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Course Set-Up Tips

Teaching online effectively can require even more advanced planning than the traditional classroom. The following elements are important to consider when planning for an online course. Note that naming conventions might vary depending on the learning management system (LMS) used. Course Purpose: Goals: A broad statement about what students should learn… Read More

Quality Teaching Online Choosing Instructional Materials and Technologies Tips

This resource provides guidance on selecting instructional materials and technologies for the online learning environment. It is important to consider aspects such as learner access and digital literacy skills, standards-based instruction, copyright regulations, and other factors when designing online learning for adult education. 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

Instructional & Informational Resources for Speakers of Dari & Pashto

These resources can be used either to provide speakers of Pashto & Dari with information about life and education in the U.S. or to provide English language instruction in their home languages. Dari videos about life and education in the U.S. Pashto video about… Read More

LESLLA: April Coffee Break

Join LESLLA for their first discussion on home language use for LESLLA learning. First, Heide Wrigley, Marisa Partosham, and Cristina Vazquez Dominguez will talk about their work using learners’ home languages to support digital literacy. Then there will be an open forum for discussion on how you use learners’ home… Read More

Innovative Remote ESOL Program Models and Promising Practices: Equity in Education for Adult Refugee and Immigrant Learners

Practitioners are seeking information on remote practices that work. Join Dr. Johan Uvin and Jen Vanek to learn about recent research from World Education, Inc., and others on using digital modalities to reach students. Examples of promising practices for remote ESOL programs will be shared.  … Read More

Onboarding Learners in the Online Learning Environment

These webinars provided by EdTech present strategies and tools that adult education programs and instructors can use to onboard learners to new technology tools or the online learning environment. Orientation & Onboarding Party Tips Tips for planning and hosting onboarding “sign-up” parties as well as other activities… Read More

10 Important Things to Know About the NEDP

by Janita McNemar The NEDP is the National External Diploma Program, owned and operated by the non-profit assessment company CASAS. You may have heard the name NEDP bandied about in adult education circles and wondered what it is all about. These ten important points about NEDP will… Read More

A Learning Circle Blueprint for High School Equivalency Instruction in Adult Education

by Hali Massey Learning Circle Introduction World Education has been piloting and implementing learning circles in adult education programs since 2016. Learning circles aim to expand learning opportunities while facilitating online and peer-to-peer learning. Learners typically meet synchronously once-a-week for ninety minutes to two hours,… Read More

COABE: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Virtual Symposium

COABE, together with national partners, is hosting this one day symposium to focus on racial equity and immigrant integration, prison literacy, digital equity, students as leaders, learning differences, and local program improvement. The hope is to provide each attendee with actionable tools that can be immediately used at the local… Read More