Technology
Resources and Research in
Adult Education
The Change Agent:
http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent/
A newspaper for the Adult Education Classroom on Social Justice. Stories are timely and relevant. Electronic version is available at the website.
Digital
Citizenship Resources
Microsoft's Digital Citizenship
Curriculum Outline |
Unit
1 | Unit 2 | Unit
3 | Unit 4
Using iGoogle in the Classroom
http://tinyurl.com/nqbyty
Making Adobe PDF Documents Accessible for Students with Disabilities
http://www.catea.gatech.edu/grade/fs/8_PDF.pdf
An accessible PDF file works with a screen reader to present all elements of the file - the text, the images, the structure - to a student with a visual impairment. This document explains how to make your PDF documents accessible.
Make Internet TV
http://makeinternettv.org/
A website that helps users create online videos, with six "how-to" chapters on equipping, shooting, editing, licensing, publishing and promoting your videos.
Suzanna Ensmann's Technology Toolkit from Indian River State College
Web 2.0 Resources
Web 2.0 Resources
Great resources for teachers on using today's technologies
Blended Learning
Models
http://www.astd.org/lc/2006/0306_gray.htm
The term blended learning is used to describe a solution that combines
several different delivery methods, such as collaboration software,
Web-based courses, EPSS, and knowledge management practices. Blended
learning also is used to describe learning that mixes various event-based
activities, including face-to-face classrooms, live e-learning,
and self-paced learning. Unfortunately, there's no single formula
that guarantees learning, but here are some guidelines from NIIT
on how to order your learning activities
Blend it
like Beckham! A white paper
Blended learning is more than just a temporary stay of execution
for the training departments. It represents a profound change of
orientation for our whole concept of learning - moving us to a learner-centric
approach that is sensitive to the real needs of both learners and
the context in which learning takes place. In this ground-breaking
new 44-page white paper, Donald Clark, CEO of Epic Group plc, lays
out a structure for achieving optimal blends, and identifies the
components, criteria, models and tools to be used.
The Eight
Key Steps in Blended Learning - by Softskills
http://tinyurl.com/q87sle
source of employees’ daily learning and are searching for ways
to support this informal learning in tandem with their more formalized
blended training programs. This paper provides a structure for combining
formal and informal learning resources within a blended learning
model, by outlining eight steps for blended learning.
Education
Using Technologies Effectively in Adult and Vocational Education
http://www.floridatechnet.org/erictechnology.pdf
Distance
Education and Career and Technical Education: A Review of the Research
Literature
Chris Zirkle
The Ohio State University
Distance education, due to recent technological innovations, can
provide almost the same instructional contact and interaction for
the student as traditional settings. The growth of distance learning
opportunities has allowed students to access courses and degree
programs at their convenience. Educational institutions are creating
new approaches to course delivery and degree requirements and to
improving their programs with new technological tools. These issues
have begun to affect career and technical education (CTE) programs,
primarily at the postsecondary level.Research studies on distance
education have been criticized on a variety of fronts. Research
on distance education in CTE is in its beginning stages. To date,
there has been no collective analysis of this distance education
research in CTE. This research synthesis reviews previous studies
on distance education in CTE, organizing them into topical categories.
This synthesis highlights the important aspects of these studies
and provides recommendations for further research.
Internet-Based
Learning in Postsecondary Career and Technical Education
Scott D. Johnson, Angela D. Benson, John Duncan, Olga N. Shinkareva,
Gail Diane Taylor, Tod Treat
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JVER/v29n2/johnson.html
This article presents the results of a national study of distance
learning in postsecondary career and technical education (CTE).
The main purpose of this study was to identify the current status
and future trends associated with distance learning in postsecondary
CTE. The results show that community colleges are actively involved
in the delivery of CTE via distance learning. Internet-based courses
are the most prominent form of distance learning in community
college CTE programs, especially for credit courses. While some
colleges are creating their own online programs, many are partnering
with external providers (e.g., commercial vendors) and other colleges
and universities to make credit and noncredit CTE courses available
to students. It was noted that the community colleges are relying
heavily on low-bandwidth technologies, although significant growth
in all forms of Internetbased CTE courses and technologies is
expected within the next three years.
Distance
Education Programming Barriers in Career and Technical Teacher
Education in Ohio
Chris Zirkle
The Ohio State University
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JVER/v29n3/zirkle.html
The use of distance education at postsecondary levels continues
to grow, including utilization in career and technical teacher
education. Despite distance education's "learn anytime, anywhere"
approach, there can be significant institutional, faculty/instruction
and student/learner barriers to implementation. This study examined
the perceptions of one state's career and technical teacher educators
with respect to these barriers. The study also sought to determine
demographic characteristics of the educational institutions involved
in distance education, including the number of distance education
courses and programs offered.
PBS Teachersource
http://www.pbs.org/teachers
A wealth of information, including numerous research articles
on technology integration. Don't miss this one! Blending Face-to-Face
NCRTEC Professional Development
(although no longer funded, still has some good resources)
http://www.ncrtec.org/pd/index.html
Plug-Ins
Adobe
Acrobat Reader
http://get.adobe.com/reader/
The free Adobe Acrobat Reader allows you to view, navigate, and
print PDF files across all major computing platforms. Portable
Document Format (PDF) is the de facto standard for electronic
distribution of documents because it's the best way to keep the
look and feel you created intact. PDF files are compact, cross
platform and can be viewed by anyone with a free Acrobat Reader.
You will see these items on your screen just as they appear on
the printed page.
Apple
Quicktime
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
