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===Some of this information is likely cross-posted if any of you follow the Technology and Literacy Discussion List from NIFL (National Institute for Literacy) but I think it is worth repeating and posting. These are research papers and reports on different aspects of adult education, technology integration and literacy.===

Martha Nega posted the following articles to the list. Note: These are "paper resources" and it is unknown whether these reports are available online through the various journals' web sites.

Beeghly, D.G. (2005). It's about time: Using electronic literature discussion groups with adult learners. //Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy//, 49(1), 12-21.

Braun, T. (2008). Making a Choice: The Perceptions and Attitudes of Online Graduate Students. //Journal of Technology and Teacher Education.// 6(1), 63-92.

Dobrovolny, J. (2006). How Adults Learn from Self-Paced, Technology-Based Corporate Training: New focus for learners, new focus for designers. //Distance Education//, 27 (2), 155-170.

McKee, H., & Blair, K. (2007). Older adults and community based technological literacy programs: Barriers and benefits to learning. //Community Literacy Journal//, 1, 13-39.

Zembylas, M. (2008). Adult learners' emotions in online learning. //Distance Education//, 29(1), 71-87.

From Vicki Trottier, Researacher/Writer, GO project

The Getting Online (GO) Project is proud to release this report, available at http://www.nald.ca/gettingonline/goreport/goreport.pdf. For more information about the project, please visit our website at [|www.nald.ca/gettingonline]

From Linda Wood, Dept Chair, Graphic Design/Photographic Imaging, The Art Institute of Atlanta

Cercone, K. (2008). Characteristics of adult learners with implications for online learning design, AACE Journal, 16(2), 137-159.

It is a PDF located at: [|www.editlib.org/index.cfm/files/paper_24286.pdf?fuseaction=Reader.DownloadFullText&paper_id=24286]

A new paper is now available from the Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning ([|www.lsal.pdx.edu])

The Relationship Between Literacy Proficiency And The Digital Divide Among Adults With Low Education Attainment by Clare Strawn

Adults who didn't finish high school are the demographic group making the most gains as the digital divide closes. The Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning followed a representative sample of these adults (born between 1954 and 1980) in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, with repeat tests of literacy proficiency, work, and technology use. Computer ownership increased 62%, from 45 percent of the study population owning a computer in 1998 to 73 percent in 2005. Internet connection in home rose 11%: from 47 percent in 2001 to 52 percent in 2005. Computer use increased from 61 percent in 1998 to 98 percent in 2005. Most of the jump occurred between 1998 and 2001. People of color are as likely as whites to be computer users, when ownership is accounted for.