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Lessons on Digital Inclusion: Learning Through CREATE Adult Skills Network Research

There is a great need to use technology in adult education. In this blog post, we’ll examine digital inclusion challenges that impeded using technology in adult education, and how some of the field’s foremost researchers and practitioners are addressing these issues. About 43 million U.S. adults struggle with low literacy (Mamedova & Pawlawski, 2019). This is an equity issue because strong foundational skills help adults gain secondary education credentials. These credentials open up post-secondary education options and career growth, leading to higher…
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Evaluation Rubric: Edtech Technical Assistance Resources

Description This rubric, developed by the CREATE Adult Skills Network team to review technical assistance resources for inclusion in the CREATE Edtech Technical Assistance Library, can help you determine the quality of guidance provided in a technical assistance resource. Use of the scoring is optional; do use it to reflect on the potential of the resource as you comment.  
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Linking Adult Education to Workforce Development in 2018–19: Early Implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act at the Local Level

Description The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 includes new requirements and incentives to strengthen the link between its Title II -- adult education -- and the overall workforce development system. This report from a national evaluation of Title II examines the extent to which local adult education providers’ instructional approaches and coordination with other agencies in 2018-19 reflected this link and highlights the challenges providers reported collecting related performance data. A compendium provides detailed tables supporting the policy report. For more information about this report, visit the IES site here. 
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Subject Area Frameworks for Adult Learners

Description These aggregate frameworks provide a structure to support learning in five subjects relevant to adult learners: Civics Education, Digital Literacy, Financial Literacy, Health Literacy, and Workforce Preparation. They include domains, topics, and subtopics in each subject. The frameworks were developed by aggregating existing curricula, assessments, and frameworks used in adult education and compiling insights from organizations and individual instructors. Use them to support Teaching Skills That Matter-aligned instruction, to locate and use resources in SkillBlox, or as a checklist for planning instruction and assessment. 
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2023 AECT International Convention

Mark your calendar for the 2023 AECT International Convention being held in Orlando, FL , October 17-21, 2023 at the Doubletree by Hilton (at the entrance to Universal Orlando)
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OTAN - Technology and Distance Learning Symposium 2023

The Technology and Distance Learning Symposium is OTAN’s annual conference with dynamic, hands-on presentations and lively discussions that show participants how to integrate technology to enhance the learner experience, extend the classroom to learners through blended and distance learning, and help adult education programs be more effective and efficient.
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Advancing Digital Equity for All

Description Community-Based Recommendations for Developing Effective Digital Equity Plans to Close the Digital Divide and Enable Technology-Empowered Learning In spring 2022, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (OET) committed to advancing digital equity through the Digital Equity Education Roundtables (DEER) Initiative. Through DEER, OET hosted a series of national conversations with leaders from community-based organizations, as well as families and learners furthest from digital opportunities. The “Advancing Digital Equity All” resource illuminates insights from these conversation to highlight the barriers faced by learner communities and promising solutions for increasing access to technology for learning. The historic federal investments authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act offer critical opportunities for broadband planning that can identify and equitably address the various availability, affordability, and adoption challenges described. Using this guidance resource as a starting point, it is essential that leaders collaborate with those most impacted by the digital divide to develop comprehensive digital equity plans that outline strategies to meet the needs of learners, their families/caregivers, and communities effectively and sustainably.
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TSTM EdTech Maker Space Info Session

The TSTM-SkillBlox research team is rolling into another exciting EdTech Maker Space project. As they develop content to support the integration of Teaching Skills That Matter, this Maker Space will focus on designing activities for the nine skill areas.  Join the Info Session to hear more about the project background, goals, logistics, and how to get involved. 
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For Better or Worse: Designing Jobs During Technological Change

The Aspen Institute brings us a timely session on the Future of Work! As the CREATE Adult Skills Network navigates the ever-changing landscape of technology, we are eager to see what we can learn about workforce development in this age that will inform our design of technology-based interventions for adult learners.