Welcome back to the ETCetera newsletter, where we bring the latest from the EdTech Center straight to your inbox. In this edition we have: an update from the 21 CLEO Research team, spotlight profile on EdTech applied internationally in Uganda with the Ayedi project and other upcoming events and opportunities! |
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Defining Employer Supported Learning Opportunities
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As the 21CLEO research team combs through both prior research and initial data from their own work, we are coming to understand that there is no monolithic "learning opportunity" in work-based or employer supported learning. This most recent 21C LENS blog post offers categories that help provide nuance to our understanding of the opportunities available to front line service workers. |
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International Profiles on EdTech: The Ayedi Project |
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Our colleagues at the Bantwana Initative of World Education share highlights and learnings from a small actional research study aimed at piloting the integration of mobile technologies under the African Youth Empowerment and Development Initiative (AYEDI), a four-year project funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Setting the Stage for Successful Distance and Blended Learning Programs
Presenter: Jen Vanek
Would you like to expand access to learning opportunities or increase intensity for your learners through online learning? We can help you get started! Establishing opportunities for distance and blended learning in adult education programs entails more than procuring an online curriculum and giving out login information.
This Tech ‘n Tell webinar, the first in a series of three on distance and blended learning, provides guidance for “setting the stage” to establish successful programs by introducing key definitions, orienting you to research-informed models, and illustrating the importance of taking an experimental (but incremental) approach to program development. The webinar will feature past research and first-hand experience from work done within the IDEAL Consortium.
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Sharing Our Stories: Best Practices and Learnings After 6 weeks of Implementation
Friday May 17th, at 2pm ET
Presenters: Jen Vanek
If you have already begun to disseminate and use the apps what have you learned so far? Join Team WorldEd in our series of support webinars where we will touch on the most frequent asked questions coming from practitioners and bringing together our team to address YOUR questions. |
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PART ONE: in the three-part blog series on
IDEAL’s Distance and Blended Learning Handbook, addressing both administrative and instructional issues at the core of successful blended and distance education programming. The Handbook includes collective wisdom of past and current members in order to understand how to best leverage recent technological innovations for the benefit of adult education learners. The Handbook does this by presenting content in chapters that address important programmatic considerations. |
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PART TWO: in the three-part blog series, in this post we introduce the importance of developing strong recruitment, screening and orientation practices in your distance and blended learning programs. Look for our final post on instruction and assessment in the weeks to come. |
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We are closely following the Digital Equity act, and encourage all of our readers to read up on the issue at hand!
"In the U.S., efforts to increase affordable access to the internet, devices and digital skills training are almost completely local...financial support of local digital inclusion work is sorely lacking.
The Digital Equity Act recognizes the value of local trusted institutions while allocating financial support.. ”
- Angela Siefer
Executive Director, National Digital Inclusion Alliance
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Call for Proposals now open for this years National College Transtion Network conference! |
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The National College Transition Network, an initiative of World Education, is excited to release its call for proposals for its 2019 annual conference. The conference will be held November 11-13, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency in
Cambridge, MA.
Share an innovative and effective practice, resource, or tool you use to prepare adult learners for a digital world. Present a successful program strategy, partnership model, or policy advocacy approach that strengthens adult learners' access and success in education, occupational training, and career pathways leading to economic opportunity and sustainability.
The EdTech Center takes an active role at the conference each year with a booth, workshops, and our annual EdTech panel. We hope to see you there!
For more information and updates about their upcoming conference,
visit their website! |
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