For instance, Virtual Visits features student field trip reports and journals. Suggestions for what families and communities can do are provided. For organizations, a resource kit, including literacy facts, language and reading materials, guidelines on how to recruit and train tutors, tips and strategies for working with children with special needs, and reports on literacy research, is available online. Developed by the College of Education at The Pennsylvania State University, this web site promotes research, teaching, learning, and scholarship in the area of distance learning. It serves to distribute information and to facilitate communication and collaboration among distance learning educators globally.
Users can find readings and information about conferences, training workshops, and research.
The library has a rich collection of materials, ranging from aboriginal materials to family literacy materials to practitioner resources. Teachers and students can also write to Ask Dr. Ann with questions related to adult learning. In addition, Literacy Listserv Discussion Groups and Internet resources are also available. It also provides a collection of articles, bibliographies, and resources on distance education. Users can find information about conferences, funding, and legislation.