Riding the Wakelet Wave Into Adult Education

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by all of the disconnected pieces of information on the internet? Wakelet aims to bridge the gap between humans and algorithms as it empowers people to curate their content in an organized, useful, & personal manner.

Small Group Coaching on 
Learning Management Systems TODAY @ 4PM

Which Learning Management System is right for you? There are so many LMS vendors and options out there. Learn about some of the key differences between Schoology, Edmodo, Google Classroom, Canvas and Moodle. Join us TODAY at 4PM EST to discover which one best fits your needs.

Webinar:
Distance Education Strategy Sessions

Join the EdTech Center next Friday, August 7th at 10:00 AM Pacific, 12:00 PM Central, 1:00 PM Eastern for the 15th installment of our Distance Education Strategy Sessions.

This webinar will cover issues important to consider when integrating volunteers into your distance education programming and instruction. We will feature lightning talks from two experts on the subject: Rob Podlasek from Literacy Minnesota and Todd Evans from ProLiteracy. Learn how their organizations address challenges like: supporting volunteers, structuring programming to make best use of volunteers, training and onboarding volunteers, and attending to security and privacy issues. Following the lightning talks, we’ll break into two discussions and you can choose which topic you’d like to further explore.

Skill Rise Blog Post Featuring the
EdTech Center @ World Education:
Lifelong Learning is the Antidote to the Shifting Workforce

This is an ideal time to offer remote learning and upskilling support to all learner-workers, both to those who currently are able to devote time due to job losses and those in high demand on the frontlines. Looking ahead to a healthier, fully functioning economy, what skills, knowledge and mindsets will learner-workers need?

The EdTech Center is working with SkillRise to close digital divides and ensure that all learner-workers in the United States have opportunities to develop essential technology skills and digital resilience. In this blog post, our team shares tips and success stories for how adult education and workforce training programs can adapt and innovate to ensure they’re adequately supporting worker-learners.