Media Literacy

Some of the highlights from this annual report were: the launch of Read Write Now, the first TV tuition programme in Ireland and our development of workplace basic education programmes in local authorities and in a large private company as well as the piloting of the Evolving Quality Framework for Adult Basic Education.

This edition of Literacy Matters keeps you posted about literacy matters in Ireland and up to date about NALA's news, upcoming events and ongoing work. In this issue we have articles on the filming of our DVD 'Take on Learning: Take on Life', a radio interview with a literacy student, Gruntvig: Promoting innovation in adult education and much more.

The highlights in our 2007 annual report were the expansion of our distance education service, the launch of our new strategic plan 2007-2010, the start of a major new promotional campaign with An Post (the Irish postal authority) and our work on quality assurance at national level for students, leading to awards at Level 2.

The highlight in our 2008 annual report was our publicity work to raise awareness of the opportunities available to motivate people to return to learning, in particular our campaign work. It also contains a summary of our work in TV distance education (capturing 14% of the viewing audience), training developments in integrating literacy, clients of our Plain English Service and much more besides...