Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j9BLaLG06245; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:36:21 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:36:21 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <A7A23989-4B68-4A3B-B32D-B3DDDFADD40D@comcast.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: David Rosen <djrosen@comcast.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3812] Re: (How) can low-level readers/speakers (of English and other languages) used distance learning effectively? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 3328 Lines: 86 Hello Bonnie, and others, Perhaps it would be helpful to distinguish three kinds of distance learning: 1. Pure DL -- all online except possibly a face-to-face orientation, and face-to-face session at the end for assessment and evaluation 2. Blended or Hybrid DL -- a balance of online and face-to-face learning where the majority is online but with a significant face-to- face learning component 3. Supplemental DL -- students go to classes and supplement their 'time on task" with online work (including dvds, videotapes and accompanying print materials) I am not sure if what you have described is 2. Blended or 3. Supplemental. What do you think? I wonder if anyone is doing pure DL with low literacy students -- perhaps with real-time telephone calls. (Now that long distance telephony is free for anyone with a computer, using Skype or Project Gizmo, I wonder if it might work to have an online telephone tutor with a web-based curriculum.) David J. Rosen djrosen@comcast.net On Oct 11, 2005, at 12:09 PM, <bonniesophia@adelphia.net> <bonniesophia@adelphia.net> wrote: > Hello, all, > I've found in work in community-based adult education with low- > level learners and ESL students, that distance learning can and > does take place, but only if the students have received an > orientation and a fairly rigorous computer training program. My > program was classroom-supported and in a computer lab, so I did not > have except in one case true distance learning going on; it was > more a "hybrid" course, with online and on ground components. > Students can be linked to basic computer training, but I believe it > needs to be reinforced by a trainer. In addition, there are many > more literacy-level and ESL websites now than when I was conducting > my program in the mid-to late- nineties. Family literacy worked > particularly well with computer activities, but, again, the lesson > was facilitated on ground. I'd be eager to hear more, especially > from Adult Education programs and community colleges that have a > significant online component. I am about to become involved in > online instruction h! > ere, and though college-level, there are some fairly low level > students out there... > Best, > Bonnie Odiorne, Ph.D.Director, Writing Center > Adjunct Professor > Post University > 800 Country Club Road > Waterbury, CT 06708 > writingcenter@post.edu > > ---- David Rosen <djrosen@comcast.net> wrote: > >> NIFL-Technology Colleagues, >> >> One of the questions posted on the Adult Literacy Education Wiki, in >> the Technology area, >> >> http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/ >> AleTechnologyQuestions is >> >> (How) can low-level readers/speakers (of English and other languages) >> use distance learning effectively? >> >> I wonder if you have, or aware of, professional wisdom or research >> which addresses this question. If you are on another electronic list >> where there may be practitioners or researchers who could answer >> this, please forward this post to that list and ask that replies be >> made to the nifl-techology list or to me. (To subscribe to nifl- >> technology, go to http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/nifl- >> technology/technology_literacy.html) >> >> >> David J. Rosen >> djrosen@comcast.net >> >> >> > >
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