October 21, 2009 (New York) -- CAAL today released THE POWER OF  
TECHNOLOGY TO TRANSFORM ADULT LEARNING: Expanding Access to Adult  
Education and Workforce Skills Through Distance Learning. This 65- 
page paper is based on a 9-month project directed by Dr. Mary L.  
McCain of TechVision 21 in Washington, D.C. Federal and state  
government is the primary audience but CAAL also aims to help inform  
private sector engagement and assist program and curriculum  
development professionals. Among the report's recommendations are to  
establish a national web portal to meet the needs of both adult  
learners and professional/skilled ICT users; federal incentives to  
encourage and help states integrate technology-assisted learning into  
overall adult education and workforce skills planning; projects to  
support the development of distance learning in a variety of areas  
(such as distance learning certifications, performance measures that  
validate ICT literacy, and online learning assessment); a strong  
research, analysis, and evaluation program; and activities to foster  
stakeholder involvement, including the philanthropic and business  
communities. The POWER OF TECHNOLOGY includes a primer section on the  
tools of technology. Another section presents exemplary national and  
state technology-based program models for instruction, professional  
development, and program/data management. Findings of recent research  
on distance learning are presented and analyzed, and an extensive  
bibliographic appendix is included. The report is available as NC- 
CAAL11 from the CAAL website at www.caalusa.org/publications/html. It  
can also be purchased directly from CAAL ($20 plus postage, volume  
discounts available).





Gail Spangenberg
President
Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy
1221 Avenue of the Americas - 46th Fl
New York, NY 10020
212-512-2362, F: 212-512-2610
www.caalusa.org



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