A short video that shows some of the the different features and activity types of the Citizen Literacy App as at March 2021. These include: The 2 different virtual tutor voices (Al and Jude) that provide instructions and feedback to the learners. ‘Explainer videos’ that set the scene and provide Read more…
March 18, 2021
A short video about Citizen Literacy explaining what we do and why we do it There are over 6 million people of working age in the UK that have poor reading and writing skills – about 15% of the population. Our app and teaching resources helps adults to learn to Read more…
March 17, 2021
Here is an interesting reflective interview with Diane Gardner our literacy lead with NATECLA Scotland, NATECLA is a UK wide organisation that supports teachers of English for learners whose first language is not English. Here, Diane describes her journey into adult literacy from being an ESOL teacher through community work Read more…
March 16, 2021
Time to start looking at the real world user interface. Understanding the personas likely to use the app, we have many considerations to make. Colour blindness, dyslexia and mobility must be considered. Figma is an excellent tool for quickly experimenting, collaborating with team members in real time and exporting SVG Read more…
June 1, 2020
From ABC to ADDIE We started off using the ABC-LD toolkit as a design tool. It’s great as a general purpose design aid for converting existing college / university courses into blended learning formats. It is especially good for bringing academics and support staff together to reimagine course designs. However Read more…
February 24, 2020
Just starting in on this how people who are new to reading experience story telling via text differently…This came up in discussions with our academic lead, Diane Gardner, who had been writing short stories for her F2F class to start reading. When Diane asked her learners what they thought came Read more…
December 17, 2019
