Learning Events - Presentations

Participation, proficiency and practice: What the research says [Webinar: Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 13:30 – 15:00 EST]

Prresentation | Last updated: April 2, 2012

Professor Steve Reder, Portland State University, presented findings from his decade-long Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning (LSAL) on the impacts of adult literacy programs on learners' lives and the implications for LES policy and practice.

Recording of the webinar:  [Streaming]   [Download]

Presentation: Please note, this PDF file is rather large (14.45 MB)

Webinar on PIAAC Feb. 15, 2012/Webinaire sur l’Enquête PEICA: jeudi le 16 février 2012

Prresentation | Last updated: April 2, 2012

Embedding Literacy and Essential skills in Workplace Training: Changing the Conversation [Webinar]

Prresentation | Last updated: May 9, 2012

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 – 11.30 EDT, with Jay Derrick, Teacher Educator, and Researcher at Institute of Education, University of London.

 


 

Embedding WLES in General and Vocational Training from an Australian Perspective [Webinar]

Prresentation | Last updated: January 30, 2012

Presented by Ann Kelly on March 21, 2011: A look at how embedded workplace literacy and essential skills (WLES) teaching and learning is defined and practiced in Australia, with a discussion on how this compares with policy and practice in other countries.

Possible Overlaps between ESL and Literacy Issues in WLES Assessments and Provision [Webinar]

Prresentation | Last updated: January 30, 2012

Presented by Anne McKeown: A snapshot of what role ESL/ESOL is playing in the UK’s literacy/numeracy agenda  in the context of workplace training, with a discussion of how the UK situation resembles or differs from the contexts of the webinar participants.

Supporting learning disabilities and special needs

Prresentation | Last updated: January 30, 2012

Resources for learners (and their teachers). Presented at the annual QPAT convention in November 2008.

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