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 iBGGQ6U03548; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:26:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:26:06 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <003001c4e38a$ff125500$0302a8c0@albyny.adelphia.net> 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: "Bonnie Odiorne" <bonniesophia@adelphia.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1817] RE: FWD: what to study... X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 3291 Lines: 75 Speaking as one who has reinvented her career several times, from "pure" high-level academics to volunteer-based literacy to community-based organization, to, now, university that acitvely recruits hard-to-reach day students, produces hybrid courses, and is developing accelerated degree programs via hybrid and distance learning. This university is under new ownership, who apparently feel that the university is sustainable as a for-profit entity. I don't yet know (no one does) what infrastructure/staffing changes will result. But I can only believe that reaching out to those whose skills do not adequately prepare them for academic studies, combined with the flexibility of a distance learning structure, would not go out of style, and I would suspect that instead of going for yet another degree, Tom could adapt his skills. I do know that a lot of institutions hoping to enter the distance education arena have not been successful, and I vaguely seem to recall some research to the "whys" of that effect. In the writing center, one of our most basic resources are the online writing labs (OWLs), so we don't have to reinvent the wheel. I hope as my institution transitions I can transition with it, and reinvent myself yet again if necessary. I do resonate with the "invigoration" of these list serves, which remind me again and again why I'm still a "permanent part-time" hourly employee: serving adults at whatever level of need. At the university and at the community-based level the same issues surface: the undervaluing of intrinsic learning, the disparity between skills development and expectations, the self-esteem and behavioral issues that can result from "culture clashes:" not ethnic, but with the "academic culture." It's not that these students are "unsuited" to learn; it's that academics do not always adapt (NOT "dumb down") to the needs of the students and cultural changes "outside." Sorry for the unrelated (?) diatribe. Warmest Regards, Bonnie Odiorne Ph.D English Language Institute, Writing Center, Post University Waterbury, CT -----Original Message----- From: nifl-aalpd@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-aalpd@nifl.gov]On Behalf Of jataylor Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 8:32 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1815] FWD: what to study... Hello All, I thought some of you might have suggestions for this individual. If you post them to the AALPD list, I'd be glad to forward them to him. Jackie >===== Original Message From nifl-technology@nifl.gov ===== To the list monitor - will you consider posting this to the list? thank you. Good evening to the list - and please pardon cross postings. I am in my early 50's. My job has decayed to the point that I will leave at the beginning of the year. I hold an BS and an MS in Communications and am considering, and have been accepted to, an MLS as a terminal degree but have been invigorated by the nifl groups through the last few years and am open to suggestions as to what course of study I might investigate that would allow me to work with adult literacy and instructional technologies. I would appreciate any guidance members of this group might extend. thank you... Tom Moseley Coordinator for Distance Education APSU w) 931-221-1014 h: 931-503-3072, e: wisetn@aol.com
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