Dear Colleagues,
 
Last week, David Rosen posted the following set of questions accompanied
by some information on the frequency with which people now read on-line
(see posting "no subject" from Oct. 11; archives:
http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/assessment/2006/date.html)  
 
There have been a number of responses to this from the Technology
Discussion List (http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Technology) - I
wonder if folks out there have any comments, information, or further
questions regarding this topic?  
 
What are your thoughts?
 
 
1.  Have you assessed your students' web page reading skills? Has  
anyone assessed adult learners' web page reading skills? Is there  
such an assessment?
2.  What impact do adult literacy programs have on students' access  
to or use of computers or the Internet? I have seen an unpublished  
study which found they have --- none -- and that makes me wonder  
why.  Any ideas? Are you aware of any studies of adult literacy  
programs' impact on students' access to or use of computers?
3. Are adult literacy programs helping students to use assistive  
technology -- for example, (free) text-to-speech web page reader  
software that would enable them to join the community of internet  
users even if they have difficulty reading text? If not, should this  
be a program responsibility?
 
David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net
 
 
 
Marie Cora
 <mailto:marie.cora at hotspurpartners.com> marie.cora at hotspurpartners.com
NIFL Assessment Discussion List Moderator
http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/assessment
Coordinator, LINCS Assessment Special Collection
http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment/
 
 
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