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4 Apps that Empower Adult Learners
Posted on 04/03/2025
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Learning Upgrade
Features:
- 28 courses with 1,000+ lessons that include songs, videos, and games
- Web, smartphone, and tablet access for increased time on task
- English, reading, math, and GED® and HiSET® test prep
- Practice problems accompanied by immediate intervention and remediation with multimedia support
- Repeatable lessons awarding gold certificates when completed
- Detailed reporting for assessment and time tracking
- District-level reports and student progress reports by NRS level
EnGen
AI-driven platform that “adapts and personalizes instruction for each learner's goals, level, and interests.”
Features:
- Career-specific instruction with industry and job-focused pathways that are aligned to educational and vocational requirements
- Quick, scalable implementation
- Customer and learner support
- Hands-on teacher training and tools
- Real-world resources
- Custom content
- Varying difficulty levels for students at different stages
- Adaptive technology
- Live instruction
- Reporting dashboard
- Research-backed assessments
Leamos
“Leamos (Let’s Read) is an easy-to-use, pre-ESL online course that teaches non-literate Spanish-speaking adults to read and write in their native language.”
Features:
- 9 modules and 43 self-paced lessons
- Audio instructions from a virtual instructor
- Lessons teaching two- to three-letter syllables, target words, basic sentence structure
- Quizzes in each lesson and at the end of each module
- Progress evaluation assessments
- Course curriculum that meets key reading and listening components of CASAS
- Tutor resources including a diagnostic assessment, an implementation guide, and training videos
- Downloadable worksheets
- Live phone support
- Access to student progress rep
New Readers Press Online Learning
Features:
- Courses for TABE E, M, D, and A include Reading, Language, and Math
- Pre-HSE, GED, and HiSET courses include Reading and Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies
- Pretests and posttests determine students’ strengths and weaknesses
- Confidence-based learning
- Games, badges, and study tools promote learner engagement
- Guided practice
- Instructor resources and time-on-task tracking with detailed session reports
- Audio available for TABE levels E and M
OTAN also negotiates the best free or reduced-cost special offers for online curriculum licenses. For more information visit OTAN’s Curriculum Offers page.
