The following is an announcement posted at the request of AEPro - a project of 
the Midwest and Southern LINCS Regional Technology Centers.

While individual instructors might be interested in the following online 
courses; upon taking a closer look, state PD folks might want to check out 
AEPro's website -- it describes a collaborative option for offering online PD 
in states. Jackie Taylor
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Subject: Online Professional Development

The Center for Literacy Studies at the University of Tennessee, and the Ohio 
Literacy Resource Center at Kent State University are proud to announce the 
opening of registration for our winter distance learning courses. Overviews of 
each course, as well as the start dates, are outlined below.
 
Each course is a carefully-paced, facilitated training opportunity for adult 
education professionals.  Each one has been piloted, reviewed, and offered 
previously to excellent reviews.
 
More information and registration can be found at:
http://www.aeprofessional.org.
 
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Integration of Technology in the Adult Education Classroom Course begins
January 9, 2006 
Cost - $149/person
Facilitator: Linda Eckert, AE Pro Developer
 
Have you ever tried to blindly put a puzzle together without knowing what the 
final picture will look like? This may be what is happening to you when you 
are trying to integrate computer technology into your classroom. This course 
will provide quick access to educational resources, lesson plans, activities, 
tools for evaluating educational software, information about purchasing 
educational software, and knowledge to help you utilize a variety of software 
applications and web-based activities in the classroom. Online activities, 
discussion boards and assessments will keep you engaged.
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ESOL Basics
January 9, 2006 
Cost - $149/person
Facilitator: Claire Valier, ESOL Coordinator and Certified CASAS Trainer
 
Do you need to know the basics of ESOL instruction? Through this online 
course, you will learn how to identify characteristics of adult ESOL learners, 
effective methods of teaching languages, the four language skills, and how 
adults learn another language. Online activities, discussion boards and 
assessments will keep you engaged.
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Adult Education Teacher and Student
Course begins January 9, 2006 
Cost - $149/person
Facilitator: Debra L. Hargrove, AE Pro Developer
 
How Do We Teach Adults? Research investigating adults as learners concludes 
that adults learn differently than children. If that premise is true, then why 
do we so often teach them both in the same way? In truth, many practitioners 
come to adult education with little or no background in "adults as learners." 
Through this online course, you will look at "who is the adult learner" by 
looking at background statistics on "who takes the GED", learning disabilities 
in adults, and what brain research says about how adult learners learn best. 
Online activities, discussion boards and assessments will keep you engaged.