www.literacytrust.org.uk
Pulls together the best ideas and information to help
everyone share good practice.
http://www.hartlandeyecare.com/pages/vision_learning.html
The Visual Learning Center provides the diagnosis and
treatment of many visual disorders that can have a
profound impact on learning.
http://www.inspiration.com/vlearning/index.cfm
Visual learning methodologies that help students think,
learn and achieve. Help students learn to clarify
thoughts, organise and analyse information, integrate
new knowledge and think critically.
http://www.siggraph.org/education/vl/vl.htm
Visual learning methods for:
- opening up new ways of problem solving
- providing new ways to think about science and
engineering
- enhancing the education and practice of science
and engineering
http://www.ivla.org
IVLA is a not-for-profit association of researchers,
educators, designers, media specialists, and artists.
http://www.ivla.org/org_what_vis_lit.htm#definition
Refers to a group of vision-competencies a human being
can develop by seeing and at the same time having and
integrating
other sensory experiences.
http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/mindmap/howto.html
Mind maps are tools which help you think and learn.
This module describes how to do a mind map and most of
the sections are organised into areas of university
study where students have found mind maps useful.
http://www.peterussell.com/mindmaps/mindmap.html
Mind maps were developed in the late 1960s by Tony
Buzan as a way of helping students make notes that used
only key words and images. They are much quicker to
make, and because of their visual quality much easier to
remember and review. The non-linear nature of mind maps
makes it easy to link and cross-reference different
elements of the map.
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm
The theory is an account of human cognition in its
fullness. The intelligences provided a new definition of
human nature, cognitively speaking. Human beings are
organisms who possess a basic set of intelligences.
http://pss.uvm.edu/pss162/learning_styles.html
David A. Kolb's Learning Style Inventory describes the
way you learn and how you deal with ideas and day-to-day
situations in your life. As this instrument is
copyrighted please contact Hay Resources Direct (a
division of the Hay Group, Inc.) at Tel. 1-800-729-8074
for purchasing information.
http://inspiring-breakthrough.co.uk/learning-styles/visual-spatial-learning.htm
By incorporating into the learning experience a mixture
of activities that meet the 8 different styles of
learning ensures maximum effectiveness, input and
retention.
http://www.alri.org/harness.html
The Harnessing Technology Web pages help adult literacy
education (ABE/GED/ESL/ESOL) teachers and learners to
use computers, television, audio and video cassettes,
and other electronic technology to help solve learning
and instructional problems. The Web pages grow and
improve as practitioners and learners describe problems
and contribute good solutions which use technology.
http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9216/closed.htm
A recent action research project conducted by Smith
(1990) investigated how CCTV could be used to help teach
ESL to adults enrolled at the Arlington County, VA,
Refugee Education and Employment Program. This program
serves students from all over the world who speak a wide
variety of native languages.
http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/digests/d186.html
Educational materials, services and course work.
http://www.nald.ca/clr/demyst/chapter7.htm
The goal of Stage I literacy is to help learners feel
like readers and writers. This is a process of
developing confidence with the written language. It
involves encouraging learners to make connections
between oral and written language
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