Technology

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Title	Date	Abstract
What counts? Assessing computer skills	1997	The author describes a self-assessment he developed to help adult education and ESL instructors place students appropriately ...
Web-based training	2000	The digest examines the efficacy of Web-based (WBT) training, including issues of market demand, learner participation, train...
Using technologies effectively in adult and vocational education	1999	This brief presents information about educational applications of technology and provides some guidelines for its use in adul...
Uses of technology in the instruction of adult English language learners	Feb 2009	This brief discusses three ways of using technology with adults learning English--onsite, blended, and online. Examples of ea...
Uses of technology in adult ESL education	2002	This trends and issues report reviews how technology can be used as an adult ESL instructional tool. References are included...
United Streaming: Outreach Technical Assistance Network (OTAN) and Discovery Education pilot project: summary report	2007	This is a report on a pilot project that facilitated 50 California teachers using in adult education classrooms the online vi...
Technology use in California Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title II funded adult education programs	June 2007	This brief addresses the use of technology in California WIA Title II adult education programs. The five categories of use di...
Technology Integration Mentor Academy: report on the third year 2006-07	[2007]	OTAN offers a two-year Technology Integration Mentor Academy (TIMAC) to train and support candidates from local adult educati...
Technology Integration Mentor Academy: report on the seventh year 2010-11	[2011]	OTAN offers a Technology Integration Mentor Academy (TIMAC) to train and support candidates from local adult education progra...
Technology Integration Mentor Academy: report on the second year 2005-06	[2006]	OTAN offers a Technology Integration Mentor Academy (TIMAC) to train and support candidates from local adult education progra...
Technology Integration Mentor Academy: report on the ninth year 2012-13	[2013]	OTAN offers a Technology Integration Mentor Academy (TIMAC) to train and support candidates from local adult education progra...
Technology Integration Mentor Academy: report on the fourth year 2007-08	[2008]	OTAN offers a two-year Technology Integration Mentor Academy (TIMAC) to train and support candidates from local adult educati...
Technology Integration Mentor Academy: report on the fifth year 2008-09	[2010]	OTAN offers a Technology Integration Mentor Academy (TIMAC) to train and support candidates from local adult education progra...
Technology Integration Mentor Academy: report on the eighth year 2011-12	[2012]	OTAN offers a Technology Integration Mentor Academy (TIMAC) to train and support candidates from local adult education progra...
Technology Integration Mentor Academy, report on the first year 2004-05	[2006]	OTAN offers a Technology Integration Mentor Academy (TIMAC) to train and support candidates from local adult education progra...
Technology and adult learning: current perspectives	1998	The digest reviews some current perspectives about technology and adult learning. It begins by describing approaches for int...
Technologoy offers new ways to boost literacy	1993	This brief summarizes the findings of the OTA report Adult Literacy and New Technologies: Tools for a Lifetime. The study c...
Technological literacy	2001	This Digest provides information to educators about the need and standards for technological literacy and the steps necessary...
Standards for creating multimedia learning modules for low literacy and limited English proficient adult learners	1999	This working paper begins to define the theoretical and design standards underlying the development of the Cyberstep Project'...
Relationship between literacy proficiency and the digital divide among adults with low educational attainment	2008	This paper examines the relationships between basic literacy proficiency and use of computer technology among adults who did ...
Principles and indicators to assist in the development and evaluation of technology-based materials: a design framework for multimedia development in adult literacy	2001	This outline for a presentation at the COABE Conference in 2001 addresses the principles and indicators for effective design ...
Power of technology to transform adult learning: expanding access to adult education and workforce skills through distance learning	October 21, 2009	This report develops the recommendations proposed by the National Commission on Adult Literacy in "Reach Higher, America." Be...
New technologies for literacy and adult education: a global perspective	2005	This paper presents visions on the ways that technology can support the development of youth and adult literacy, and non-form...
Materials development framework for courses targeting low-literacy and limited-English speaking adults	1999	This framework provides pedagogical and design concepts to assist curriculum designers with the creation of courses and inst...
Learning technologies in adult education	2001	This publication explores beliefs about the newer learning technologies that are being used to extend and enhance adult learn...
Instructional Technology Agency Intervention Project : AlphaSmart Project Evaluation Report 2000-2001	2001	This document summarizes one initiative undertaken as a part of a research and implementation initiative of the Outreach and ...
Hypermedia: an introduction	1991	This article explains hypermedia, a method of media presentation that can be used to create computer- assisted instruction (C...
Expanding evidence approaches for learning in a digital world	[2012]	This report discusses the promise of sophisticated digital learning systems for collecting and analyzing very large amounts o...
Evaluation of cyber products: involvement of technology users in product development	1999	This paper details how to structure the involvement of adult learners in the development of multi-media products. Included ar...
Enhancing authentic language learning experiences through Internet technology	2000	The digest highlights a number of Internet applications that can be used to enrich the foreign language classroom. Reference...
Emerging technologies in adult literacy and language education	June 2010	This paper addresses the potential contribution of emerging technologies to adult literacy and language education and to prof...
E-Learning	2002	This alert summarizes the current literature on instruction delivered via electronic technology. E-learning has the capacity ...
Ed tech developer's guide; a primer for software developers, startups, and entrepreneurs	April 2015	The guide provides basic information about districts, schools, teachers, and students. In addition, it will help you consider...
Cyberstep Project	2000	The Cyberstep Project was a federally funded partnership of four U.S. literacy service innovators, formed to create and distr...
Characteristics of effective instructional technology	1994	This article summarizes characteristics of effective instructional technology within the context of software development at t...
California adult education technology survey	1998	In 1998, the Outreach and Technical Assistance Network composed a technology survey of adult education programs throughout Ca...
California adult education technology plan, 2007-2011	2007	This adult education technology plan for the state of California addresses key issues related to the integration of technolog...
California Adult Education Technology Plan, 2001-2004	2001	This adult education technology plan for the state of California addresses issues of infrastructure, uses for technology, and...
Bringing a nation online: the importance of federal leadership	2002	This policy document advocates continued federal support for community technology programs that result in connecting under-se...
Americans in the information age falling through the net	1999	The report provides data on the level of access by Americans to telephones, computers, and the Internet. It includes where A...