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‘Digital skills gap’ threatens innovation

eSchool News

“There are just not enough people with the right digital skills to enable the transformation that companies are seeking,” said Salil Gunashekar , a research leader and associate director at RAND Europe who focuses on science and technology policy. issued a report in March that describes the worldwide digital skills gap in stark detail.

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It’s Time to Reboot Our Thinking About Adult Learners in a Digitally Transformed World

Edsurge

In Coursera’s second quarter 2021 results reported last week, the company reported revenue growth of 38 percent on the strength of global demand for reskilling, and “sustained demand for career-oriented professional certificates targeted at entry-level digital jobs.”

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NAEP Scores Show a Long Road to Academic Recovery. Edtech Can Help Shorten It.

Edsurge

Following years of disrupted learning during the pandemic, the recently released Nation’s Report Card shows an overall drop in both reading and math scores, with math scores falling in nearly every state. Recent headlines suggest it will take until 2028 for students to recover from these pandemic-related achievement declines.

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Will the Rodriguez family’s college dreams survive the end of affirmative action?

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Liz Willen/The Hechinger Report It also places the Rodriguez sisters on opposite sides of history: Ashley applied to college when schools in many states could still consider race, while Emily can expect no such advantage. He now owns a trucking company. Credit: Liz Willen/The Hechinger Report “Let’s go, let’s go!”

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Ten jobs that are safe from robots

The Hechinger Report

Over the next decade, at least one-third of the tasks in about 60 percent of jobs could be automated, according to research by consulting firm McKinsey & Company. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. The notion that we can train someone in 2018 for job requirements in 2028 isn’t realistic.”.

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The Business Benefits of Video Conferencing

ViewSonic Education

Online meetings have become critical to many companies’ collaboration strategies. Move a company more effectively towards its goals . 2019 Impact of Video Conferencing Report indicates, in 2019, 48% of professionals used teleconferences more often than two years earlier in 2017. . billion in 2028. . Cost Savings .

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Ten Jobs That Should Be Safe From Automation

MindShift

This story about robots and jobs was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Over the next decade, at least one-third of the tasks in about 60 percent of jobs could be automated, according to research by consulting firm McKinsey & Company.