Selected Free LINCS Resources on Integrating Technology and Digital Literacy

Hello Integrating Technology Colleagues,

There are many LINCS reviewed integrating technology resources, and new ones are added each year.  To find them, go to the LINCS Resource Collection and use the search feature for example with the word “technology.” Below is a selection by LINCS Integrating Technology group moderator David J. Rosen created in June, 2020. Each resource title is a hyperlink, and each has a brief description and lists the intended audience(s). The most recent publications are listed first.

2019

Toolkit Informational Material

These resource sheets for administrators and educators are part of the Power in Numbers initiative funded by the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE). Power in Numbers aims to help adult students receive the higher-level math skills they need to succeed. This resource provides administrators and educators with an understanding of what open educational resources (OER) are, why they are useful and how to get started using them.

Administrators, Teacher Trainers, Policymakers and Implementers, Instructional Staff

2018

Toolkit   Informational Material

This toolkit contains tutorials, templates and sample lessons that help adult educators create documents that use hypertext to help students learn key concepts independently.

Instructional Staff

2018

Programmatic Material  Informational Material

This handbook is a practical guide that supports the delivery of quality distance education programming.

Administrators, Instructional Staff

2018

Toolkit   Informational Material

This open-access version of the Northstar Digital Literacy Project assessments can be used for assessing digital literacy skills to inform instruction.

Administrators, Instructional Staff, Adult Learners

Blended Learning for Adult Educators

2017

Professional Development

This webinar is an introduction to blended learning—a teaching and learning model that combines face-to-face instruction with online learning.

Instructional Staff

Evaluating Digital Learning for Adult Basic Literacy and Numeracy

            2017

This study investigated whether five web-based instructional programs increased the capacity of adult basic education (ABE) programs to provide efficient and effective leaning opportunities to adult students.

Administrators, Teacher Trainers, Policymakers and Implementers, Instructional Staff

Technology Toolbox for the Adult Education Instructor!

            2017

Toolkit

Informational Material

This webinar, published by the Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE) reviews a variety of free technology resources that can be integrated into the adult education classroom. 

Instructional Staff

            2017

Descriptions Of Practice

Professional Development

This paper examines how to best provide teachers with the time, support, and space to learn how to use new technological tools and resources effectively.

Administrators, Teacher Trainers, Instructional Staff

       2016

Website Evaluation Tool

Informational Material

This checklist is a useful tool for teachers and learners to evaluate website quality.

Adult Learners

            2016

Instructional Material

This companion learning resource, Integrating Digital Literacy into English Language Instruction, provides numerous examples of instructional models, strategies, tools, and tasks for integrating digital literacy into English language acquisition instruction.

            2016

Informational Material

This report summarizes research findings about the conditions and practices that support positive outcomes of technology use for underserved, under-resourced, and underprepared students.

Teacher Trainers, Policymakers and Implementers, Instructional Staff

2016

Instructional Material

This companion learning resource, Integrating Digital Literacy into English Language Instruction, provides numerous examples of instructional models, strategies, tools, and tasks for integrating digital literacy into English language acquisition instruction.

Administrators, Teacher Trainers, Policymakers and Implementers and Instructional Staff

2015

Lesson Plan   Instructional Material

These project-based lesson ideas for adult students improve their skills in using technology to solve problems and communicate with others, while increasing their digital literacy skills and access to technology.

            2015

Programmatic Material  Informational Material

For those professionals with the desire to implement, or further develop their implementation of blended learning, this guide will serve as a step-by-step road map for choosing and efficiently implementing a blended learning model design that meets their needs and budget.

            2015

This guide describes the classes of a number of distance education teachers who have adjusted their courses to incorporate college and career ready skills, enriching the online experience for students.

Administrators,   Instructional Staff

            2015

Lesson Plan

Instructional Material

These project-based lesson ideas for adult students improve their skills in using technology to solve problems and communicate with others, while increasing their digital literacy skills and access to technology.

2015

Informational Material

This issue brief, one of the resources in the suite of materials “Integrating Digital Literacy into English Language Instruction,” presents a broad overview of digital literacy as it relates to adult learners in English language acquisition programs.

Administrators, Teacher Trainers, Policymakers and Implementers, Instructional Staff

2015

Informational Material

This issue brief, one of the resources in the suite of materials “Preparing English Learners for Work and Career,” provides teachers and administrators with an overview of current research and practice related to connecting English language acquisition to career pathways.

Administrators, Teacher Trainers, Policymakers and Implementers, Instructional Staff

2011

This report provides an overview of policy and the research that informs how technology can be integrated into student-centered learning strategies.

Administrators, Teacher Trainers, Instructional Staff

2010

This study looks at the role of technology in 21st century education. 

Administrators, Teacher Trainers, Policymakers and Implementers, Instructional Staff

2009

Professional Development

Administrators, Instructional Staff

2005

Instructional Material

This online resource seeks to answer essential questions practitioners or program administrators might have when integrating technology into the classroom.

Administrators, Teacher Trainers, Policymakers and Implementers, Instructional Staff, Adult Learners

2005

This resource involves attitudes towards technology in the workplace. 

Administrators, Policymakers and Implementers, Instructional Staff

2004

2000

Professional Development

This resource addresses why technology use in the adult basic education (ABE) classroom does not always make an impact on learning or effective instructional practice. 

 

David J. Rosen, Moderator

LINCS CoP Integrating Technology group