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In this section you will find articles and reports about AlphaRoute, listed in order of date published with the most recent first, covering the following topics:
Blended learning
Practitioner experiences
Student experiences
AlphaRoute Deaf resources
AlphaRoute Native resources
If you are interested in other articles and reports AlphaPlus Centre has written and published, go to AlphaPlus.
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Blended learning
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Title: Literacy Learning at a Distance – a New Approach
Author: Michelle Eady
Publication: Toronto, ON: AlphaPlus Centre, 2006
Description: Describes the types of online classes and the range of technologies used by a northern Ontario Native literacy program as part of the Distance Learning Project in Ontario.
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Title: What’s up with the “e” in e-learning?
Author: Matthias Sturm
Publication: Literacy on the Move, Ontario Literacy Coalition, March 2005
Description: Article explaining e-learning and how it fits with adult learning.
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Title: Effective Delivery of On-line Learning: AlphaRoute National Pilot Project
Author: Kerry Lyon
Publisher: Toronto, ON: AlphaPlus Centre, 2004
Description: Description of early piloting of AlphaRoute outside of Ontario, reporting findings, challenges, characteristics of quality delivery, and future recommendations.
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Title: On-line Training… Not so different after all!
Author: Susan Toews
Publication: Access Alpha, Volume 3(2), Spring/Summer 2002, p. 16
Description: Discusses Centra Symposium, an online classroom resource used by AlphaPlus to present training opportunities at a distance to AlphaRoute practitioners.
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Title: AlphaRoute Update – An online approach to fostering literacy in Northern Ontario
Author: AlphaPlus staff
Publication: Access Alpha, Volume 2(3), Summer/Summer 2001, p. 15
Description: Brief overview of a collaborative distance delivery project using AlphaRoute and involving AlphaPlus, Contact North/Contact Nord, and two Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) agencies (one Francophone and one Anglophone) in Northern Ontario.
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Title: Using AlphaRoute in rural Northern Ontario communities not served by Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) delivery agencies: Final report
Author: Debra Betty and Kate Tilleczek
Publisher: Sudbury, ON: Contact North/Contact Nord, 2001
Description: Extension of the 1999 AlphaRoute (Phase 2) research project which monitored and assessed the nature of support required by adult literacy students using AlphaRoute within an LBS delivery agency. Investigates the feasibility and success potential of LBS distance delivery using AlphaRoute in two Northern Ontario communities that did not have community access to LBS delivery agencies.
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Title: AlphaRoute (Phase 2): A Research Report
Author: Daniel L. Larocque
Publisher: Toronto, ON: AlphaPlus Centre, 1999
Description: Qualitative research study centred on two basic questions: At what stage of their learning can literacy students begin to be independent in an online environment? What supports do they need in order to do so? Findings of the research contributed to the development of the AlphaRoute villages.
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Practitioner experiences
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Title: Learning About Online Teaching
Author: Nancy Friday and Tracey Mollins
Publication: Literacies #5, Spring 2005
Description: Reflections on the first online course offered to AlphaRoute students in January 2005.
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Title: AlphaRoute Café: The development of an on-line learning community
Author: Kerry Lyon
Publisher: Toronto, ON: AlphaPlus Centre, 2004
Description: Lessons learned from the launch and moderation efforts for the AlphaRoute interactive communication features.
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Title: Evaluation of AlphaRoute 2002-2003: Report on a survey of AlphaRoute use in Literacy and Basic Skills delivery agencies
Author: AlphaPlus staff
Publisher: Toronto, ON: AlphaPlus Centre, May 2003
Description: Report on a survey of AlphaRoute use in Literacy and Basic Skills delivery agencies.
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Student experiences
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Title: What difference does it make? Literacy learner perspectives on Web-based learning with AlphaRoute
Author: Principal researcher, Ellen Long; Research writing team, Trudy Kennell, Maria Moriarty, Matthias Sturm
Publisher: Toronto, ON: AlphaPlus Centre, Toronto, 2003
Description: Research study focused on the effectiveness of online learning using AlphaRoute, from the adult literacy student’s perspective – adult students were asked if using AlphaRoute was helping them build literacy and technology skills, and if they were able to apply these skills in their daily lives. Includes structured interviews with students and a follow-up survey conducted with practitioners to gain additional program information.
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AlphaRoute Deaf resources
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Title: Deaf Literacy Corner
Author: Paul LeDrew
Publication: Access Alpha, Volume 3(2), Spring/Summer 2002, p. 6
Description: Reprint of the speech of Paul LeDrew, keynote speaker at the launch of Deaf AlphaRoute.
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Title: Launch of Deaf AlphaRoute
Author: Regent Gendron
Publication: Access Alpha, Volume 3(1), Fall/Winter 2001/2002, p. 6
Description: Description of the launch of Deaf AlphaRoute on October 26, 2001 in Toronto, Ontario.
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AlphaRoute Native resources
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Title: Launch of Native AlphaRoute
Author: Nancy Cooper
Publication: Access Alpha, Volume 3(1), Fall/Winter 2001/2002, p. 7
Description: Photos and description of the launch of Native AlphaRoute on September 25, 2001 in Keene, Ontario.
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