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OALCF Goal Paths and E-learning

Highlighting the ever-increasing reach of e-learning in workplaces and in education.

E-bulletin focusing on competency requirements in each of the goal paths and the ever-increasing reach of e-learning in workplaces and in education.

Introduction to Moodle course

Our next free Moodle course will run from June 3 to July 26, 2013

Are you planning your professional development for the coming year? Consider learning about Moodle, a free, open source online course management system through our Introduction to Moodle training course available from June 3 to July 26, 2013.

Use Digital Technology Sample Tasks and Activities

Sample tasks developed for LBS practitioners to use and adapt, expand, or build on.

Instructional resources to provide sample tasks to support using digital technology in Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) programs within the context of the Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework (OALCF).

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Delicious helps you save all your bookmarks online, share them with other people, and see what other people are bookmarking.

Although we have covered Delicious in our Featured Technology section in the past, in the last few years it has undergone so many changes that we thought we should revisit this topic. Explore our Featured Technology section below to learn more...

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E-Bulletins

OALCF Goal Paths and E-learning

We are launching a series of Digital Technologies E-Bulletins dedicated to exploring, discussing and sharing our ongoing research and observations related to digital technologies and the Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework (OALCF). Our first issue, titled OALCF Goal Paths and E-learning, focuses on competency requirements in each of the goal paths and takes a look at the ever-increasing reach of e-learning in workplaces and in education.

Featured technology

Interactive whiteboards - SMART Boards in action

A SMART Board is an interactive whiteboard connected to a computer that allows users to deliver dynamic and interactive lessons, navigate the internet, write notes in digital ink, and save work – all with the simple touch of a finger. Introduced by a Canadian organization called SMART Technologies in 1991, SMART Boards are now used worldwide in education, business, government and military settings.

News Highlights

Victoria Day weekend May 16, 2013	Understanding Creative Commons – Tech Tuesdays webinar on June 4 May 15, 2013
Interactive whiteboards: SMART Boards in action – webinar recording and presentation slides May 9, 2013	Extension of the national Survey of the Literacy and Essential Skills Workforce to May 17 May 8, 2013
Task-Based Activities for LBS portal is now live! April 30, 2013	Use Digital Technology sample tasks are now also available in French April 26, 2013

From our blog...

Not just another list of web tools…

What would Leonardo Da Vinci do with a laptop? That's the basis for Leonardo's Laptop - published about 10 years ago and authored by Ben Shneiderman - in exploring this question Shneiderman focused on what users could do with computers ...
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May 2, 2013
Everything you ever wanted to know about integrating technology in teaching… well almost everything !!

I just came across this batch of 45 (yes 45!) Teachers Guides to the integration of technology on the Educational Technology and Mobile Learning blog. This is quite a find! Covering everything from using blogs to using digital portfolio ...
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April 30, 2013
Blended Learning – the what, how and why

I came across two short videos on Edudemic. What is Blended Learning and The Benefits of Blended learning offer a really clear description of what blended learning is and an outline of the benefits of this model for students and instructo ...
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April 8, 2013