New Technologies for Literacy and Adult Education: A Global Perspective
By Daniel A. Wagner and Robert B. Kozma

About “New Technologies for Literacy and Adult Education”
New technology can provide powerful new tools for enriching the lives of poor people and communities in unprecedented ways. At least that was the view of the G8 Digital Opportunities Task Force in 2001. A view that is upheld and further explored in the pages of this book.

With an estimated 850 million illiterate people in the world today, this book explores how new information and communication technology (ICT) supports basic literacy and the information skills crucial for economic and social development.

New Technologies for Literacy Adult Education, published as a contribution towards the United Nations Literacy Decade (2003-2012), analyses two interconnected approaches to using ICT to support adult literacy and basic education. The first views ICT primarily as a set of instructional tools to help people acquire the skills associated with traditional notions of literacy. The second treats the relationship between literacy, technology and development in a more integral way.

The authors also consider the implications and options for policy makers in the use – and necessity – of expanded roles for new technologies in literacy development.

Contents
1. Literacy and Development 2. Status and Trends 3. Technology in Support of Literacy and Basic Skills 4. Technology in Support of a Broader Vision of Literacy 5. Challenges for the Future 6. Conclusions

Publication information
September 2005
UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 92-3-103986-5
Softcover, $22.50     ORDER   
120 pages