[NIFL-AALPD:1309] Re: non-technology: creating champions

From: Joyce Probus (JProbus@ket.org)
Date: Thu Apr 01 2004 - 16:01:30 EST


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  In October of 2001, KET and the Kentucky Department for Adult 
Education and Literacy launched an online training site designed to help 
Kentucky's adult educators prepare to teach their students about the new 
version GED exam, which was to come into use in January of 2002.

This free site, located at http://www.ket.org/ged2002, has been visited 
by teachers from all 50 states, and several countries. The site counter 
is at 79,226 visitors as I write, and I watched as seven new teachers 
registered in the minutes after 2 p.m. today.

There are several reasons this site has been so successful :

    * timely delivery of information that was new, and greatly needed
    * the graphic interface of the Internet permits samples of graphic
      literacy questions
    * simulation of alternate format questions, with immediate scoring
      and feedback

Please visit!

Joyce Probus
KET
560 Cooper Drive
Lexington, KY 40502-0022
800-354-9067


Eileen Eckert wrote:

> Tim asked about non-technology issues around online pd. One that 
> springs to mind is the role of advocates, champions, early adopters in 
> getting started--key people with both the vision and understanding of 
> the potential effectiveness of online pd <and> the authority or 
> position in an organization to make things happen.
>
> Can some people in organizations that are using online learning for pd 
> talk about this?
>
> Thanks,
> Eileen
>
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