We are literacy NGO, specifically promoting libraries and increasing reading materials in developing countries.  We will begin our work in the Dominican Republic, where we have already worked for a number of years, but eventually want to consider expanding.

 With respect to literacy, we have helped build a scholarship program for youth, and have started a library in Gaspar Hernandez.  Of course each context requires a different approach, but thus far, we are in the early stages of making plans in the DR, and hoping to expand later.

sarah.deardorff@gmail.com

More information at: http://pathwaystogloballiteracy.wordpress.com/author/sarahdeardorff/

The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy is a nationally representative assessment of English literacy among American adults age 16 and older. Sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), NAAL is the nation's most comprehensive measure of adult literacy since the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS).

More at: http://nces.ed.gov/naal/

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:

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

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.