The Avallain Basic Skills System has been applied to develop and implement comprehensive learning systems such as those commissioned by the German Adult Education Association and the Irish National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) to deliver e-learning for basic skills.
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Basic Skills partners:
“ich-will-lernen” (I want to learn) – German Adult Education Association
In Germany an estimated 4 million adults (native speakers) are considered to be functionally illiterate. Despite compulsory schooling their reading and writing skills are so poor that many can not read a newspaper, write a note or access further training. The German Adult Education Association (Deutscher Volkshochschul-Verband, DVV) is the umbrella organisation of 1,000 adult education centres (Volkshochschule) which are the main providers of literacy and basic skills training (incl. preliminary courses for obtaining a school leaving certificate, language classes, and many more). With funding from the Federal Ministry for Education and Research, the DVV developed the award winning online-portal “ich-will-schreiben-lernen.de” (I want to learn to write) for adult literacy learners. Avallain has recently expanded the system to cover numeracy and workplace skills. - www.ich-will-lernen.de http://www.grundbildung.de/lernportal/
NALA has been running a Distance Learning Service since 2000. From 2000 to 2008, the service worked on a principle of using TV programmes to motivate people with unmet literacy needs to call a Freephone number. Learners were the supported over the telephone and via the post. In 2008, NALA decided to launch www.writeon.ie to offer learning and accreditation options at Level 2 on the National Framework of Qualifications of Ireland. In October 2010, NALA added Level 3 qualifications to its offering. The site has been hugely successful in attracting learners, filling gaps in provision and providing accreditation to a hard-to-reach audience. - www.writeon.ie
More about Literacy and Numeracy
Literacy, loosely defined as the ability to read and write, is recognised to be the foundation for development and participation – for both individuals as well as societies. Today, millions of adults in developing and developed countries lack the basic skills they need to participate in society, unlock their potential, seize the opportunities of today’s digital world and/or simply to meet the ever increasing demands in the workplace.
In response to this, governments and NGOs aim to create policies and programmes that provide an educational infrastructure which aim to encourage adults to (re)enter learning. Within this landscape, e-learning for Literacy offers unique opportunities in efficiency, flexibility and reliable impact, including for those hardest to reach.
The Avallain Basic Skills System pools solutions specially designed to enable e-learning for Literacy.
The Avallain Basic Skills System offers the opportunity to develop engaging learning material for Numeracy, exercises that develop a feeling for quantities and teach complex calculations.
The label “Work Skills” applies to a combination of skills and competencies one must master in order to function in an increasingly demanding and complex work environment. Besides the core skills of literacy, numeracy or language skills, it comprises of competences such as: working in teams, communicating with customers and colleagues, time and conflict management, using ICT, processing information presented in various contexts and formats, etc.
In order to develop and train competencies that draw on factual information (e.g. on operation and procedures in a bank, knowledge on communication and social interaction, inter-cultural aspects, common courtesy, task and time management skills etc.), a holistic educational approach is required.
Through its application of “Scenario-based learning” (SBL), the Avallain Basic Skills System engages the learner while exercising all the skills required by the workplace in an authentic setting.
