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Fjeldstad, Lucie J. – 1990
IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) is committed to education excellence in the United States, particularly in American community, technical, and junior colleges. Community colleges have always had relationships beyond the campus with business and industry, high schools, and other institutions of learning. Today's business and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Courseware, Cultural Differences
Wangberg, Elaine G.; And Others – 1985
The Language Experience Approach (LEAP), a literacy education method based on the premise that reading is a by-product of the student's thinking and oral expression, was used as the basis of two series of interactive microcomputer lessons designed to improve adult reading and writing skills. In the three years following the creation of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
Mann, John G. – 1989
Computer assisted instruction programs for adult literacy are becoming more prevalent in learning centers, community organizations, and in schools across the country. Computers are also being used to curb illiteracy at the source, in elementary and secondary schools, in an effort to reduce dropout rates. Two IBM (International Business Machines)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
Marrapodi, Maryann – 1984
This guide is a selected list of 25 software packages and 15 books about educational computing. It is the first step in guiding librarians, teachers, tutors, and other literacy providers to choose the best and most appropriate software for use by their students and staff. Software is divided by these topics: problem-solving software, tool programs…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Books, Computer Literacy
Gillfillan, Nancy M. – 1987
Via an LSCA (Library Services and Construction Act) Title VI Library Literacy grant for fiscal year 1986, the Dixon (Illinois) Public Library expanded its involvement in the literacy effort. Additional rooms were made available for tutoring, materials and equipment for literacy students and books and equipment for literacy tutors were provided,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Courseware
Adult Literacy and Technology Project, San Ramon, CA. – 1989
This second issue of an annotated listing of educational software suitable for use with adult basic education (ABE) students was compiled through reviews of software by ABE teachers and their students for its effectiveness and appropriateness to adult literacy instruction. The featured programs include drill and practice, simulations, educational…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews


