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Technology, basic skills, and adult education: getting ready and moving forward

This publication is directed at adult educators and program administrators working in the area of adult literacy and basic education. It contains 11 papers which are presented in two sections. Section one, entitled 'Getting ready' is intended to help educators get started, plan for, and integrate technology into adult education and contains the following papers: Making technology happen in adult education / Christopher E. Hopey; Planning and funding for technology / Christopher E. Hopey; Making the right choice: software evaluation / Christopher E. Hopey; Integrating technology into adult learning / Lynda Ginsburg; Recommendations for using technology in adult education / Christopher E. Hopey. Section two, entitled 'Moving forward' contains the following papers: Adult learning theory: an argument for technology / Regie Stites; Technology in adult education programs / Terilyn C. Turner; Using technology for assessment in adult learning / John P. Sabatini; Distance learning and adult basic education / John Fleischman; The Internet and adult educators / David Rosen; Adult learning, technology, and public policy / Mary Lovell. Also included is a list of national adult education agencies and their website addresses.

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Authors: Hopey, Christopher E.
Corporate authors: National Center on Adult Literacy (U.S.) (NCAL)
ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career and Vocational Education (ERIC/ACVE)
Date: 1998
Geographic subjects: North America; United States
Resource type: Book
Series name: ERIC/ACVE information series
Subjects: Assessment; Adult and community education; Skills and knowledge;

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