Jo Medlin, President of Australian Council for Adult Literacy, was interviewed as part of a panel on adult literacy for Radio National's Sunday Extra program on 21st February 2021. Jo Medlin highlighted many of the issues faced by adults wishing to improve their literacy in Australia...
In very welcome news, the House Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training, chaired by Mr Andrew Laming MP has just announced it will hold an inquiry into adult literacy, numeracy and problem solving skills in Australia. ‘The Committee is interested in hearing how measures to...
Helping Clients Fill in Forms Research 2020 Filling in forms has long been a barrier for parts of the community accessing services. Forms have increased in number, become more complex and become digitised. This requires higher level literacy and digital literacy skills in order access critical...
Ako Aotearoa’s Adult Literacy, Numeracy and Cultural Capability (ALNACC) aims to enhance learner success by supporting educators and organisations in foundation education and promoting teaching excellence. Following on from our Literacy Links article in back in May, registrations were received by New Zealand from Australian...
One of the contributors to the Online Learning report was from TAFE SA. They have shared the importance of thinking outside the square and demonstrated how delivery does not necessarily need to be online at all. [caption id="attachment_1934" align="alignleft" width="480"] The workers ‘attending at the RASAC...
Graham (76 years) phoned the Hotline to say he is tutoring Graeme (74 years) and helping him to read. They both attended Lions Club and Graham noticed Graeme struggling to fill in a form. Graham offered to help and contacted his local Community Centre who...
Online Learning and Digital Isolation Report During the COVID-19 lockdown, face-to-face classes ceased. For most, this involved fast-tracking the complicated process of moving materials and lessons online and threw many of us, teachers and learners alike, into the deep end when it came to online learning....
Check out this great adult learning story! We asked everyone on the Hotline's database to tell us their success stories for #ALW2020. First prize is $200. This one comes from Julie at TAFE Qld. Diesel-fitting apprentice Dale had been told he would lose his job if he...
Last month, our Hotline manager Vanessa Iles took part in two interviews regarding the increased number of calls to the Reading Writing Hotline during the COVID-19 lockdowns. During the lockdowns, many people with low levels of literacy, numeracy or computer skills found that the coping...
Marian was working as a manager in a Brisbane company but she lacked confidence in her writing because she felt her spelling was ‘atrocious’. She told the Hotline teachers that people at work were laughing at her because of her difficulties with spelling. She did...