged in learning math. They're *not* OER but I'll be using them to inspire making OER.

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

TASC Summary Report

Useful timeline tool for social studies portion. Could it be used as a means of assessment in your course?

David Wiley's summary of components of openness of an educational resource, and a framework to contemplate if technical choices are hampering openness goals

"More than 2.2 million people are imprisoned in the United States, and the barriers to re-entry into society are high. Those who receive some education in prison are 43 percent less likely to return, according to a RAND study."

"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/

"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."

"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."

"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."

"According to our research, more than 90% of Creative Commons photos are not attributed at all. To make matters worse, less than 10% of the photos that do credit the original work are attributed properly. This means that more than 99% of Creative Commons photos are not adequately attributed."

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Designers for Learning (Links to an external site.), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit incorporated in the United States. Designers for Learning's mission is to coordinate volunteer service-learning opportunities with those who seek to gain experience creating instruction and other types of performance improvement solutions for nonprofits and other social causes.

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act of 1998: Annual Report to Congress, Program Year 2011-12, Washington, D.C., 2015.

"The work is the result of a nine-month process that examined the Common Core State Standards from the perspective of adult education. It was funded to provide a set of manageable yet significant CCR standards that reflect broad agreement among subject matter experts in adult education about what is desirable for adult students to know to be prepared for the rigors of postsecondary education and training. The report was written by Susan Pimentel, prepared by MPR, Associates, Inc. If you have any questions please contact Ronna Spacone at Ronna.Spacone@ed.gov."