I wonder if you actually took a look at this wiki? I don't see " vague mostly emotional personal experiences and arguments" but a group of dedicated people who are adding their wealth of knowledge, based on actual experience, so that others can learn from it. If this were the only tool they used in their efforts to overcome literacy, I would be opposed to that. But this is by no means what they are doing.
I have seen "academics" using "empirical knowledge" ascribe to the use of giving reading tests to patients they consider low literacy risk, when people who are low literacy say time and time again that if they are treated in that manner, they will not return to that office. So, a provider learns that a patient is low literacy, but it does him/her no good because the person is no longer their patient. So, there is also a place for anecdotal knowledge. These are all tools, that used together create holistic methods of reaching a specific audience. Isn't that what this listserv is all about? Sharing information, both empirical and emotional? Siobhan Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS Community Outreach Liaison National Network of Libraries of Medicine - MidContinental Region Creighton University Health Sciences Library 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 402-280-4156/800-338-7657 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ (NN/LM MCR Web Site) http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ (Web Log) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell (Digital Divide Network Profile) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alfred Bork Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 5:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'The Digital Divide Network discussion group' Subject: RE: [DDN] FW: [NIFL-HEALTH:4627] Adult Literacy education Wiki I could not care less about the status quo or influence. My goal is to improve learning in the world, including literacy, by an order of magnitude. It can be done, but not if intelligent people jump on ANY new bandwagon that appears. We need to focus our energies and insist on empirical information, not vague mostly emotional personal experiences and arguments. Only one in ten people in the world has internet access, and it is often marginal at best, No software on the current Internet will solve the massive problem of adult literacy I will be happy to send the outline of my new book, and other information, to interested people. Please write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . It proposes to solve the 'education for all' problem with adaptive learning. Alfred Bork University of California, Irvine _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
