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 j9BNhlG07058; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:43:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:43:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <9512899.1129074106493.JavaMail.root@web6.mail.adelphia.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: <bonniesophia@adelphia.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3813] Re: (How) can low-level readers/speakers X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Status: O Content-Length: 3633 Lines: 91 David, Thanks for the clarification. my program was definitely supplemental. Bonnie ---- David Rosen <djrosen@comcast.net> wrote: > 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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