ICTs in adult literacy education: stories from the field

This paper reports on emergent themes from an National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) project, 'Using ICT in adult literacy education: new practices, new challenges', due for completion late in 2004 (final project report may be found at TD/TNC 83.02). The study melds theory and empirical work to analyse changing literacy practices associated with the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the implications for adult literacy education in vocational education and training. Digital literacy practices are seen as more than encoding and decoding language. They comprise the ability to use and understand digitally presented information in multiple formats from a range of sources. A wariness of 'technological determination' is intrinsic to the framing of this project. It assumes that complex technologies are articulated in many ways within existing cultural forces and acknowledges the human agency integral to all technological innovation.

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Volumes of papers are indexed at TD/TNC 90.162 and TD/TNC 90.163. Selected individual papers are indexed from TD/TNC 90.164 to TD/TNC 90.211. Show less