Teach Smarter, Teach Better

The 21st Century Classroom

Technology is making it easier than ever for adults to learn basic literacy skills both inside and outside the classroom. Today, adult learners can access learning content from many different sources: YouTube, Wikipedia, blogs, news websites, government websites, websites of universities and individual teachers, and more. The challenge for adult schools is to be inside this revolution, not on the outside looking in.

Bring a World of Learning into the Classroom.

If left to their own resources, many adults will develop a rich natural learning ecosystem that allows for multi-layered learning. They create effective methods of communicating with the sources of their learning. They network with communities centered around the content to be learned. They naturally seek out highest quality content and find the most interesting and motivating learning experiences that allow for easy inexpensive access. And they develop real-time feedback to guide their learning and find mentors to guide and support their learning.

But not all adult learners have the ability and experience to create their own learning ecosystem. They lack the skills and tools to find dependable learning sources, evaluate information, and compose a learning network. The solution is to provide a flexible learning scaffold that allows adult learners to jump in and use their own learning ecosystem if they are able, but also provide a supporting learning structure to those who need one. The end goal is to give adult learners the tools to become lifelong learners after they leave the adult literacy system.