Webinars
WEBINAR: Foundation skills opening the door to future opportunities – watch the recording here
ACAL webinar
Presenter: Trevor Gauld – Deputy Commissioner, Jobs and Skills Australia
Date: Wednesday, 4th March 2026
Time: 5:30pm AEDT
Watch the recording here!
WEBINAR: Increasing participant numbers in your LLN classes: Insights into engaging adult literacy learners – Watch the recording
The first 2026 ACAL webinar will be held in February – Watch the recording here!
Presenters: Lindy Cassidy & Jo Medlin
Date: Monday, 16th February 2026
Watch the recording here!
WEBINAR: Tools for Maths with Gary Sharpe – watch the presentation!
Tools for Maths: The DysCalculator & Numbers Explorer
Presenter: Gary Sharpe
Release date: Monday, 1st December 2025
Watch the presentation!
WEBINAR: VOCEDplus: your gateway to literacy and numeracy research and resources – watch the recording
VOCEDplus: your gateway to literacy and numeracy research and resources
Presenter: Tracy Gamlin
Date: Wednesday, 12th November 2025
Time: 5:00 pm NSW (AEDT)
Watch the recording here.
RAP launch & 2025 ACAL AGM – watch here
The RAP launch & Annual General Meeting of the Australian Council for Adult literacy will be held on:
Wednesday, October 15th 2025
at 5.00pm Sydney(AEDT)
Watch the meeting here.
WEBINAR: Coping Skills – seeing the invisible
Coping Skills – seeing the invisible
Presenter: Linno Rhodes
Date: Wednesday, 30th July 2025
Time: 6:00 pm AEST
Watch the recording here.
WEBINAR: Trauma informed Classroom – watch the recording
Trauma informed Classroom
Presenters: Rod Begbie & Lucia Prinzi
Date: Thursday, 20th November 2025
Time: 5:30 pm AEDT
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WEBINAR: The formula for justice and recognition with Thomas Mayo
Webinar: The formula for justice and recognition
Presenter: Thomas Mayo
Date: Monday, 26th May 2025
Watch the presentation here.
WEBINAR: Inclusive Practice in Adult Literacy: Values-Based and AI-Enhanced Approaches
ACAL Webinar: Inclusive Practice in Adult Literacy: Values-Based and AI-Enhanced Approaches
Date: Monday, May 5th 2025
Presenters: Annette Tofaeono & Graeme Smith
Watch the recording – links available here.
WEBINAR: Advocating for readability and a new recorded webinar for ACAL members for currency and PD
The Reading Writing Hotline manager Vanessa Iles and the ACAL president Jo Medlin presented to over 250 Australian government digital professionals across Australia in March.
ACAL members can watch the webinar here.
WEBINAR: The Writing Class with Esther Campion
The Writing Class with Esther Campion
Presenter: Esther Campion
Date: Monday, 2nd June 2025
Time: 5:30pm AEST
Watch the recording here.
WEBINAR:Social Bibliotherapy
ACAL Webinar: Social Bibliotherapy with Christopher Smith
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WEBINAR: Adult literacy and Numeracy in Australia: The 2024 update
ACAL Webinar: Adult literacy and Numeracy in Australia: The 2024 update
Date: Wednesday, October 16th 2024
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WEBINAR: Literacy Mediation – the central role of others in reading and writing
Presenter: Dr Sally Thompson
Date: Monday, 2nd September 2024
View the presentation here.
WEBINAR: Some reflections and connections with Dave Tout
Some reflections and connections: Growth and support needed for a critical and dynamic adult literacy and numeracy sector with Dave Tout
Date: Monday, 12th August 2024
View the presentation and bonus resources here.
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WEBINAR: The DysCalculator
Presenters: Gary Sharpe, Philip Schlup, Michael Grawe
Date: Tuesday, 2nd July 2024
View the presentation and bonus resources here.
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WEBINAR: Experiences of supporting adults with literacy gaps: A narrative inquiry
Presenter: Sebastian Blake
Date: Monday, 20th May 2024
View the presentation here.
WEBINAR: A Presentation by the Manako team at Ako Aotearoa
A Presentation by the Manako team at Ako Aotearoa
Date: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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WEBINAR: 2023 ACAL AGM Executive report
ACAL AGM Executive report
Presented by Jo Medlin, President
Date: Wednesday 18th October, 2023
Some reflections from 2023
Watch the presentation here.
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ACAL 2023 Conference presentations
ACAL Conference 2023
Thank you to all who presented at the ACAL Conference.
Thank you to all who attended the ACAL conference.
See the conference presentations here.
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WEBINAR: 2023 Arch Nelson presented by Dave Tout
‘Some reflections and connections: growth and support needed for a critical and dynamic adult literacy and numeracy sector’
Presented by Dave Tout, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research, education consultant
Date: 7th September at the 2023 ACAL conference
PPT available here.
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WEBINAR: ISO’s plain language standard — A tool for us all with Christopher Balmford
ACAL Webinar: ISO’s plain language standard — A tool for us all with Christopher Balmford
Watch the recording and access bonus resources.
WEBINAR: Arch Nelson Address 2022 Women’s Education – making a difference
Presenter: Caralyn Lammas. I will address this topic from three perspectives. Firstly, I will share what it means to me to be an educator of women. I will then discuss the background, purpose and scope of the TAFE SA Women’s Education program,
WEBINAR: AMEP Virtual Roadshow – showcasing 3 new resources with LWA
In this webinar, LWA will showcase a suite of newly developed resources, funded by the Department of Home Affairs and aligned to the EAL Framework.
Watch the recording and access bonus resources.
WEBINAR: Journeying through VET – a case study of foundation skills learners
Presenters: Michelle Circelli and Zhenyuan Li
Foundation skills – language, literacy, numeracy and digital skills along with employability skills – are the cornerstone of success in work, education and community life. Vocational education and training (VET) is one of the ways for individuals to build foundation skills.
Our research explored the characteristics of foundation skills learners, their learning pathways, as well as their future study and employment outcomes.
WEBINAR: The why, what, and how of Aotearoa NZ LLN Professionals Community of Practice
In this webinar, Annette Tofaeono, Dr. Lilia Sevillano & Vicky Beckwith will talk about why they are involved, what they do and what it means to them, and how they engage with it and integrate it into their work.
WEBINAR: How Universal Design Principles Inform My LLN Teaching Practices
In this webinar, Dean Champ is going to explore how the 7 principles of universal design inform the preparation, content writing, physical learning environment, class structure and delivery of LLN content to his student cohort.
Organisational health literacy: Assess yourself using the HeLLOTas Toolkit with Chris Sierzant
Language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) are fundamental to everyday health literacy practises. For teachers of adults, unpacking health information is a common theme and an authentic context in which LLN is often taught and learned,
New research released by The Reading Writing Hotline: Presented by Vanessa Iles & Robin Miles
Vanessa and Robin will present the Reading Writing Hotline current research on barriers for providers in offering courses and for people accessing classes. A Report on Adult Literacy, Numeracy and Digital Literacy Need (2022)
Literacy and numeracy practices in VCAL/TAFE classrooms with Liam Frost-Camilleri
This session is an exploration of the predominant pedagogies used by teachers in VCAL/TAFE classrooms and what the research is telling us is effective in ‘re-engaging’ second chance education students…
Sharing advocacy and asking for your feedback with Jo Medlin
Sharing advocacy and asking for your feedback with Jo Medlin
This webinar is a presentation made on behalf of ACAL to the National Medicines Symposium, 30th May 2022.
Empowerment and Restraint Overcoming the impact of cultural legacy through Project-Based Learning with Camilla Portela
“Through Project-Based Learning, I focus on encouraging my students to continue thinking about issues beyond the classroom such as the Fairfield Youth Art Project –……”
What can a coach teach a teacher? Webinar with Dean Champ
In this webinar Dean will consider skill development, master coaches/ teachers, mindset and culture in the quest to answer the question “What skills and attitudes lead to teaching success?”
VOCEDplus and NCVER update on adult literacy research and resources Webinar
VOCEDplus and NCVER update on adult literacy research and resources
with Rose-Anne Polvere and Michelle Circelli
This webinar presents an update on the range of adult literacy resources on VOCEDplus and NCVER related research. It will look at ‘old friends’ and ‘new acquaintances’
Congratulations to Dean Champ!
Training award winner
Congratulations Dean Champ! Australian Training Awards
Dean talked to ACAL about what he enjoys about his role.
Gateways to Education with Professor Bowman
As the first person in his family to go on to higher education, Professor Bowman has had an extraordinary life.
Prepare to be inspired!
Stories and evidence: Learning-centred frameworks that guide adult LLN learning and teaching with Dr Marguerite Cullity
Stories and evidence: Learning-centred frameworks that guide adult LLN learning and teaching with Dr Marguerite Cullity
Join us as Dr Cullity shares her knowledge of four evidence-based, internationally used frameworks that inform and guide learning-centred LLN work.
Theorising pathways to remote adult literacies with John Guenther
John Guenther is the Research Leader—Education and Training, with the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education. He has worked as an adult learning practitioner in the Adult and Community Education, Vocational Training and Higher Education sectors. For the last 18 years his focus has been on research in northern Australia, and more specifically working with remote First Nations communities.
5 minutes on Coping Strategies with Linno Rhodes
How do you facilitate adult LN learners to rewrite their relationship with education? In this 5 minute video Linno Rhodes explains how to recognise and understand coping strategies adults bring to the LN learning experience.
2021 Arch Nelson Address
2021 Arch Nelson Address with Lorraine Sushames Arch Nelson played a major role in placing adult education on the government and public agenda and he was inaugural Chairman of the Australian Council for Adult Literacy (ACAL). Each year, in recognition of the...
National literacy update: News from around the country
What’s happening in adult literacy right now? The state councils for adult literacy (CALs) describe their roles and provide current information about the strengths of the adult literacy systems, and some challenges.
Why does the adult literacy field differ according to where you live?
Improving access to FSK thro’ SEE program – recording
The session includes an overview of the work DESE is doing through the expansion of the SEE program, support services for foundation skills and examining delivery and assessment processes nationally.
Learn how to teach Literacy and Numeracy to Adults
The adult literacy and numeracy stream of the Graduate Diploma in TESOL and Applied Linguistics at the University of Technology Sydney is a course for people who want to develop the knowledge and skills to teach English language, literacy and numeracy to adults in...
New Digital Literacy Skills Framework – webinar with the writers recording
The Digital Literacy Skills Framework (DLSF) was developed for use in the Commonwealth Government’s Foundation Skills for Your Future Program launched in 2020. The DLSF covers ACSF Pre Level 1 to Level 3.
Recording – Post-critical and Relational Pedagogies in Mobile and Digital Learning
Digital learning environments are finally starting to live up to the promises they offered when they began to be introduced four decades ago and are now also demonstrating to us the need for new pedagogical approaches.
Numerate environments webinar recording
Increases in precarious employment, heavier burdens on individuals for self-managed economic and social well-being, and changes to ‘customer service’ support provided by private firms are a few of the reasons why having the proficiency and confidence to navigate numerate environments is more important than ever before.
2020 Arch Nelson Address
2020 Arch Nelson Address with Pam Osmond Arch Nelson played a major role in placing adult education on the government and public agenda and he was inaugural Chairman of the Australian Council for Adult Literacy (ACAL). Each year, in recognition of the outstanding...
Recording – ‘Literacy education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution’ webinar
This webinar workshop is inspired by Literacy 4.0 Project researchers Lesley Farrell, Chris Corbel and Trent Newman and their recent paper Literacy and the workplace revolution: a social view of literacy work practices in Industry 4.0.
Webinar – ‘Evidence as a tool for contesting the incontestable assumptions of adult learning policy’
In a political environment where the so called pragmatics of economic policy are used to dismiss any suggestion of alternative purposes for adult learning outside of skills for economic participation, is there any room for an alternative discourse? And if so, on what...
Sharing and Reflecting on Numeracy Teaching Practices Webinar with Dave Tout
As a follow up to a series of numeracy workshops Dave ran around Tasmania, ACAL and 26TEN bring you this webinar to offer LLN teachers and tutors a chance to reflect on your practices.
A remote solution to strengthening workforce capacity in LLN
Ros Bauer has collaborated with an RTO which has the Develop Foundation Skills in Vocational Practice Skills Set on scope. She is delivering to 3 trainers in community, who work with Warlpiri adult learners and young people, in Community Services and Sport & Recreation.
In this webinar Ros will introduce 3 people working in Yuendumu in the Northern Territory – Rebecca Toll, trainer & careers pathways with the local school, Dave Bauer, community youth worker and Alexis Apfelbaum, community services tutor.
Building Strength with Numeracy
This interactive webinar introduces the resource, showcases some of the new small group and pair activities and discusses the rationale underpinning the sections and the type of activities and practice sheets included in free VALBEC numeracy resources.