The objectives of China Literacy Online are:

to publicize the national literacy strategies, policies, activities and outcomes;

to provide the government with theoretical and practicing information and reference materials for formulating literacy strategies and policies, decision-making, program development and literacy implementation;

to provide the literacy program executives with historical and actual information/reference material in following aspects: project designing, project development, literacy management, training, news releasing, curriculum and material development, research and assessment;

to timely report national and provincial news and information;

to provide literacy personnel with network platform for the exchange of information, experience and materials.

The target users of China Literacy Online are:

Ministry of Education, The National Planning Commission for Education Science;

Government and education commissions in different provinces, cities and regions;

Participants of literacy programs, including administrators, researchers, facilitators, curriculum and materials developers;

Those people and organizations who concern with literacy education;

The international literacy circle and concerned international organizations. Top

The Database will cover following columns: governmental documents (1949-1987), governmental documents (1988-1997)(including the national literacy strategies, policies, decision-making, measures and rewarding, also, the important events), facts and figures, breakthroughs, works and articles, literacy research and training agencies, literacy experts, programs and projects, textbooks and reading materials, meetings.

As for the visitors, the Database system not only offer the service of information exploration but also information searching that can help users soon get what they need.

As for the system administrator, it is convenient to set up, change and delete items and data on-line.

News system

In the news center, we will timely report national and provincial news concerning literacy education, in order that the target users may have a clear picture of changes, trends of literacy education.

As for the administrator, it is also convenient to set up, change and delete items and data on-line.

Hope forum

It is free for visitors to express their ideas, release news and information, offer their experience, exchange information and materials, also ask and answer questions. And the administrator should keep watch on the messages.

For those offending public morals and laws, the administrator can delete the messages and kick these guys out of the forum.

Postal delivery system

This system will collect the registered visitors’ information for contact and automatically provide the users with latest news by e-mail.

Conformity system

The function of this system is to combine those four together and make up an integrated China Literacy Online and provide the visitors with satisfactory service.

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Education can provide China Literacy Online with data concerning national literacy strategies, policies, decision-making and measures, also, information about literacy outcomes, experience, problems, lesson, as well as textbooks, materials and programs.

Education Commission of different provinces, cities and regions

They can offer information concerning literacy education in different provinces, cities and regions.

Teaching and research units

They can provide China Literacy Online with their teaching and research achievements, including published works, articles, textbooks, materials and programs.

Facilitators and learners

They can provide China Literacy Online with information about their feelings, experiences, needs and expectations.

The postal delivery will mainly be done through e-mail and forum posters.

Human

The Research F& Training Center for Literacy Education (RTCLE) is shouldering the task of developing China Literacy Online. Thus, issues like human and technology can only be settled by RTCLE in order to keep continuous and stable development of the website. If not, when problems appearing, it cannot be solved in time.

Money and goods

China Literacy Online is developed by the Research and Training Center for Literacy Education, Southwest China Normal University (Entrusted by Ministry of Education) as the only professional website for literacy education in China. And it is also the website for international cooperation and communication in the field of literacy. Nevertheless, Ministry of Education should keep support the construction of the website in money and goods. Also, SWNU should offer necessary support. Meanwhile, we wish that we might win the support and devotion of various sectors of the society.

Information

The validity of a website is originated from the information and service provided by it. In view of the specialty of China Literacy Online, we need continuous and stable data resources to replenish the database and provide news and necessary information for users. Thus, it needs the support and devotion of Ministry of Education, teaching and research units, facilitators and learners, as well as those who concern themselves with literacy education to provide materials and information on literacy education.

Users

If having few users, a website exists for no use. In order to have a stable group of target users, we should well develop the web and make it public at the same time. Nevertheless, we hope that you visitors may give your support and devotion to the development of China Literacy Online and help publicize the website. Meanwhile, we wish you visitors might express your criticism and suggestions in order that the web will be improved according to your needs.