Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection

This publication provides information about the implementation of and findings from the Technology-Based Coaching in Adult Education (TBCAE) project.

The TBCAE Toolkit was developed to assist adult education program administrators, program  staff, and state staff in planning and implementing text messaging that supports adult education learners’ program participation and attainment of education outcomes.

This website provides free contextualized video lessons and resources for adult educators and adult students.

This compendium describes five innovative practices in bridge and integrated education and training (IET) programs as selected by the  Advancing Innovation in Adult Education project.

This brief describes innovative, remote adult ESOL program practices and designs based on interviews with staff from 34 adult ESOL programs across the US about their use of digital technologies for onboarding, instruction, and supports to diverse ESOL learners.

This site includes information on promising remote adult ESOL practices and program models.

This report from the Digital US coalition is the result of a six-month landscape analysis and strategic planning period, laying the groundwork for a new collective impact approach to support both on-ramps to digital skills as well as pathways to new opportunities.

This compendium describes the four innovative practices in secondary
credentialing selected from the Round 1 Advancing Innovation in Adult
Education applications.

This handbook is a practical guide that supports the start-up, scale-up, and delivery of quality distance education programming.

This resource provides an outline for how to implement technology tools that are standards-based and meet the instructional needs of adult educators and learners.

This brief explains what digital literacy skills are and why they are important.

Ready, Set, Go: Steps to Rapidly Start Distance Learning provides guidance to adult educators on how to quickly set-up distance learning programs for their students.

Teaching Online: Communicating and Tracking Learner Progress presents a clear and comprehensive approach for instructors to transition from an in-person to online learning environment.

This guide is for teachers, tutors, and administrators of programs and schools who provide adult basic skills education and who are hoping to initiate or improve blended learning for their students.

This course was designed for education providers and practitioners teaching adult basic academic skills, ESOL, and literacy at a distance and/or through blended learning; it provides strategies and resources that are essential for both setting up and implementing distance education or teaching with a blended approach.

This report presents insights from the past three Power in Numbers reports, accompanied by case studies that illustrate how organizations have implemented best practices in the real world.

This special edition of the COABE Journal highlights career pathways and workforce development.

This article reviews several digital literacy frameworks and curricula to identify the digital skills people need to learn to participate in today’s world.

This report explores how improving the process by which edtech is developed and deployed in the marketplace can result in greater classroom impact for adult educators and learners.

These resource sheets for administrators and educators are part of the Power in Numbers initiative funded by the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE). Power in Numbers aims to help adult students receive the higher-level math skills they need to succeed. This resource provides administrators and educators with an understanding of what open educational resources (OER) are, why they are useful and how to get started using them.

This podcast explores digital equity and why it is considered by many to be the civil right for our time.

This toolkit contains tutorials, templates and sample lessons that help adult educators create documents that use hypertext to help students learn key concepts independently.

This handbook is a practical guide that supports the delivery of quality distance education programming.

The Kentucky Skills U Instructional Technology Framework provides a common instructional technology foundation for comprehensive, assessment-aligned instructional support for adult educators. 

This report explores the potential for technology to enhance the teaching and learning of advanced math skills for adults.