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
After much work by the Learning Design team, we now start to see a structure of materials forming. This allows us to start creating a JSON document describing key attributes of each lesson and its associated activities. This structure has also allowed us to create a custom build mechanism to Read more…
May 26, 2020
