Projects News

Literacy BC staff are currently involved in a number of interesting projects and activities. Here’s a sample:

Getting Online (GO) – Distance Education Promising Practices for Canadian Literacy Practitioners

GO (www.nald.ca/gettingonline/) is a national project to research the development and application of distance and online education for literacy practitioners in Canada, funded by the National Office of Literacy and Learning (Adult Learning, Literacy and Essential Skills Program). Diana Twiss DTwiss@cdo.capcollege.bc.ca is the BC project manager/researcher for GO.

Connecting the Dots – Improving Accountability in Adult Literacy in Canada

Literacy BC and RiPAL-BC are partnering with The Centre for Literacy and the Movement for Canadian Literacy on a project that is applying research-in-practice approaches to consolidate and exchange knowledge about current accountability policy and practice in adult literacy in Canada and abroad. The project seeks a common language between the community and government and other funders to talk about accountability and will develop innovative models that satisfy the needs and requirements of both providers and funders in order to improve accountability in positive ways.

Currently, practitioner researchers from across the country are collecting data in order to analyze and report on accountability policies and practices by regions. This field review will offer a description and comprehensive analysis of the types of accountability models currently being used in adult literacy/basic education in different parts of Canada, and how funders and providers perceive them.

A project website will be developed shortly. Stay tuned for updates on the Literacy BC website.

For more information about the project or to offer your comments, contact Paula Davies, the field reviewer for BC at: daviesp@cnc.bc.ca or phone 250-562-2131, ext. 5502; Marina Niks, the field review coordinator and RiPAL-BC representative on the project Steering Committee at mniks@thehub.literacy.bc.ca or: Sandy Middleton, Literacy BC representative on the project steering committee at smiddleton@literacy.bc.ca, 604-684-0624, ext. 106.