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Discussions and Listservs

Adult Literacy Education (ALE) Wiki!: You can learn about the adult literacy education field here, including English language learning, numeracy, and adult basic and secondary education. You can also add knowledge from your experience teaching adult learners, from your research, or from your experience as an adult learner. The ALE Wiki is an online professional development environment, a community of practice rich in professional wisdom and with links to research, for teachers, other practitioners, researchers, learners and others. Although some people add to the discussion here, it is not like an electronic list (or "listserv") where dialogue may be frequent and lively. For the most part, the discussion has taken place on electronic lists elsewhere and been archived here.

Topics

• Accountability
• Adult Learners' Self-Study
• Adult Literacy Professional Development
• Assessment Information
• Basic Literacy
• Classroom Practices that Work (Professional Wisdom from Practitioners and Research)
• Corrections Education
• Curriculum Development
• English for Speakers of Other Languages
• Evidence Based Adult Education
• Family Literacy
• GED Research
• Health Literacy
• Learner Persistence
• Learning Disabilities
• Numeracy Research and Practice
• Participatory and Emancipatory Education
• Project Based Learning
• Public Policy
• Research to Practice, Practice to Research
• Return on Investment
• Standards
• Technology
• Transition_to_College
• Workforce, Workplace and Worker Education

Or - Join online discussions and listservs.  This will require registration by email address.  Emails are then sent regularly and directly to that email address.  Please note that some sites are very active and may generate several emails daily.

The National Institute for Literacy Online Discussion Lists : Established in 1995, the National Institute for Literacy online discussion lists give thousands of literacy stakeholders opportunities to discuss the literacy field's critical issues; share resources, experiences, and ideas; ask questions of subject experts; and keep up-to-date on literacy issues.

Each NIFL discussion list is moderated by a national organization with expertise in the topic area. The current NIFL sponsored discussion lists can be reached by clicking on the links below.

  1. Adult Literacy Professional Development List
  2. Assessment List
  3. Adult Education Content Standards List
  4. Adult English Language Learners List
  5. Family Literacy List
  6. Focus on Basics List
  7. Health & Literacy List
  8. Learning Disabilities List
  9. Poverty, Race, & Literacy Discussion List
  10. Program Leadership & Improvement
  11. Technology & Literacy List
  12. Women & Literacy List
  13. Workplace Literacy List

National Literacy Advocacy List sponsored by American Association of Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) The main purposes of the AAACE-NLA list are to provide subscribers with information about national issues that affect adult literacy/basic/secondary education and English for Speakers of Other Languages legislation, policy, and funding. It should help list members inform policy makers about courses of action that will benefit adult learners enrolled in literacy, biliteracy, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), General Educational Development (GED), External or Adult Diploma Programs (EDP or ADP) and other kinds of adult literacy education programs.