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NET Gain No. 4: Adult Education
(May 1996)
Resources on adult education are likely to be of interest to many vocational
educators. This
installment of "NET Gain" covers the major electronic sources utilized by adult education
researchers and practitioners.
World Wide Web Sites
Check out <http://www.ed.gov/EdRes/EdFed/index.html>
for the info-packed Web site of the Department of Education [note: case is important in this
address). This site includes pointers to all ERIC Clearinghouses and components, the National
Center for Research in Vocational Education, the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for
Mathematics and Science Education, the regional labs, several research and development
centers, Star Schools program sites, the USDE Division of Adult Education and Literacy, the
National Science Foundation, and many others. We're particularly pleased to see the Department
of Labor School-to-Work Opportunities initiative (http://www.doleta.gov/programs/stw/stw.htm).
More noteworthy sites:
Electronic Mailing Lists
- ADLTED-L (listserv@uregina1.uregina.ca) is Canadian Adult Education Network.
- AEDNET (listserv@pulsar.acast.nova.edu) covers adult education (see also http://www.nova.edu/Inter-Links/education/aednet.html).
- HR-L-DIG (mail-server@brcnet.com) is of particular interest to human resources
professionals.
- NIFL-FAMILY (listproc@novel.nifl.gov) is one of four forums set up by the National
Institute for Literacy (NIFL) and deals with family literacy (see also http://novel.nifl.gov/forums.html).
- NIFL-WORKPLACE (listproc@novel.nifl.gov) is NIFL's workplace literacy listserv (see
also http://novel.nifl.gov/forums.html).
- NLA (majordomo@world.std.com) focuses on adult literacy education.
- TEACHEFT (listserv@wcupa.edu) focuses on teaching effectiveness
Electronic Journals
"NET Gain" is compiled by Judith Wagner (ERIC/ACVE, Ohio State University), David Carlson, and
Peter Seidman (NCRVE, University of California at Berkeley). An online version of this column
will be available on the NCRVE World Wide Web server (http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/NetGain/).
Readers are encouraged to let the authors know about any changes in the resources listed, as
well as about other resources they find useful.
Judy Wagner: 800-848-4815; wagner.6@osu.edu
David Carlson: 800-(old phone deleted);
Peter Seidman: 800-(old phone deleted); -->
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