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Formal, non-formal and informal learning: The case of literacy and language learning in Canada

Executive Summary

This research report investigates the links between formal, non-formal and informal learning and the differences between them. In particular, the report aims to link these notions of learning to literacy and essential skills, as well as the learning of second and other languages in Canada.

Philosophical underpinnings of this research are:

  • There is value in learning of all kinds.
  • Learning is a lifelong endeavour.
  • An interdisciplinary approach is valuable.

Notions of formal, non-formal and informal learning may be briefly outlined as:

Learning Technologies in Action

The Association for Learning Technology's annual conference, ALT-C
2008, brought together over 700 delegates and more than 100 speakers
from all over the world. Catherine Dhanjal reports on some highlights
from the conference.

Here are some highlights from the ALT conference: a report on two
presentations from the business sector, and a fascinating seminar on
the divide between businesses who use internet and communications
technology (ICT), and those who don't.

More at: http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=191719&d=680&h=608&f=626&dateformat=%25e-%25h-%25y

Turning Student Data into Intelligence

No matter how many students a school or district has, one thing
remains the same--the vital importance of tracking student attendance,
grades, standardized test scores, school or district transfers, and
more. Administrators, teachers, students, and parents all depend on a
reliable Student Information System (SIS) to give accurate reports and
updates.

And the U.S Department of Education's announcement that it will
require schools to use a uniform method to calculate graduation and
dropout rates highlights the need for easy-to-use products that can be
seamlessly installed and quickly learned.

With the generous support of Pearson School Systems, we've compiled
stories from the eSchool News archives, as well as some best practices
and additional resources to help your school staff make the most
informed decision as possible when considering SIS implementation.

Student Intelligence

Collecting Student Data

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Our work begins with Bill and Melinda Gates’ belief that all lives
have equal value. We think all people deserve the chance to have
healthy, productive lives. Our approach to giving is driven by the
foundation’s guiding principles.  

Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett set our overarching
grantmaking priorities—such as improving health and reducing extreme
poverty in the developing world and improving high school education in
the United States. They establish high-level goals for our grantmaking
programs. Then our three program teams devise a strategy for meeting
these goals. 

More information at: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.aspx

Measuring 21st-century skills

To remain competitive in an increasingly global, knowledge-based
economy, today’s employers need graduates who are adept at so-called
“21st-century skills” such as using information and communications
technology (ICT) to gather and assess information, collaborate,
innovate, think critically, and solve problems. Yet, in meeting this
need, educators face a few key challenges: How can they teach these
skills to students in the context of the core curriculum? And, how can
they measure students’ attainment of these skills?

With the generous support of Learning.com, the editors of eSchool
News have compiled this collection of stories from our archives, along
with other relevant resources from around the web, to help you and your
staff best answer these questions in your own schools.

Seven skills students desperately need!

Today's students could fail at life, says Harvard's Tony Wagner, because their schools are too busy teaching to the test  

Wagner said the problem is that you can have all the equipment
and technology you want, but "if you don't teach kids how to think, how
to think beyond multiple choice, you've got a problem."

He told another story illustrating this same problem:

Brain Research

List of Articles about Brain Research collected by The Training Place.

More information at: http://www.trainingplace.com/newsletter/brainsarticles.htm

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