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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: program effectiveness and adult learners’ outcomes teacher-learner interactions (e.g., teachers ́ skills of managing heterogeneous classes) Readability of texts for adults who need to develop literacy skills in everyday life contexts instructional materials and methods identities of adult learners (e.g., sense of classroom belonging,…

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 NCER is required to support not less than 8 Research and Development Centers (R&D Centers) focused on one or more of 11 specified topics (see the list of topics included below or in the Background section of the RFI here). The R&D Centers produce and disseminate rigorous evidence and products that provide practical solutions to important educational problems in the United States. They…

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. Check out this link for more information: https://atlasabe.org/news/cilia-t-curriculum-project-developing-our-digital-skills-roadmap/

The Network is being featured in a Special Series on Adults with Low Academic Skills in the Journal of Learning Disabilities. Check out this incredible work from Daphne Greenberg and Dolores Perin!

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy announces ALL IN: The Adult Literacy and Learning Impact Network, a new collective action initiative formed to implement the National Action Plan for Adult Literacy (NAP). Working together, we are committed to creating a country where every adult can improve their literacy skills – regardless of who or where they are. Check out the press release and new website to learn more!

Thanks to generous funding from the WES Mariam Assefa Fund, we are excited to announce the launch an all new SkillBlox! As part of a planned, phased release, a Digital Literacy subject area has been added, as well as the ability to add your own content and add notes to all activities within the skillblox you create! In the coming months, you'll also see the addition of five additional subjects—Financial Literacy, Health Literacy, Civics Education, Workforce Preparation, and ESOL— as well as the ability to save and copy skillblox created by others. Learn more…

CILIA-T stands for Content-Integrated Language Instruction for Adults with Technology Support. Funded by the Institute for Education Sciences, this five-year project will build and pilot a standards-aligned, 16-module curriculum designed for intermediate-level adult English learners to broaden their academic vocabulary, morphological skills, and critical thinking application while engaging U.S. history and civics content through a thematic lens. Read More

The CREATE Adult Skills Network (the Network) research teams are developing technology-supported learning and assessment tools and implementing curricula to help adult learners build digital skills. Throughout this work, each team has noted the importance of gaining a better understanding of the digital skills learners need to fully participate in the research projects. To that end, this Network Brief will introduce several widely used and relevant digital literacy frameworks and assessment strategies used in adult education. The resources we discuss in this…