Caroline Euringer Hamburg University LEO.-App: Mobile phone application for self-testing in reading and writing Peer Learning Activity on the use of digital media in basic skills education for adults Bonn, September 2015

Caroline Euringer Outline 1.Background: From LEO. to LEO.-App 2.Design, items & functionalities of the LEO.- App 3.Implementation and dissemination – Experience and lessons learned Seite 2

Caroline Euringer 1. Background: From LEO. to LEO.-App  LEO.-Study (2011): 14.5 per cent of German working- age population has difficulties in reading and writing („functional illiterates“) (Grotlüschen/Riekmann 2011)  Only participants in adult basic education (Rosenbladt 2011, p. 98)  No fitting educational offers? Stigmatization? Lack of transparency of learning pathways?  Importance of AWARENESS-RAISING and networks / supporters Seite 3

Caroline Euringer 1. Background: From LEO. to LEO.-App LEO.-App:  Self-test of reading and writing skills  Public awareness-raising  iOS: id ?mt=8  Android: mburg.epb.leo mburg.epb.leo Seite 4

Caroline Euringer  Based on LEO. and Alpha Levels  Short version of LEO.-Study  Digital design  Adaption of tasks/items  Audios  6 tasks (26 items) Seite 5 2. Design, items, functionalities

Caroline Euringer 2. Design, items, functionalities Format „Underline“: Seite 6

Caroline Euringer 2. Design, items, functionalities Format „Dictation of words“: Seite 7

Caroline Euringer 2. Design, items, functionalities Format „Writing headlines“: Seite 8

Caroline Euringer 2. Design, items, functionalities Format „Short News“: Seite 9

Caroline Euringer 2. Design, items, functionalities Format „Search for words“: Seite 10

Caroline Euringer 2. Design, items, functionalities Test result: Seite 11

Caroline Euringer 3. Implementation and dissemination  (Self-)Assessment of literacy skills in order to enhance individual learning process  Awareness-raising, e.g. trainees, staff, participants of educational offers  get in touch with the issue of functional illiteracy  Train-the-trainer / multiplier workshops: „How to implement the LEO.-App in practice?“  Tool to collect data for research  FUTURE development: new items, other languages, … Seite 12

Caroline Euringer 3. Implementation and dissemination Experience and lessons learned:  Contact to ongoing projects / key persons  multipliers!  Constructive feedback for improvement given by practitioners  Encouragement to use the app Seite 13

Caroline Euringer References Embretson, S. E./Reise, S. P. (2000): Item response theory for psychologists. Mahwah, N.J: L. Erlbaum Associates. Euringer, C./Epstein, A.-T. (2015): leo.-App: Diagnostik der Lese- und Schreibkompetenz und Sensibilisierung der Öffentlichkeit. In: Grotlüschen, Anke; Zimper, Diana (Hg.): Literalitäts- und Grundlagenforschung. Diana Zimper (Hrsg.). Münster, New York, NY: Waxmann, pp. 123–134. Grotlüschen, A./Riekmann, W. (2011): leo. – Level One Study. Literacy of adults at the lower rungs of the ladder. Press brochure. Hamburg University. URL: brochure pdf. Rosenbladt, Bernhard von (2011): Lernende Analphabetinnen und Analphabeten. Wen erreicht das Kursangebot der Volkshochschulen? In: Birte Egloff und Anke Grotlüschen (Hg.): Forschen im Feld der Alphabetisierung und Grundbildung. Ein Werkstattbuch. Münster [u.a.]: Waxmann Verlag, S. 89–99. Seite 14

Caroline Euringer Thank your for your attention! Caroline Euringer, Hamburg University Seite 15