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Webinar: Building Tech-Focused Workforce Programs at All Levels of Higher Education
You can view the webinar here. Speakers from Google and Miami Dade also present. My segment starts at 11:20.
How COVID changes can impact access and equity
This article summarizes a panel I participated in at the American Association of Colleges and Universities’ annual meeting where I shared our NSF funded work on virtual internships and discussed how that COVID-driven response continued to support increased access and equity. https://universitybusiness.com/four-college-stem-leaders-share-how-covid-changes-can-impact-access-and-equity/
From Just-in-Case to Just-in-Time
In this article I discuss the kinds of shifts required for higher ed to adapt and thrive in the current marketplace for learning and credentials.
Low-Cost, Low-Risk Experience
I discuss new experiential learning platforms Forage and Podium in Paul Fain’s “The Job” newsletter. Source: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/the-job/issues/the-job-work-experience-974066
THE Campus podcast: The big ideas behind microcredentials
I was one of two experts in flexible learning programmes invited to discuss the evolution and adoption of alternative teaching models and credentials in higher education Source: THE Campus podcast: The big ideas behind microcredentials | THE Campus Learn, Share, Connect
Expanding pathways into higher education and the workforce
I forged the first partnership with Google to provide students with credit for completion of the Google IT Professional Certificate. Source: Expanding pathways into higher education and the workforce
3 ways colleges can prepare the workforce for automation | Education Dive
“It’s a wakeup call for the need to be more agile in our thinking and our approach to lifelong learning,” said Kemi Jona, associate dean for digital innovation and enterprise learning at Northeastern University. “If higher education continues to think the traditional one-size-fits-all approach is going to work, we’re going […]
Amazon, Google and other tech companies expand their postsecondary credential offerings
Amazon moves deeper into offering postsecondary credentials, following Google and other big employers, but largely bypasses traditional colleges with the expanded training options. Source: Amazon, Google and other tech companies expand their postsecondary credential offerings
Google IT certificate on Coursera used to help address pathways to entry level IT jobs
Source: Tech Companies Try to Retrain the Workers They’re Displacing | WIRED
Low math confidence discourages female students from pursuing STEM disciplines
This article points out how important addressing the affective component of learning is. For too long, we’ve taken interest and self-confidence as given, particularly in higher ed. Efforts to improve math teaching and student confidence could help women persist in STEM Source: Low math confidence discourages female students from pursuing […]