Through DRAW, we will provide the field with flexible, evidence-based, piloted strategies and materials that help teachers build the digital literacy skills and digital resilience of adult learners. These efforts will help adult learners obtain the digital knowledge and skills necessary for postsecondary education and training, employment, civic engagement, and economic self-sufficiency.
Together, and in partnership with practitioners across the country, we will:
- Identify and curate existing resources for assessing and developing digital literacy skills and resilience.
- Co-create additional resources to fill gaps identified in the landscape scan.
- Developing a Digital Library to pull resources together in user-friendly, flexible formats with actionable strategies that work with diverse adult learner populations, including beginning-level English learners.
- Train adult education professionals in how to integrate high-quality resources into their instruction.
- Support professional development (PD) that enables teachers to be strategic and learner-focused in their lesson planning and instruction.
- Support adult education programs in designing effective, flexible, technology-enabled education and support services.
- Provide state Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) funders and their PD providers with models, guidance, and resources for supporting funded programs as they sustain and expand digital literacy efforts.
