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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:

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Boys & Girls Club - Sacaton

We are now working on a strategic plan + project plan for the Boys and Girls Clubs. It will focus on technology, curriculum and professional development.

Coming very soon~

Grass Roots

Links for GLF

How To Create Grassroots Movements For Change - 1: Getting Started

How To Create Grassroots Movements For Change - 2: Building Your Online Platform

How To Create Grassroots Movements For Change - 3: Recruiting

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Google Docs

Moodle course for using Google Docs at: http://21cif.mrooms.net/course/view.php?id=61

Stephen Downes' List of Free Applications

Jane Hart's articles and list of free applications for eLearning.

More information at: http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?author=Jane%20Hart

Brain Research

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

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

21st Century Skills

Brain Briefings

A series of two-page newsletters explaining how basic neuroscience discoveries lead to clinical applications. (Click Here for Chronological List)

More information at: http://www.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=brainBriefings_main

The Billion Kids Library

The central feature of each Open Learning Exchange is the Billion
Kids Library: a library that contains open and free basic whole-course
educational curricula appropriate for the elementary and secondary
school teachers and students of that particular location. These OLE
sites may be as small as an open-air classroom, or as large as a
nation-state. To help ensure that all library curricula effectively
meet the needs of patrons, each item in the Library can be evaluated by
member-users – both educators and learners - according to a robust and
refined objective standard schema. The OLE evaluation standards balance
objective assessment and subjective experience and are further vetted
automatically and objectively through a process linked to the
characteristics of the members who composed the evaluation. The goal is
to allow library patrons to define for themselves what is useful, and
then help those patrons find Library content that fits their individual
criteria.

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Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)

Our name has changed from the Office of Indian Education Programs, OIEP, to the Bureau of Indian Education, BIE.

After you have looked over our new site, please take a moment and
tell us if you were able to find the information you were seeking and
provide any comments or recommendations you have to make the site even
better. Click on Contact BIE - Feedback to provide your comments.

The BIE has responsibility for 184 elementary and secondary schools
and dormitories as well as 24 colleges, and our Bureau-operated Haskell
Indian Nations University and Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute.
Our post-secondary institutions, schools and dormitories are located on
63 reservations in 23 states across the United States serving
approximately 60,000 students representing 238 different tribes.