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NOVEMBER 16, 2021:
Events & Announcements: The Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) Course Model
What We're Reading: Lifelong Learning and the Shifting Workforce * Teaching Tools for Native American Heritage Month
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Distance Education Strategy Sessions:
The Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) Course Model |
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The Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) course model allows students to choose how they learn: in-person, synchronously online, or asynchronously online. On Friday, December 10th at 1PM EST, the EdTech Center’s Jen Vanek briefly introduces key characteristics of the HyFlex model; then, two practitioners from the great state of Arizona will share tips for implementation. Jennifer Duclos from Mesa Adult Education will cover strategies for supporting learner engagement, and David Howden of Arizona Center for Youth Resources will describe the technologies needed to implement Hyflex courses. Following the lightning talks, each presenter will be available for informal small group discussion. |
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Digital Resilience in the American Workforce (DRAW) |
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Digital Resilience in the American Workforce (DRAW) is an initiative from JFF and World Education, with support from The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), to better prepare adult education practitioners to support learners who struggle to fully engage in digital tasks. Through DRAW, we will provide the field with flexible, evidence-based, and piloted strategies and materials that help adult education practitioners build the digital literacy skills and digital resilience of adult learners. The DRAW Team has created a shortened questionnaire for instructors and learners to share their experiences with digital literacy, skills, and resources. This questionnaire will close on November 19th. |
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SkillRise:
Lifelong Learning Is the Antidote
to the Shifting Workforce
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The current economic climate has presented a prime opportunity to offer distance learning and skills development support to learners and potential workers alike. People who have found themselves with more time for learning due to unemployment are especially ideal candidates for these services. Providing these populations with quality and relevant upskilling opportunities now will enable them to achieve greater career and economic mobility in the future. In this post, The SkillRise Editorial Team highlights some of the work that World Education’s EdTech Center is carrying out through projects like IDEAL and Digital US, and summarizes how the lessons learned through these initiatives have helped programs improve so they can meet the needs of workers and learners.
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Teaching Tools for Native American Heritage Month |
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This Native American Heritage Month, we're revisiting
The Change Agent’s “Indigenous Peoples” issue with ready-to-use content for your digital classroom. In "Acknowledge the Land", Mashpee Wampanoag member Michelle Hughes encourages readers to learn about the land on which they reside and to acknowledge the suffering of indigenous people at the hands of colonization. One helpful tool can be found at Native Land Digital where visitors can use an interactive map to learn about the history of the territories they live in. The site also includes a Teacher Guide, Territory Acknowledgement guidance, a Language List, and more to support learners in their understanding of Native American Heritage. Read "Acknowledge the Land" and find other articles with lesson plans to support students below. |
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