This handbook presents reading materials for a distance education course designed to enhance an understanding of the nature of workplace literacy needs and to show how to develop and teach in workplace literacy and basic skills programs. The three reading materials presented in the handbook are: (1) "Developing and Evaluating Workplace Literacy Programs: A Handbook for Practitioners and Trainers" (Larry Mikulecky and others); (2) "How to Gather and Develop Job-Specific Literacy Materials for Basic Skills Instruction" (Rad A. Drew and Larry Mikulecky); and (3) "What Works? Literacy Training in the Workplace." The third set of materials is a participant packet from a videoconference sponsored by the National Center on Adult Literacy (Philadelphia, PA, April 13, 1995). The packet contains an annnotated bibliography with 51 print references, 9 selected organizatonal resources and electronic on-line resources. (RS)