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EdTech Center: Digital Literacy and the Employer’s Perspective

This Distance Education Strategy Session will shed light on the employer’s perspective and highlight common goals between adult educators and employers. We will hear from Cambria and Tyson Foods, two employers that have leveraged EnGen to fuel their adult education partnerships.  … Read More

Ellii (formerly ESL Library)

This resource is on the Virginia Approved Distance Education Curricular list for Virginia adult education and literacy programs and can be used to provide English language learners with supplemental print or digital resources for developing and practicing all modalities of English both in and out of the… Read More

Name Change: ESL Library is now ellii

As of March 14, 2022, ESL Library will now be known as ellii. Watch a video and read this blog post to find out why the name was changed and how to inform your learners about it. If you want to learn more… Read More

EdTech: The Digital Equity Act and Professional Development with Purpose

At this month’s Distance Education Strategy Session, Shirley Doan and Judy Mortrude will share information and advocacy strategies for engaging with the Digital Equity State Planning process coming to your state this spring. During the second presentation, Rachel Riggs, Digital Learning Specialist, and Jana Harper, Adult Educator from Arizona, discuss… Read More

Stories from the Field: Courtney Green

Did you know that the VALRC website has a section entitled “Stories from the Field”? Our current highlight is GED® graduate Courtney Green from Region 3. We encourage you to check out this area of our website… Read More

Guidance for Online Course Development

Program managers and instructional designers should be guided by the Adult Education Indicators of Quality Online Course Rubric (Rubric), the accompanying Worksheet of Attendance Hours (Worksheet), and the resources available through the VALRC. Courses may be developed on a variety of platforms or LMSs. Read More

Stories from the Field: Courtney Green

Did you know that the VALRC website has a section entitled “Stories from the Field”? Our current highlight is GED® graduate Courtney Green from Region 3. We encourage you to check out this area of our website… Read More

Connecting Community-Based Literacy Programs to Research

by Margaret Patterson, Ph.D. “Adult education generally sees limited funding for research, despite a huge need for services, so connecting research that is available with practice is vital (Kreil, 2018; Patterson, 2016).” Imagine a director of a community-based literacy organization (CBLO) who wants to find… Read More

Spanish GED® Recruitment

Spanish GED® Recruitment In July 2021, the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education at the Virginia Department of Education released Director’s Memo NO. 037-21 clarifying that Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) funded adult education programs are able to provide high school equivalency (HSE) instruction… Read More