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Using information and communication technologies in adult literacy education: New practices, new challenges

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Item:	1608
Title:	Using information and communication technologies in adult literacy education: New practices, new challenges
Authors:	Ilana Snyder, Anne Jones, Joseph Lo Bianco
Publication date:	26 October 2005
Publication type:	Research report
Themes:	Teaching and learning > Literacy/numeracy > General
	Students and individuals > Learner groups > Adult learners
ISBN:	1 920896 95 3 print; 1 920896 96 1 web
New information and communication technologies are changing literacy practices at an unprecedented rate. As literacies are being transformed by technological change, electronic communication and the globalisation of knowledge, this poses new questions and challenges for literacy educators. Using a case study approach, this report examines the interaction between new and emerging digital technologies, adult learning and literacies for both educators and learners. The findings demonstrate that changes to teaching practices associated with the use of information and communication technologies are possible. Some important findings also provide a base for developing systematic and informed approaches to further adult literacy education in an age where literacy practices are increasingly mediated by the use of information and communication technologies.