This document discusses a partnership called "Appy Together" to improve adult numeracy skills through technology. It summarizes a report showing that adults in Britain performed poorly in literacy and numeracy skills and those with better numeracy had better employment outcomes. It promotes online resources for learning maths skills in everyday contexts and recommends that 10% of publicly funded further education be delivered online by 2015, and 50% by 2017. The conclusion is that technology needs to adapt to learning situations and when there are major learning issues, all relevant experts should work together to address it using their different areas of expertise.

1. ‘Appy Together
A partnership to boost numeracy
through technology
Kevin Campbell-Wright
Project Officer (Digital) NIACE
@KevAtNIACE
March, 2014

2. NIACE
The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)
is an independent charity which promotes adult learning
across England and Wales. Through its research,
development, publications, events, outreach and advocacy
activity, NIACE works to improve the quality and breadth of
opportunities available for all adults so they can benefit from
learning throughout their lives.

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7. PIAAC Report 2013
• Britain did not do well for adult literacy
and numeracy
• People with better numeracy had on
average:
– Better health
– More chance of employment
– Better Wages

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9. www.maths4us.org

10. www.maths4us.org

13. Search for an app based on tags
Add any of your own
apps that you find

14. Learning Maths Online
• Everyday Finance
• Pay & Wages
• Managing Your Money
• Everyday Maths
• Numbers in Food
• About Time
• Helping Children with Maths
• Helping Adults with Maths
• Learning Maths

18. www.mathseverywhere.org.uk

19. Technology
• Technology, when applied right, has a real
impact FD 100
LT 90
FD 200
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• Technology is NOT the innovation –
innovative approaches to learning &
teaching SUPPORTED or ENABLED by
technology is the innovation
• Technology for learning needs to be put
into an everyday context – using your own
devices, in your own place. Mobile,
BYOD, Mobile, BYOD

20. Technology
• FELTAG and ETAG
• Announced yesterday
• Recommendation:
– By 2015 10% of publically funded FE & Skills
learning should be delivered online
– By 2017 50% of publically funded FE & Skills
learning should be delivered online

21. Conclusions
• Technology is going to happen
• Technology needs to adapt to a situation
• When there’s a major learning issue, we
can’t sit back
• There are different areas of expertise
when it comes to learning...pedagogy,
delivery, technical etc - we can all try to
tackle it in our own way alone...or all
tackle it in our own way together.
• We’ll always appy together!

22. All stories end.....

23. Kevin Campbell-Wright
kevin.campbellwright@niace.ac.uk
@KevAtNIACE