Assessing Whether or Not Online Learning is Right For You

Virginia Tech's Self-Assessment Survey, Is eLearning Right for You?
A quick, online assessment of technology/distance learning skills and attitudes, with immediate feedback.

• http://www.vto.vt.edu/survey.php

Online Articles and Books about Distance Learning for Adult literacy/basic/secondary education, including English Language Learning

"Expanding Access to Adult Literacy with Online Distance Education " (Note: this is a .pdf)

• http://ncsall.gse.harvard.edu/research/op_askov.pdf

Learning How to Use the Internet through Online Instruction

The Internet Companion

• http://www.obs-us.com/obs/english/books/editinc/

The Online Netskills Interactive Course (TONIC)
An easy-to-understand, structured course, offering step-by-step, practical guidance on major Internet topics, ranging from basic through advanced. The course as a whole is intended for beginners to networking, who have some familiarity with computers.

• http://www.netskills.ac.uk/onlinecourses/tonic

Web-based Resources for Online Educators

Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching

• http://www.merlot.org/
  MERLOT is a free resource designed primarily for post-secondary education faculty and students. It includes links to online learning materials

Online Professional Development

AE Pro

• http://www.aeprofessional.org/
  A national network for online professional development for Adult Education, AE Pro is an new national organization that provides:online courses and course modules for adult education professional development, technical assistance in online course development and facilitation, a complete course development platform and is a gateway to other online professional development

ESL Civics Link

• http://civicslink.ket.org/login.xml
  An online professional development program for adult education ESL/ESOL teachers

Verizon Literacy Campus

• http://www.literacycampus.org/
  Verizon Literacy Campus offers free, online courses designed to support
  adult and family literacy programs in recruiting and training volunteers and
  professional staff and in managing programs. Courses run between 30 and 60
  minutes to complete; they can be integrated into existing professional
  development programs. A complete listing of courses can be found in the
  Course Catalog on the Free Online Courses page.
  
  ProLiteracy Worldwide and the National Center for Family Literacy manage the
  site under a grant from Verizon.

Online and Broadcast Distance Learning Products

Connect With English

• http://www.learner.org/resources/series71.html
  This broadcast TV or videotape ESL/ESOL course uses a dramatic story to teach English language skills while presenting the geographical, cultural, social, and economic diversity of America. Course components include: 25 half-hour programs (each program contains two 15-minute episodes, ) video comprehension books, conversation books, grammar guides, a faculty manual, a home viewer guide (optional), graded readers (optional), an instructor's manual (optional), a soundtrack (optional) and a demonstration video (optional) No license required after summer 2005 .Annenberg/CPB @ www.learner.org; 1-800-LEARNER

Crossroads Cafe'

• http://intelecom.org/ilrn/adulted/crc/crcpage.asp or http://www.intelecom.org/course_info.asp?id=10
  A complete broadcast TV or videotape program designed to teach English to speakers of other languages, by depicting the lives of six characters, their backgrounds, challenges and struggles, which are typical of many ESL/ESOL learners. Course components include: Part 1: 13 half-hour programs, Part 2: 13 half-hour programs, two photo story books, two worktexts, two teacher's resource books, partner guide (optional), reproducible masters (optional) and student assessment packages (optional) .

English for All

• http://www.myefa.org/login.cfm?fuseaction=learnmore2
  A free Web-based multimedia system for adults learning ESL/ESOL. It incorporates California standards for High-Beginning ESL and the Skill Modules of the Latino Adult Education Skills Project (LAES). EFA materials include: an interactive Web site that is the core of the program, 5 stand-alone video tapes, each containing four 15-minute programs, 5 CD-ROMs designed to work with the EFA Web site, and printable materials for students and teacher that are available as PDF or in Rich Text Format (compatible with most Word Processors).

Plato

• http://www.plato.com

Skills Tutor

• http://www.skillstutor.com

The GED Connection

• http://litlink.ket.org/teach_intro.aspl
  Five learning modules, 10 practice tests, 30 activities quizzes

The Office

• http://www.workingsimulations.com/theOffice.html

TV 411

• http://www.tv411.org/index.shtml

Workplace Essential Skills

• http://litlink.ket.org/teach_intro.aspl

Mouse Skills

• http://www.lawrencegoetz.com/programs/mousepractice/