Seminar Feedback: Implications for adults seeking learning/work

Here’s the feedback on question 1 from the seminar:
Q1. What are the implications for adults seeking learning and work opportunities?
Negatives

Adults seeking learning & work opportunities may not know what they don’t know: raising awareness is essential.

Online recruitment to employment is becoming more customary so adults who lack IT skills will be disadvantaged.
As job roles change, [...]

Seminar Feedback: Barriers for adults

Here’s the feedback on question 2 from the seminar:
Q2. Are there any particular barriers for the adults you are working with?

Apart from IT skills, many adults lack confidence in using technology for everyday life – digital TV, DVD recording, text messaging, eBay etc.  Buying online should be used as a marketing tool to “sell” media [...]

Seminar Feedback: Support to help adults become more media literate

Here’s the feedback on question 3 from the seminar:
Q3. What support is needed to help adults become more media literate – in the short term and in the longer term?

There is a need for easily accessible, independent information and advice for practitioners and learners – by phone and online. 

More access points in rural communities are needed [...]

Media Literacy Seminar (19th February 2008)

Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday’s seminar on media literacy – we hope you enjoyed it.
We’re in the process of compiling the feedback notes from each of the questions, which will be posted separately for your comments.
As a reminder, here are the questions from yesterday:

What are the implications for adults seeking learning and work opportunities?
Are there any particular [...]