National Adult Literacy Database

Series: Workforce Literacy Essential Skills (WLES) Pilot Project

Authors: Literacy Victoria

Collection: Learning Materials

Between 2009 and 2011, Literacy Victoria in British Columbia worked in partnership with local businesses, community organizations, and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) on a Workforce Literacy and Essential Skills (WLES) pilot project. The goal was to develop a nationally transferable program to help adult learners prepare for employment and successfully integrate into the workplace.

This resource list is part of the material produced for the program. The first part of the document contains a list of general resources connected to the program’s goals, including material about adult education, numeracy, language, and employment. There is contact information for each resource.

The second section contains a list of online resources, with links and notes about the kind of activities available at each site.

Added: 2012-04-10

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Series: Audio Centre - HRSDC

Authors: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)

Collection: Learning Materials

This audio file is part of a podcast series developed by Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES), Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC), describing a research project that will help to update the computer use element of the Essential Skills framework.

In this segment, the manager of the policy and research group of OLES discusses with Véronique Cadieux what will happen now that the research has been completed. The next step includes coming up with a definition of what is meant by "digital skills" as an Essential Skill in the Canadian context.

Then these skills constructs will be broken down in order to describe the elements that make them more or less difficult to perform. That will allow for the development of a reliable scale on which people's skills can be graded and through which job tasks can be given complexity levels for the purposes of profiling occupations.

For more information, please click here: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/LES/profiles/index.shtml.

Added: 2012-04-03

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• Recherche sur les compétences numériques : Entrevue avec Natalie Frank, gestionnaire, BACE – Prochaines étapes [Audio - 2 :16]

Series: Learning on Demand: Numeracy - The Basics - Video Tutorials

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

Collection: Learning Materials

This math video tutorial looks at order of operations as it is applied to problems containing mixed fractions. The order of operations specifies that if a problem contains some combination of calculations, the multiplication and division components must be completed before the addition and subtraction ones.

The instructor uses several problems to illustrate the steps required, including converting mixed fractions to improper ones; carrying out operations in the correct order; and reducing the resulting fraction to its simplest form.

The problems get more complicated as the video progresses.

Added: 2012-04-11

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Series: Audio Centre - HRSDC

Authors: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)

Collection: Learning Materials

This audio file is part of a series of podcasts developed by the Policy and Planning division of the Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES), Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.

In it, the manager of the Essential Skills Profiles group within OLES talks about a project carried out in 2011 to ensure that the profiles are current and representative of today's occupations. Fifty profiles, chosen from a variety of economic sectors, were selected for updating.

The updates include adding information on how each occupation is affected by digital technology; developing task statements for each occupation; and replacing the "computer use" skill domain with "digital technology" to reflect a more up-to-date concept of skills and tasks.

Added: 2012-04-11

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• Profils des compétences essentielles mis à jour - Entrevue avec Sylvie Morissette, gestionnaire - BACE [Audio - 6:31]

Series: Learning on Demand: Numeracy - The Basics - Video Tutorials

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

Collection: Learning Materials

This video tutorial offers further practice in carrying out math problems involving mixed fractions.

It presents three problems of increasing complexity. Learners are asked to pause the video, work out the problems, then restart the video to see the instructor’s detailed solutions.

Because each problem involves a combination of calculations, the learner must also apply the order of operations to solving these problems. The order of operations specifies that if a problem contains some combination of calculations, the multiplication and division components must be completed before the addition and subtraction ones.

Added: 2012-04-11

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Essential Skills and RPL Certification for Advisors/Counsellors

Series: Igniting the Power Within - Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

Collection: Learning Materials

Igniting the Power Within (ITPW) is a series of certification workshops on Essential Skills (ES) and Recognizing Prior Learning (RPL) for Aboriginal communities.

This document, the first in a series of four, is the curriculum for a two-day workshop for advisers and counsellors who want to plan and implement ITPW certification training in their communities.

By the end of the workshop, participants should be able to explain the concept of the nine Essential Skills; connect community priorities with ES training needs; identify and contact provincial ES coordinators; explain the concept of RPL; interview clients and learners to identify prior learning from both formal and informal situations; and explain how informal learning is transferable from one job setting to another.

The authors have included a detailed workshop agenda; instructions for facilitators; a discussion of best practices; interactive exercises; and handouts from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) about Essential Skills.

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Added: 2012-04-17

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Series: Learning on Demand: Numeracy - The Basics - Video Tutorials

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

Collection: Learning Materials

This video tutorial offers an introduction to adding and subtracting decimals.

It begins with a review of columns and their names. For instance, to the right of the decimal, the columns are called tenths, hundredths, thousandths and so on.

The instructor also touches on borrowing and carrying when performing calculations.

Added: 2012-04-17

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Series: Learning on Demand: Numeracy - The Basics - Video Tutorials

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

Collection: Learning Materials

In this brief video tutorial, learners get a chance to practise their skills at adding and subtracting decimals.

The video includes three problems that illustrate a variety of challenges that may occur in calculations involving decimals. For instance, the solution to the third problem ends up being a negative number.

Added: 2012-04-17

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Series: Learning on Demand: Numeracy - The Basics - Video Tutorials

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

Collection: Learning Materials

This video tutorial offers an introduction to multiplication with decimals.

The instructor leads the learner step by step through the process of solving three problems, each one a little more challenging than the one before.

The tutorial also offers a brief review of borrowing, carrying, and the order of operations.

Added: 2012-04-23

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Series: Learning on Demand: Numeracy - The Basics - Video Tutorials

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

Collection: Learning Materials

This video tutorial offers learners the chance to practise the skills required to multiply with decimals.

It includes three problems of increasing complexity, each involving decimals. Learners are asked to pause the video while they work out the problems on their own.

Then they can restart the video and see the instructor’s detailed solutions to the problems.

Added: 2012-04-23

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