Return-Path: <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i1NGATI27003; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:10:29 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:10:29 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <002401c3fa27$013f9ac0$0201a8c0@zorkani1> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Barbara Tondre" <btondre@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1127] Re: Study group: Activities for NIFL-AALPD X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2716 Lines: 60 Colleagues in adult education: and I quote - "... I tend to believe that everything needs to be discussed in the open and that everyone should particpate the way they want...." (Andres Muro) Open discussion is not the issue. But insisting that everyone be allowed to participate the way they want suggests that there is no place for common courtesies and ground rules. "Anything goes" immediately limits participation. Some folks reading the listserv need time to reflect and formulate their thoughts before they post them on a national listserv. And a little silence between postings allows folks to introduce other topics or return to what they believe to have been the original question. Perhaps Varshna can repeat her original question. Jackie's questions below are helpful, as are two partial responses pasted in below: Would you like to see more discussion activities on NIFL-AALPD? Discussions around PD-related articles and research, the latest hot topics in PD? Maybe you know of a professional developer or a team of professional developers doing some very exciting work and you would like to learn more about it? If so, then I wanted to invite the group to join in a brainstorm of possible loosely scheduled discussions that you would like to see occur on the list this spring. 1)Please offer professional development topics of interest to you 2) current articles and recent research you would like to discuss on the list. Currently, I am looking into the possibility for a discussion event this spring regarding Content and Course Design for Online PD. Other ideas *might* include: - Professional Development and "getting the vote out" - Publications and research recently posted to NIFL-AALPD from CAAL, NCLE, NCSALL, and others; - Promoting staff diversity; - Teacher change; >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For those of you interested in both professional development and in NCSALL's research on learner persistence, we have recently developed a study circle guide for conducting a 9 hour study circle (three 3-hour sessions) for adult education and literacy teachers, focused on the learner persistence research. You can download it and use the step-by-step guide to conduct professional development on this topic for teachers in your state or program. It's available at http://ncsall.gse.harvard.edu/teach/lp.pdf. Or go to NCSALL's website (http://ncsall.gse.harvard.edu), choose "Teaching and Training Materials" from our home page, then scroll down until you see the Learner Persistence Study Circle under "Training Materials". >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I would definitely be interested in discussions around content and course design for online learning as well as blended learning. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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