e-Learning Materials for Adult Learners

Four rounds of e-learning materials have been funded by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to support post-16 learning. The latest, the fourth round, has been developed to be relevant to specific parts of the ACL curriculum.
These round 4 materials recently became available online to tutors and learners in adult education and now can also be downloaded either singly or as collections to CD on request to the NLN coordinator.

The subject areas covered in this latest release are:

• Family Learning
• Modern Foreign Languages
• English for Speakers of Other Language (ESOL)
• Making Learning Work for You

The materials are available as learning objects - short chunks of learning that can be used as part of face to face learning or for learners to access independently. They are highly interactive employing audio, video and animation to provide information, activity and assessments.

The ESOL materials are available for learners at entry level 1 through to level 2.

How Do I Look At The Materials?

The best way to get an idea of what is available is to look at the materials online. A KAES tutor can request a password for themselves and for their learners by leaving a comment here, or by asking through a Google Group.

Once you have an idea of what is available you can create a collection for access by learners online.

If once you have looked at the materials you want a selection downloaded to CDs the ILT Manager will facilitate this.

In due course these materials wil be more generally available on CD and hopefully on a virtual learning environment - MOODLE - currently under development.

More on MOODLE later!!

SO - ask for a password and then go to www.aclearn.net/nln-materials