Reports/Blogs

Adult Literacy Education (ALE) is an online, peer-reviewed, themed research journal published by ProLiteracy twice a year. It informs practitioners, researchers, policy makers, and funders about best practices in adult literacy, numeracy, and English language education in publicly funded, community and volunteer-based programs in a wide range of contexts. 

This has a list of tools and a set of articles about using Google Slides for creating weekly learning plans and activities. 

How is gamification affecting adult education? Three experts share their views on the future of gamification and game-based learning. 

For International Literacy day

This guide will help teachers and administrators understand how blended learning can enhance learning in their classes, programs, or schools. For those professionals with the desire to implement, or further develop their implementation of blended learning, this guide will serve as a step-by-step road map for choosing and efficiently implementing a blended learning model design that meets their needs and budget 

The real numeracy needs of the 21st century are neglected

Most adult learners are anxious about being able to adapt to, and perform in a virtual learning environment. They also harbor negative attitudes about eLearning. We have to overcome these obstacles by giving the learner compelling reasons to take our courses. 

These tips and guidelines are meant for instructors and volunteers who are new to the field of literacy and intend to work with adult literacy learners. What makes this document different is that it is not based on research papers and teaching theories. Rather, it is based on my experience teaching literacy students from diverse backgrounds and various levels of literacy. 

Find out about some super cool, lesser known Google tools. These tools use AI,  machine learning, body movements, data and more to engage your learners in new ways.

Quick Tip of the week on using Google 

Three Voices. Adult education experts and researchers from Serbia, Belgium and Finland share their vision for what learning could and should look like in the coming years. 

A cheat sheet to translate some of the more common abbreviations you might come across online 

The coronavirus pandemic has shown first hand the importance of digital literacy. During lockdown, millions of people have been relying on technology to work and stay connected from home. 

Citizen Literacy is developing digital and paper resources, to support adult literacy learners and their teachers, including a smartphone App with an interface especially designed for low literacy users. The App includes the use of voice and handwriting recognition. 

Report on computational thinking concepts for educators.

The economic benefits of improving literacy skills in the workplace

A blog on importance of digital technology and information on useful apps to help online students improve their academic efforts.

Community Literacy of Ontario  researched eight digital literacy success stories occurring in a variety of agencies across Ontario. 

Digital navigators help people find affordable internet access and devices. They also teach the digital literacy skills needed to complete online learning, health-related tasks, banking, and job applications. Rosen points out that the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the need for digital navigators as adult learners were forced out of the classroom and left to access learning and everyday tasks via a device 

Find out different articles on financial literacy topics and how to help learners manage finances

Learn how to develop digital skills and gain confidence, use digital skills to access information, understand online safety and learn about mobile devices.

Digital literacy is more than the ability to identify misinformation or avoid bad guys online; it means being able to participate meaningfully in online communities, interpret the changing digital landscape, and unlock the power of the internet for good 

A fact sheet on Target Crime with literacy: Measuring the literacy problem in Canada

Report: An Outcomes Framework for measuring the impact of improved literacy, numeracy and digital skills 

When schools closed due to coronavirus, educators and students made big changes to adapt to distance learning. Too many policies didn’t change at all. 

An article on how technology is changing and enhancing the traditional assessment process.  

Access and Inclusion: Adult Education and Literacy Priorities for 2021 and Beyond

A Different Way: Reorienting Adult Education Toward Democracy and Social Justice

Digital Skills literacy is Top Employer Concern

Teaching Adults to Read with Understanding: Using the Learning Progressions is part of a set of resources developed to support the teaching of literacy and numeracy for adult learners. The end goal is to enable tutors to meet the learning needs of their adult learners so those learners can engage effectively with the texts, tasks and practices they encounter in their training and learning. 

Blogs include topics related to technology in adult education. Posts include simple lesson ideas that teachers can use to integrate technology into instruction updates on what’s happening in the field, new opportunities and resources, and news from EdTech Center projects.

Resources for Teaching online due to school closures

Adult education under pandemic conditions: challenges and perspectives

World's apart: Education and Britain's Inequality Problem.

Compiled in 2017, this  review draws on international research, best practices, and the work of digital literacy experts globally to define digital literacy, the skills it comprises, as well as its importance.