In a world where concerns about the employability of postsecondary graduates is growing for students, parents, and employers, how can higher education best prepare students for future success? Join us for a discussion with Matthew Hora, author of Beyond the Skills Gap, and Mike Sweet, CEO of Credo Education. They will explore the diverse types of skills sought by employers, the role of culture in teaching and hiring, and the value of broader twenty-first-century foundational skills in postsecondary education.
By: Matthew Hora - Assistant Professor of Adult & Higher Education, University of Wisconsin - Madison & Mike Sweet -
Chief Executive Officer, Credo Education
From chatbots and digital assistants, to adaptative learning platforms and predictive analytics, AI systems are helping educators to better meet the needs of their learners. But if AI is to enhance and transform how people are educated, it is imperative that the ethical implications of this technology are understood and addressed.
Presentation slides from Jisc's "an introduction to the ethics of AI in education" event held on 7 December 2021.
Engineering students need more learning aids. Teachers can develop suitable learning aids or buy from the market. They can develop self instructional modules, case studies, textbooks, item banks, question banks, MMLPs, videos etc.
Planning electives and advanced courses to meet the needs of high performing ...Thanikachalam Vedhathiri
The engineering institutes have to assist the students in offering electives and advanced courses to meet their individual needs. It is better to get feedback from the alumni on the current needs of the industry. The faculty members should be trained to offer industry specific advanced courses.
From chatbots and digital assistants, to adaptative learning platforms and predictive analytics, AI systems are helping educators to better meet the needs of their learners. But if AI is to enhance and transform how people are educated, it is imperative that the ethical implications of this technology are understood and addressed.
Presentation slides from Jisc's "an introduction to the ethics of AI in education" event held on 7 December 2021.
Engineering students need more learning aids. Teachers can develop suitable learning aids or buy from the market. They can develop self instructional modules, case studies, textbooks, item banks, question banks, MMLPs, videos etc.
Planning electives and advanced courses to meet the needs of high performing ...Thanikachalam Vedhathiri
The engineering institutes have to assist the students in offering electives and advanced courses to meet their individual needs. It is better to get feedback from the alumni on the current needs of the industry. The faculty members should be trained to offer industry specific advanced courses.
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expectation of industries from technical graduatesmp poonia
the effort has been made to discuss about the gaps in skills of engineering graduates in consultation with industries. Various sectors of industries have been invited at NITTTR Chandigarh during ICT based teacher training programs to identify the gaps between the expectations of industries from technical graduates and input provided by engineering colleges as per curriculum.
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Scholars often rely on librarians as gatekeepers and tour guides of information in a variety of different fields, but should librarians, especially reference librarians, also be engaged in “librarian as scholar activities”? Science Librarian Charles Smith, among many others including past award winners Cheryl LaGuardia, have written about this. He notes that in conducting research themselves librarians (1) become more familiar with the operational needs of their patrons (2) become more adept at search techniques (3) encounter new tools and databases useful in aiding their patrons (4) draw additional attention to their library and university, and (5) find that those they serve have higher levels of confidence in them. During his live conversation with Rosemary Meszaros of WKU, Brian will offer tips and insights into how librarians can cultivate their own research activities while bolstering their reference collections in new and exciting ways.
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Are we still teaching students the same old way we were taught and expecting them to learn the same way we learned?
Maybe it’s time to rethink where and how often we teach critical thinking, problem solving and information skill sets, as well as how and when we teach them.
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Are we still teaching students the same old way we were taught and expecting them to learn the same way we learned?
Maybe it’s time to rethink where and how often we teach critical thinking, problem solving and information skill sets, as well as how and when we teach them.
What would be the advantage to faculty and administration if we did this?
What would be the advantage to students and graduates?
How would it look?
What are the challenges to this approach?
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Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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4. Skills as multi-faceted and unique to professions
Knowledge Biology, chemistry, math, English
Skills
Active listening, reading comprehension,
critical thinking
Abilities Inductive reasoning, near vision, info ordering
Work Activities
Document recording, communication w/clients,
info processing
Work Styles Dependability, attention to detail, initiative
O*NET: Biological Technician
Source: https://www.onetonline.org/
5.
6. Type of
Collaboration Example Impacts on student competencies
Curriculum/Program
Advising
Curriculum Advisory
Boards
State- or industry-mandated
advisory boards w/industry reps
Direct communication of industry
needs/Feedback channel re:alumni
Co-Designed Company
Training
Company and local educators
collaboratively design training
Employee develops new form of cultural
capital/company acquires new program
Curricular Co-
construction
Course projects suggested by
local employers
Student acquires new form of cultural capital
salient to industrial field
Work
Experience/Career
Pathway Program
Multi-Contact Programs Apprenticeships and internships
Student acquires new form of cultural capital
valued by both fields and social capital
networks) capital
One-Time Programs Industry field trips/career days Exposes students to new field(s)
Career Services
Career Counseling
College/university career
services; career fairs
Exposes students to new field(s); cultivates
social capital
Industry Cluster/Workforce
Dev Board
Chamber of Commerce
events/Industry cluster activities
Sectoral collaborations may enhance above
activities
Diverse forms of partnership cultivate students’ cultural/social capital
7. Key Issue: Differential Links Between Program & Occupations
4 Yr Biology B.S.
2 Yr Biotech A.A.
General Ed
Labs
Bio Courses
General Ed
Labs
Bio Courses
Biotechnology
Biotechnology
Graduate School
Health/Medicine
Environmental Science
Agriculture/Botany
Lab Technician
Asst Lab Technician
$41k starting
5% annual growth
app. 80,000 jobs
$30k starting
similar outlook as above
8. Access to
College
State Government
Higher Education Employers
4-Year Institutions
2-Year Institutions
Advanced Manufacturing
Biotechnology
Hands-on,
experiential
education
Hands-on,
experiential
training
Comprehensive,
multi-disciplinary
education
Employer
investment in
training &
collaboration
Employer
investment in
training &
collaboration
Hands-on,
experiential
training
Centers for
Teaching &
Learning
Career & Academic
Advising/Supports
Hands-on,
experiential
education
Comprehensive,
multi-disciplinary
education
Centers for
Teaching &
Learning
Career & Academic
Advising/Supports
Adequate Funding for
Public Higher Education
Industry Clusters,
Workforce
Development
Initiatives
Curriculum &
Program Advising
Advisory Boards
Curricular Co-
Construction
Career Services
Work-based
Learning Programs
Field Trips
Classroom Visits
The skills infrastructure: Systemic reform for college-work pathways
Persistence Graduation
Graduates
w/21st Century
Competencies
Cognitive
Inter-Personal
Intra-Personal
Screening
& Hiring
Continual
Development of
21st Century
Competencies
Return to Higher
Education System
9. Thank you!
Questions?
Matthew Hora Mike Sweet
Assistant Professor of Adult & Higher Education
University of Wisconsin – Madison
matthew.hora@wisc.edu
@Matt_Hora
CEO
Credo Education
Mike.Sweet@credoeducation.com
@_Mike_Sweet
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Editor's Notes
First - highlight importance of technical expertise - esp procedural knowledge (knowing how).
But then, variation across groups - esp employers; manufacturers #1 - work ethic.
What’s also missing - and this is the key insight from our research - is the cultural nature of these competencies; (a) how they are acquired not only in school but in the home - peers - workplace. and (b) how these unique forms of skills one acquires - along with technical expertise and one’s credentials - are then carried into the labor market and help determine if you get a job. This is a cultural capital argument about job acquisition - not just credentials.
Here introduce idea of cultural capital: not as simple as investments in skills/knowledge and that will get you a job (the human capital approach) - instead, cultural capital speaks to behaviors, habits, dispositions specific to a discipline, profession - that’s what is desired here.
one thing we need to understand - these aren’t generic skills - they are deeply embedded in professions, workplace cultures.
Multiple ways to collaborate - each serves different purpose
communication/cultivating student resources
ideal world: have them all (costs time/$$)
Hesitation (2 and 4 year) on being too tightly linked.
In some cases - can’t be linked too closely with specific job/company. Also - considerations of transferable skills (proverbial 5th job)
Articulate how diff from guided pathways
A different approach: here we did another root cause analysis based on our data and the literature - taking the end point (21st cc) and mapping backwards (instead of starting w/hiring challenges and adopting pipeline model, start w/21stcc instead of jobs/HR issues - thus, ours is
to policy-making; Backwards mapping (root-cause analysis); Systems thinking
Key idea for institutions: wraparound services
similar to CCRC guided pathways wrt systemic (teaching/advising reform) -
Yes - tailor these ed programs with attn to developments in labor market - watching labor market data - but focusing on that alone is insufficient.
