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In anticipation of renewed funding, CCL had proposed an exciting slate of projects for the coming years.
Below is a selection of our previous plans for the future. (PDF, 73 KB).
CCL plans to launch a series of free, online tests that will allow individual Canadians to measure their competencies in three areas: prose literacy, document literacy and numeracy. Based on the International Adult Literacy and Life Skills survey, these tests will also provide teachers and instructors with a convenient means of assessing strengths and weaknesses to ensure programs meet learner needs.
A powerful online tool that could revolutionize the way tests and surveys are administered, ECHO will allow users to create, upload and share questions, surveys and assessments. An alternative to traditional testing systems, ECHO will be available without cost to publicly funded and not-for-profit Canadian organizations.
This project will consolidate the online resources related to lifelong learning in Canada. Tentatively called the Learning Infoway, this website will bring together all of the information currently available on the internet—from college and university info to workplace and career resources—into a simple, “one-stop shopping” experience.
As a continuation of the initiative Redefining How Success is Measured in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Learning, CCL is working with Aboriginal Peoples and federal, provincial and territorial governments to develop an Aboriginal Learning Information and Data Strategy (ALIDS) for Canada. The three Holistic Lifelong Learning Models for First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples provide the necessary (and previously unavailable) framework to measure progress in Aboriginal learning. CCL’s long-term goal is to use this information to develop a Composite Learning Index for Aboriginal communities across Canada.
To build on the positive reaction to our 2007 and 2008 health literacy reports, CCL is developing partnerships with various provinces, territories and organizations. Activities will include workshops and presentations on the issue of health literacy. In addition, CCL is expanding the PALMM (Projections of Adult Literacy: Measuring Movement) tool released in 2008 to incorporate data from the municipal level. Communities will be able to use the interactive online tool (which was released as part of CCL’s Reading the Future report) to understand the future literacy needs of their residents from now to 2031, and to support program planning at the local level.
Using the ECHO assessment tool and the IALSS framework, CCL will develop a series of assessments that specifically measure a person’s health literacy.
In consultation with learning stakeholders across Canada, CCL will develop a series of lifelong learning benchmarks based on the data used in the State of Learning in Canada report.
As an extension of the October 2008 report, Achieving our Potential: An Action Plan for PLAR in Canada, CCL is funding the PLA Centre to convene workshops and consultations with educators and policy makers on ways to optimize the value of PLAR across Canada. PLAR offers the potential to open up new sources of labour and increase the involvement of under-represented groups in Canada’s economy and society.
In the coming years CCL will continue to publish and expand on its core reports, including the annual Report on the State of Post-secondary Education, the Composite Learning Index and the popular Survey of Canadian Attitudes toward Learning.
CCL is exploring the application of its learning tools, such as the Composite Learning Index, PALMM and Aboriginal Learning Models, in developing countries. CCL is collaborating on this initiative with the British Council, the Breuninger Foundation, the Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie and other member organizations of the Policy Action Group on Learning.