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Below is information about AlphaRoute. About AlphaRoute
For more information about the history of AlphaRoute or who was involved in its development, go to History or Acknowledgements. Managed by AlphaPlus, AlphaRoute is an adult literacy online learning environment developed for the Deaf, Native, Francophone, and Anglophone streams of the Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) program, the publicly funded Adult Basic Education (ABE) program of the province of Ontario, Canada. AlphaRoute is unique in Canada because it does all of the following:
A learning management system that provides LBS and ABE programs with the tools to manage registration for adult literacy students and practitioners acting as mentors – optional features include recording adult literacy student profiles, conducting online adult literacy student assessment, supporting adult literacy students through online program-based practitioner-mentors A practitioner-student support system that includes shared student Word Lists, and optional fax, telephone, and email communication supports An interactive communication system that includes discussion boards, live chat, email, and online courses, and that sustains a growing online community of adult literacy students across Canada Self-correcting and practitioner-assessed learning activities created by LBS and ABE practitioners across Canada for building reading, writing, numeracy, and computer skills Video-streamed American Sign Language for guidance in the Deaf Resources area Culturally relevant content in the Native Resources area Audio and visual learning supports for activities throughout AlphaRoute Learning opportunities for adult literacy students, supporting the development of transferable computer and online learning skills, which prepare students for participation in our technological age
AlphaRoute technical specifications Successful AlphaRoute use requires high-speed Internet access, Macromedia Flash, and audio capability. To find out more, please see the AlphaRoute technical specifications.
In offering LBS and ABE programs an online tool to complement learning program curricula and resources, AlphaRoute fits within a blended approach. AlphaRoute can be used by LBS and ABE programs to reach students at a distance and on-site within existing small groups, classrooms, and computer lab learning times. To learn more about blended learning, please consult the Guide to Blended Learning.
AlphaRoute is available free to LBS and ABE programs in Canada through AlphaPlus, either on a program or province-wide basis. If you are considering using AlphaRoute, please register as a trial user, review the following resources: and then Contact us.AlphaPlus provides training resources online and varying levels of user support to LBS and ABE programs using AlphaRoute. To find out more, go to Training.
LBS agencies in Ontario, and ABE agencies in the Northwest Territories, New Brunswick, and British Columbia, have contributed to the content development and testing of AlphaRoute activities and features. Literacy content development partnerships across Canada continue to grow and enrich the development of the AlphaRoute environment.
Sustainable support comes from the LBS Section of MTCU, and from the National Literacy Secretariat (NLS), now the National Office of Literacy and Learning, Department of Human Resources and Social Development Canada. The Office of Learning Technologies (OLT) of the Department of Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) has supported research, and the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) has supported redevelopment of the AlphaRoute learning environment.
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