The Collaborative Research for Educating Adults with Technology Enhancements (CREATE) Adult Skills Network is working to address the needs of millions of U.S. adults by building & understanding technology-supported interventions to improve skills & academic attainment. Follow their new Twitter account @CREATE_Skills to get updates on this research to understand the role of edtech interventions in improving skills and academic attainment of adults.

The New England Literacy Resource Center and WestEd invite you to explore California’s Adult Education Pipeline Dashboard, a data tool that supports collaborative planning and allows providers to dig into their data, as an example of how collecting robust data can support program improvement and equity initiatives. On Thursday, January 27th at 2PM EST, Blaire Toso, Ph.D., Alexandra Lozanoff, and Alexandria Wright will use case studies to demonstrate strategies that move beyond NRS reporting to help address equity of service, identify program improvement topics, and support collaborative conversations with partners by parsing out your data and looking across data points.

On Friday, February 11th at 1PM EST, for our first lightning talk, we’re excited to have Ginette Chandler, Director of Professional Development Services of New Hampshire Adult Education, who will share the New Hampshire Digital Literacy Skills Assessment and Individualized Professional Development Plans. In the second lightning talk, Alison Asher Webber, the EdTech Center’s Director of Strategic Initiatives, and Jamie Harris, Digital Skills Senior Technical Advisor, will share relevant findings from the Digital Resilience in the American Workforce Project. Following the lightning talks, presenters will be available for informal small group discussion.