>from Bill McNutt at the Center for Literacy Studies...


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>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.

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>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.

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>More information and registration can be found at:

>http://www.aeprofessional.org.

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>Integration of Technology into the Adult Education Classroom Course begins

>January 9, 2006

>Cost - $149/person

>Facilitator: Linda Eckert, AE Pro Developer

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>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

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>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

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>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.

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>Bill McNutt

>Technology Coordinator, AEProfessional Project

>University of Tennessee, Center for Literacy Studies

>http://www.aeprofessional.org

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>Bill McNutt

>IT Administrator, UT Center for Literacy Studies

>http://cls.coe.utk.edu

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