Using the ISTE Student Standards in Adult Education
By Jen Vanek
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| Jen Vanek raises questions about how the ISTE Student Standards can help up prepare adult learners to thrive in a constantly evolving technological landscape.
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| Keep reading about ISTE's Standards in an article by Jen Vanek and Brandon Olszewski that was recently published on Medium:
Facing the Retail Revolution with Empowered Learning for Technology Skills. In this article, Jen and Brandon explore how shifts in workers' digital literacy needs mirror the shift toward more self-determined learning, or heutagogy. |
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Literation Lounge Speaker Series |
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Literation Lounge is a virtual speaker series supported by the Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy XPRIZE. The Literation Lounge is hosted twice a month through December 2018 and features experts in the fields of ed tech, adult literacy, adult education, and entrepreneurs breaking ground on new ways to solve the world’s literacy problem. Each presentation in the series will be a 30 minute virtual presentation on perennial topics as they relate to adult literacy.
Upcoming Speakers:
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New LINCS Micro-group Forming
Digital Toolbelt: Digital Tools for Adult Education Instructors
Excerpt from
LINCS Announcement: In four weeks, the LINCS Community will offer a great learning opportunity for ABE instructors to engage in an eight-week micro-group led by [EdTech Center
Partner] Ed Latham, an expert in integrating technology into instruction. Latham will offer basic instruction on using various EdTech tools and provide recommendations for integrating those tools in ways practical to most classrooms.
Space is limited to 20 participants. Interested participants should contact Ed Latham at
ohgeer@gmail.com.
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Welcoming Dr. Jenifer Vanek
Dr. Jen Vanek joins the EdTech Center team as the new Director of Digital Learning and Research. Her work centers on teacher education/professional development, technical support, and research on the topics of instructional technology integration, digital literacy, adult learning, English language learning, and online learning.
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| As part of this work, she directs the
Innovating Distance Education for Adult Learners (IDEAL) Consortium by facilitating a network of distance and blended learning leaders from across the US and providing professional development and technical support on administrative, policy, and instructional issues. Jen also plans and implements
field testing of technologies invested in by the Employment Technology Fund. Through her research and practitioner experience she is also able to support ESOL and professional development initiatives of the US Division and World Education more broadly. |
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IDEAL Consortium Institute 2018
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Each August, the
IDEAL Consortium hosts a multi-day Institute for representatives from member states. Participants have an opportunity to share information and learn from one another, see presentations, and discuss innovative instructional strategies, important policy considerations, and administrative practices. The goal of Institute activities is to help members plan for the upcoming distance/blended education programming in their states. The 2018 Institute took place August 21-22 in Boston, MA. Watch for a report of the Institute highlights coming later this fall.
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Debra Hargrove Receives 2018 IDEAL Lifetime Achievement Award
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The Director of Professional Development at the Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning (TCALL) at Texas A&M University, Dr. Debra Hargrove has a long history of working with distance learning and educational technology integration. Debra earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership from Florida Atlantic University in 2000 and has helped hundreds of administrators, teachers, and tutors to meet their own goals of understanding and using technology in their classrooms and programs. Prior to joining Texas A&M in 2014, Debra worked over 20 years in Florida, the last 14 of which as the Director of Florida TechNet, a statewide distance learning projected providing technical assistance and support to AEL providers for incorporating educational technology.
In Debra’s current role at TCALL, she has continued to help teachers and administrators as they transitioned to a statewide online delivery system for on-demand, webinar, and face-to-face professional development opportunities. She started the annual Technology Integration and Distance Learning Symposium where hundreds of AEL and administrators can experience new educational technology together. Further, she brainstormed the microcredential system used for Texas AEL technology coaches and provided strong support for its development and implementation. Debra also continues to facilitate her own professional development workshops on topics such as media literacy and digital citizenship. With all of these state demands, she still finds time to contribute nationally through the EdTech Center, LINCS discussion boards and webinars, and presenting at COABE and other national and regional conferences on distance learning and technology integration topics.
Congratulations Deb!
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