In our third season, we will explore the new Profile of a Lifelong Learner, a framework that defines the digital skills needed for success in the future of work. Released in late 2020, the Profile includes five Features that unpack the intersection of digital and lifelong learning skills. Nested under each Feature are three Practices - habits that adult learners, job seekers, and workers should develop to thrive at work, in school, and in community life. Our hope is that the research-ba...
In our third season, we will explore the new Profile of a Lifelong Learner, a framework that defines the digital skills needed for success in the future of work. Released in late 2020, the Profile includes five Features that unpack the intersection of digital and lifelong learning skills. Nested under each Feature are three Practices - habits that adult learners, job seekers, and workers should develop to thrive at work, in school, and in community life. Our hope is that the research-ba...
In our third season, we will explore the new Profile of a Lifelong Learner, a framework that defines the digital skills needed for success in the future of work. Released in late 2020, the Profile includes five Features that unpack the intersection of digital and lifelong learning skills. Nested under each Feature are three Practices - habits that adult learners, job seekers, and workers should develop to thrive at work, in school, and in community life. Our hope is that the research-b...
In our third season, we will explore the new Profile of a Lifelong Learner, a framework that defines the digital skills needed for success in the future of work. Released in late 2020, the Profile includes five Features that unpack the intersection of digital and lifelong learning skills. Nested under each Feature are three Practices - habits that adult learners, job seekers, and workers should develop to thrive at work, in school, and in community life. Our hope is that the research-b...
In our third season, we will explore the new Profile of a Lifelong Learner, a framework that defines the digital skills needed for success in the future of work. Released in late 2020, the Profile includes five Features that unpack the intersection of digital and lifelong learning skills. Nested under each Feature are three Practices - habits that adult learners, job seekers, and workers should develop to thrive at work, in school, and in community life. Our hope is that the research-ba...
On this episode of Upskill With Edtech Brandon Olszewski sits down with Lea Downing, an ISTE SkillRise Project Manager; Jamie Harris, an Education Program Specialist focused on Adult Education and Literacy Services at the Maryland Department of Labor; and Kelly Middleton Banks, the Manager of Program Implementation at the National Association of Workforce Boards. Together they discuss the new Profile of a Lifelong Learner created by ISTE and the process for creating useful frameworks and prof...
On this episode of Upskill with Edtech, Brandon sits down with Sarah Caccio, Senior Project Director of Adult Learning at Digital Promise; Neda Anasseri, Coordinator of Technology Projects at the Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN); and Priyanka Sharma Project Director at World Education and Co-Director of the Digital US coalition to discuss some of the opportunities and impending needs that have surfaced in the edtech and upskilling world as a result of COVID-19.
On today’s episode of Upskill With Edtech Brandon sits down with Richard Culatta, Chief Executive Officer of ISTE to discuss how the SkillRise initiative fits into ISTE’s larger vision and how trends in work and learning continue to inform and inspire one another. Richard’s decorated experience enables him to speak knowledgeably on policy, international trends, edtech and equity. The podcast also dives into the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the learning landscape to ...
On today’s episode of Upskill With Edtech, we speak with Joey Lehrman, Lea Downing, Tiffany Thomas and Daffiny Peters. Joey, Lea and Tiffany worked together to create a distance learning program at Delgado Community College which has now scaled to serve over 1,500 students annually across 15 partner agencies throughout Louisiana. The group then gets the chance to speak with Daffiny, a current student in the distance learning program. This conversation ranges from how the program was started...
On today’s episode of Upskill With Edtech we are lucky enough to have two esteemed guests, one of whom is Jaime Fall, Director of UpSkill America at the Aspen Institute, an employer-led movement to expand opportunity for America’s workers and communities by promoting training and advancement practices to help workers progress in their careers and move into better-paying jobs. We also have Molly Bashay, a State Policy Analyst with the National Skills Coalition, who is working to advance skills...
On the podcast today we have Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart, an education blog and consulting firm dedicated to the future of learning. Tom is a prolific writer, thought leader, and speaker on topics pertaining to the future of work and innovations in learning. He has written numerous books in the last decade noting trends and innovations in learning and claims to have visited more high schools than anyone in the world. For additional valuable ideas from SkillRise about edtech, adult ...
Exploring the anticipated impacts of automation and artificial intelligence on workers, jobs, and education. Is this moment in American history similar to transitions from farming to industry, or does automation and AI present new, different challenges? How do we best position frontline workers for the workplace that is right around the corner?
Purchasing, adopting, scaling, and sustaining technology is hard. We’ll hear stories of success and challenge from experts in the field, as well as learn about the ISTE SkillRise framework designed to help organizations deploy technology, and empower adult learners.
Explore success stories from two innovative companies, Penn Foster and Catalyte, training the workforce of today and tomorrow through innovative models.
For more than 20 years the ISTE standards have been used to guide a shared mission among students, educators to re-engineer education for the digital age. We’ll learn how the standards have evolved over time, and are now being used for adults learning and workforce development.
Access to technology and broadband can have profound implications for the likelihood of an individual’s success. Exploring digital equity and why it is considered by many the civil right for our time.