The CareerAchieve Model

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The CareerAchieve Model

• Delivering Adult Education via Broadband
  Technology

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CareerAchieve.org

• Who are we?
• Group of Partners in Adult Literacy utilizing
  new technology to bridge the Digital Divide
• Sponsored by NYS Dept of Adult Education
• Distribution Partnerships with Cable Operators
• Time Warner
• Adelphia Communications
• Mediacom
• Comcast
• Cablevision Systems

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CareerAchieve.org New Delivery System for Adult
Distance Learning

• Video on Demand to the students PC at home
• Students receive PCs and cable modems through
  program
• Curriculum areas covered are as follows
• English as a Second Language
• Basic Literacy
• Workplace Skills
• GED Preparation
• College Preparatory Skills
• Occupational Skills
• www.careerachieve.org

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CareerAchieve.org Interactive Video Learning
Management System

• Distance Learning through cable modems
  designed to increase student retention.
• Video based learning management system.
• TV quality video delivered at 300kbs.
• Includes interactive testing component.
• Includes interactive assessment components.
• E-mail/IM capability between teacher and
  student.

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CareerAchieve.orgInteractive Video Learning
Management System

• Video Based Student Learning System
• Tracks the students activities
• Identifies students individual
  competencies/needs
• Provides immediate information to
  student/teacher
• Faster feedback keeps students engaged and on
  task
• Reduces teacher time spent on mundane items
• Reduces materials costs

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The Technology BreakthroughDid You Know?

• Broadband connectivity to the home is now
  available.
• Cable Modems
• Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
• Broadband video streaming brings television to
  the PC.
• However, video streaming through the Internet is
  a problem.
• CareerAchieves partnership with the cable
  industry provides the broadband backbone for
  TV-quality video delivery to the PC.
• Partnership involves last-mile connections to
  homes and schools, avoiding Internet router
  clogs that affect streaming quality.
• CareerAchieve content is retrieved directly
  from servers located locally on cable
  systems, avoiding the Internet.

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The Internet Today
Web Pages, Audio Video
User 1
User 2
User 3
Internet
Content Providers Web Server
User 4
O O O O O O O
Plagued by poor reception Packet loss and
congestion. Cannot scale Streaming support for lt
2 online users! Prohibitively expensive
Connection costs increase with each additional
viewer.
User N
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The CareerAchieve.org Solution
Internet
NYS Adult Ed Content
Node
Node
Cable Operator Data Center
Node
CareerAchieve.org solution Streams outbound via
direct link to cable data center servicing cable
modem customers directly on their network,
bypassing the Internet clogs and delivering TV
quality video streams and interactive support
materials.
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Academic Content Currently Available
From INTELECOM McGraw Hill KeyStone Learning
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Enrollment and Benefits

• Four to six week student orientation.
• Content Introduction
• Computer skill training
• Which student populations qualify?
• TANF, 200 TANF, Food Stamp, Medicaid Eligible
• Which Adult Ed service providers qualify?
• LEA, CBO, DSS
• Lessons equivocate to 6 hours of classroom
  instruction per assigned program.

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The CareerAchieve.org ProgramFood Stamp
Employment Training
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The CareerAchieve.org ProgramTANF
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Why Educators are choosing CareerAchieve.org

• Proven technology to integrate video today.
• Ease of use for instructor and learner.
• Distance Learning 24 hours/day seven
  days/week.
• Technology provides the opportunity for
  students to interact with classroom material
  at home.
• Gives students the computer literacy skills
  necessary to navigate in the workforce in
  the 21st century.
• Uses state-of-the-art literacy instruction
  methodologies.
• Material used has been cross-walked with the
  National Reporting System competencies.