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DuBois, Bryce; Allred, Shorna; Bunting-Howarth, Katherine; Sanderson, Eric W.; Giampieri, Mario – Journal of Extension, 2017
The Welikeia project and the corresponding free online tool Visionmaker. NYC focus on the historical landscape ecologies of New York City. This article provides a brief introduction to online participatory tools, describes the Visionmaker tool in detail, and offers suggested ways to use the tool for Extension professionals based in and outside New…
Descriptors: Ecology, Best Practices, Participative Decision Making, Urban Extension
Smink, Nancy J. – 1987
This project was undertaken by a public library to assess and address the continuing literacy needs of the local county's population. Comparison of the results of pre- and post-grant surveys conducted to determine the level of the residents' awareness of the problems of illiteracy showed an increase from 60% to 81% in the number who knew about the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correctional Institutions
Gillfillan, Nancy M. – 1987
Via an LSCA (Library Services and Construction Act) Title VI Library Literacy grant for fiscal year 1986, the Dixon (Illinois) Public Library expanded its involvement in the literacy effort. Additional rooms were made available for tutoring, materials and equipment for literacy students and books and equipment for literacy tutors were provided,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Courseware