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For AEFL week, we’re sharing our top five resources throughout the week! For our second resource, we’re sharing the TALK Podcast! The TALK (Technology in Adult Learning Knowledge-Building) Podcast series features the highlights of the latest news, innovative research, and best practices in technology-enabled instruction for adult learners.

As part of AEFL week, we’re sharing our top five resources throughout the week! For our first resource, we’re sharing the Edtech Technical Assistance (TA) Library! This BRAND NEW resource aims to provide guidance to practitioners and adult education leaders on integrating or advancing instruction through edtech and other digital technology.

Check it out!

Last week, Stephanie Cronen and Jen Vanek, PhD presented on the work of the CREATE Adult Skills Network at the IDEAL Consortium's Annual Summer Institute.

World Education, on behalf of the Adult Literacy and Learning Impact Network (ALL IN), is leading a research initiative to support short-term community-engaged research projects that can lead to improvements in adult literacy instruction and programming. The goal is to support researcher-teacher partnerships to unearth innovative adult literacy instruction or programming.

The Journal for Research on Adult Education is seeking submissions on their upcoming Special Issue on Basic and Language Education for Adults with Low Literacy Skills. The are looking for papers on the following topics:

The CREATE Adult Skills Network is headed to Atlanta next week for the COABE 2023 conference. Several of our research teams and partners will be there in person and remotely presenting on a range of topics. See the full list with time, room and description below. We look forward to seeing you in April!

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) recently released a Request for Information (RFI) on Topics to Address via its National Center for Education Research (NCER).

The Content-Integrated Language Instruction for Adults with Technology Support (CILIA-T) Team recently released an update to their work, outlining their process for identification of digital tools for online learning. They have begun developing their digital skills roadmap and are providing an opportunity for practitioners to give feedback.

The Department of Labor announced it is requesting information on successful approaches related to digital skills attainment and competency development in education and training efforts, the strategies our education and workforce development systems are employing to assess and ensure individuals are digitally res