Hello Everyone,

I am pleased to announce a guest speaker discussion the week after next
on the FOB
list! We will be joined by four researcher/authors from the recent issue
of FOB, who will discuss learner self study in terms of how programs can
support it in different ways, and then look at some different models of
self study. Please pass this on to anyone you know who may be interested
in this discussion. 

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When:  January 22-26, 2007

Where: Online on the Focus on Basics Discussion List 
(Anyone can join for free at:
http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Focusonbasics )

What:  Self-Study: Broadening the Concepts of Participation and Program
Support

Steve Reder, NCSALL researcher and director of the Portland Lab School
and Clare Strawn, an analyst on the Longitudinal Study of Adult
Learning, will discuss their article of the same name from the latest
issue of FOB. In addition, NCSALL researchers Molly Robertson, and
Lauren Shoneck will discuss two practical examples of self-study,
distance learning and GED via TV, respectively. 

Who: 

Stephen Reder is University Professor and Chair of the Department of
Applied Linguistics at Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. His
research interests focus on adult literacy and second language
development. He is the Principal Investigator of two NCSALL projects:
the Adult ESOL Labsite project and the Longitudinal Study of Adult
Learning.

Clare Strawn is Assistant Professor at Portland State University,
Portland, Oregon, and an analyst on the Longitudinal Study of Adult
Learning. She is interested in patterns of program participation, the
intersection of learning  and community development, social capital
influences on learning strategies, and technology.

Lauri McLellan Schoneck is a professor at Seminole Community College,
where she teaches ABE and GED math courses. A graduate of Florida State
University, she has her master's in special education and has taught
both K-12 students and adults. She is currently serving a second term on
the Florida Department of Education Practitioners' Task Force on Adults
with Learning Disabilities as a community college representative. 

Molly K. Robertson is the founding director of the Indiana GED ON TV
program. She left high school at 16, earned a GED in 1982, and holds a
bachelor's degree in journalism and a master's in telecommunications.
She lives in Muncie, Indiana, with two large, rowdy, black poodles. 


Recommended Reading (from Focus on Basics, issue 8C): 

Self-Study: Broadening the Concepts of Participation and Program Support
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1152

Distance Leanring as a Backup
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1153

The GED Via TV
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1154 

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Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World Education/NCSALL
jmckinney at worlded.org