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Adult Literacy Courseware Analysis and Evaluation Newsletter, 1989
This document provides information about computer software (courseware) used in and recommended by adult literacy programs and organizations. The information was compiled from five source documents, evaluations of or guides to adult literacy computer courseware. Section one is a general courseware information listing organized by subject. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Computer Assisted Instruction
Bixler, Brett; Askov, Eunice N. – Mosaic: Research Notes on Literacy, 1994
Effective technology empowers learners and helps them assume responsibility for their own learning. Characteristics of effective instructional technology should guide the development of computer software and other types of technology. Software should provide for interaction since adults learn through active engagement. Feedback should be…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development
Download full textCharleston, G. Mike; And Others – 1989
A project was conducted to develop two evaluation designs for computer-assisted instructional (CAI) packages used in the remediation of basic skills in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. Information was gathered from a literature review identifying principal factors and issues germane to the evaluation design; site visits, interviews,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation
Cianelli, Arlene – 1995
The Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council (GPLC) found an increasing need to provide computer-aided instruction (CAI) as a component of its curriculum, in particular to help staff and volunteers become computer literate. GPLC staff designed and taught two 12-week introductory computer courses for up to 20 (10 each) literacy staff and volunteers.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software Evaluation
Wright, Barbara A. W., Ed.; Cantrell, Catherine, Ed. – 1993
This guide is intended to assist basic skills and/or literacy instructors, administrators, and tutors in selecting appropriate educational software, hardware, and instructional systems. Discussed first are the software evaluation process on which the guide is based, the evaluation form used, and the guide's organization. Section 2 lists the more…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Check Lists
Greenleaf, Connie; Gee, Mary Kay – 1996
Following an introductory section that provides a rationale for using computers in workplace literacy classes, this guide reviews six computer programs and provides activities that teachers can use with the programs in teaching workplace literacy classes. The six computer programs reviewed are as follows: "Grammar Games,""Spell It 3,""The Way…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Adult Literacy & Technology Newsletter, 1990
These four issues comprise Volume 4 of the "Adult Literacy & Technology (AL&T) Newsletter." Issue 1 contains the following articles: "Preparing Our Children for Their Future, Not Our Past" (David Thornburg); "The Video Project" (Michael Hanish); "Images of the Future" (Terilyn Turner); "Hyperapplications: Implications for Reading and Writing" (Jay…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
