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Using The Power & Promise of Edtech to Empower Adult Learners
The
Tech Edvocate: 8.15 2019 by Matthew Lynch
An
estimated 36 million adults in the U.S. lack the basic math, language, and
digital literacy skills necessary to find well-paying jobs and navigate public
and social systems. Technology can increase access to education and provide
access to personalized learning so everyone can have success in their work
life.
Adult
learners have specific needs that education technology may find challenging to
meet. Adult learners are not a homogeneous group. Some study to complete their
high school education, some want to prepare for college, others want to get a
promotion or just get a job. And their levels of reading, writing and math
differ widely. Also, their time for study is limited.
A
recent report funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Career,
Technical and Adult Education lays out how technology could make an impact on
adult learners. The report covers five areas of opportunity.
1.
Tech can be applied to support instructors by providing adaptive learning
features that can lead individual students through content at their own pace.
Tech can also be leveraged to provide instructors with continual assessment of
how students are progressing and to pinpoint areas where it might be wise to
adjust the curriculum.
2.
Technological innovations could make course attendance easier through the use
of mobile tools that use text reminders and video conferencing software to
replace face-to-face interaction.
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