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21. Academic Studies English - Writing Longer Essays (1999)
Support Materials and Exercises
Series: Curriculum Project - English
Authors: Leslie Childs, New Brunswick Community College
Collection: Learning Materials
This is one of a series of support modules intended for the use of adults improving their literacy skills. Each module is matched to objectives and teaching points outlined in the Basic Academic Upgrading Curriculum Plan (English) (BAU-ENG) and/or the Intermediate Academic Upgrading – English Curriculum Plan (IAU-ENG), both New Brunswick Community College documents.
This support module may be used with IAU-ENG 2.8, Writing Longer Essays.
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Added: 2005-10-27
22. Academic Studies English - Writing Paragraphs & the Writing Process (1999)
Support Materials and Exercises
Series: Curriculum Project - English
Authors: Leslie Childs, New Brunswick Community College
Collection: Learning Materials
This is one of a series of support modules intended for the use of adults improving their literacy skills. Each module is matched to objectives and teaching points outlined in the Basic Academic Upgrading Curriculum Plan (English) (BAU-ENG) and the Intermediate Academic Upgrading – English Curriculum Plan (IAU-ENG), both New Brunswick Community College documents.
This support module may be used with BAU-ENG 6.8, Paragraphs, IAU-ENG 2.5, The Writing Process, and IAU-ENG 2.6 Writing Paragraphs.
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Added: 2005-10-27
23. Academic Studies English - Writing Reports (1999)
Support Materials and Exercises
Series: Curriculum Project - English
Authors: Leslie Childs, New Brunswick Community College
Collection: Learning Materials
This is one of a series of support modules intended for the use of adults improving their literacy skills. Each module is matched to objectives and teaching points outlined in the Basic Academic Upgrading Curriculum Plan (English) (BAU-ENG) and/or the Intermediate Academic Upgrading – English Curriculum Plan (IAU-ENG), both New Brunswick Community College documents.
This support module may be used with IAU-ENG 2.9, Writing Informal Reports.
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Added: 2005-10-27
24. Administrative Pimping for Fame and Profit: Part 2 (1995)
Women's Education Des Femmes, Spring, Vol. 11, No. 3
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Pamela J. Milne
Collection: Research Materials
This is an article about the University of Windsor's employment equity positive action plan and a perceived lack of public recognition concerning its success.
The article is presented in English and includes a summary written in French.
Added: 2003-10-22
25. Adult Basic Education & College Preparatory Student Outcomes Project (1997)
1995 - 96 Report
Authors: Murray J. MacKinnon
Collection: Research Materials
Provides data about ABE students in British Columbia and the educational, social, and economic effects of ABE programs as reported by them. Includes statistical data about who the students are, why they enroll, what outcomes they expect, whether their goals are met, and the barriers they experienced. Third in a series of three reports.
Added: 2000-09-11
26. AlphaCom Guidebook - Version 5.0 (1998)
Authors: Maia Shapley
Collection: Research Materials
Discussion groups are a convenient way for large groups to gather and share ideas, while reducing the need for face-to-face meetings. AlphaCom offers private discussion groups to literacy organizations free of charge. It provides registered users with moderated discussions, password-protection and the ability to attach files. The AlphaCom Guidebook aims to teach novice users how to register and participate in these discussions. The AlphaPlus Centre delivers and supports the AlphaCom web conferencing system.
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Added: 2004-07-26
27. Assessing the Complexity of Literacy Tasks: A guide to analysis with examples and exercises (2002)
Series: Plain Language Association International (PLAIN) - Fourth Biennial Conference
Authors: Michel Gauthier, Julian Evetts
Collection: Research Materials
Michel presented a new tool called “Assessing the Complexity of Literacy Tasks.” It is designed to help document designers understand the ability levels of readers as defined in the International Adult Literacy Survey. This complexity-rating tool, based on the work of Irwin Kirsh and Peter Mosenthal, can help information designers ensure that the level of complexity of public information matches the literacy level of the target readers. It complements plain language techniques and can deal with some of the shortfalls of readability formulas based on school grade levels.
Added: 2003-03-06
28. Awards for Excellence in Workplace Literacy, Large Business Winner, 2003: Mining for Performance Excellence at BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. (2004)
Series: The Conference Board of Canada Publications
Authors: The Conference Board of Canada
Collection: Research Materials
In this report, the Conference Board of Canada (http://www.conferenceboard.ca) studies BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc, which operates the remote Ekati Diamond mine site in the NWT. The majority of the company's workers come from the Aboriginal communities in the region, a population with a strong oral, rather than written, culture. Workers often have little or negative experience with schooling, and, consequently, low literacy skills. The company initiated a Workplace Learning Program in order to address the need among some of its workers for literacy skills upgrading. This case study looks at the various aspects of this learning program including its objectives, target groups, resources, innovations, challenges and use as a model.
Added: 2008-11-19
29. The Benefits of PLAR in Canadian Universities [Video - 3:24] (2008)
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Series: Adult Learning Video Series
Authors: Adult Learning Knowledge Centre (AdLKC)
Collection: Learning Materials
This brief video focuses on Canada-wide efforts to ensure the quality of Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) in the university setting.
The video includes interviews with some of the people involved in bringing together university representatives to discuss their concerns about PLAR and how to make sure that it is an academically reliable, rigorous process.
The video also includes an interview with a woman who explains how the credits she earned through PLAR helped her finish her university degree when she was tempted to quit.
The video, about three and a half minutes in length, was prepared by the Adult Learning Knowledge Centre (AdLKC).
Added: 2011-06-03
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30. Blended Delivery Resource Guide: Moving the Technology into the AU/LBS Classroom (2012)
Series: Moving the Technology into the AU/LBS Classroom Project
Authors: Bea Clark
Collection: Learning Materials
This resource guide is one component of a project aimed at helping Ontario’s colleges provide “blended delivery” of adult upgrading (AU) and literacy and basic skills (LBS) programs, an approach that combines traditional classroom instruction with online learning.
The guide includes sections explaining the nature of blended delivery; discussing student responses to the approach; outlining the resources required to start blended delivery; defining commonly used terms; and providing practical advice for teachers on redesigning courses for blended delivery.
The author has also included a checklist for teachers and an extensive list of additional resources.
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- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU), ON
Added: 2013-04-09
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