When the pandemic shifted adult education classrooms to remote learning, educators and professional developers in California adapted the Triple E Framework to help integrate technology into their adult classrooms in a meaningful way. 

Even before the pandemic sent classes remote in March 2020, the push toward using digital instructional platforms for blended learning had begun. 

It can be difficult to prepare new adult literacy and English as a second language tutors for the different learning styles and situations they might encounter when they meet their students. Not to mention, there’s no guarantee they'll remember everything they learned in the training when they start working with students. 

The focus of this article is potential funding, training, and other resources for adult foundational education* programs or adult schools that would like to pilot, improve, or expand learning circles.

In the current issue of the research journal, David J. Rosen from Newsome Associates explores Flex learning models to address the challenges of student engagement and student persistence. Specifically, he looks at the new teaching and learning models HyFlex and BendFlex, possible through technology.