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Creating Quality Online Course Design Through a Peer-Reviewed Assessment The article offers several key components to quality course design, specific components of the design that aid the student in understanding and following course instruction, and, finally, suggestions for continuing to improve online course design to meet the challenges that come with new technology and a new generation of students with advanced technological skill sets and expectations from their educational experience. Tags: Education - higher; Field: Public administration; Course - online course design; Article; Source: Journal of Public Affairs Education; |
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Canada. The Effectiveness of Training for Displaced Workers with Long Prior Job Tenure Workers displaced from long-tenure jobs often have difficulty finding new employment Policy response for these long-term problems has centred on education, training and skill development. This paper surveys and assesses a variety of strategies that have been employed to determine training effectiveness. Tags: Training programs evaluation; Target group: Experienced worker; Training - workplace; Working paper; Canada; Source: CLSRN - Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network; |
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Canada/British Columbia. Essential skills for employee, employer success British Columbia is helping employees gain the essential skills they need to succeed while increasing productivity for employers through a $1.5-million investment in essential skills training. See also SkillsPlus program Tags: Training - workplace; Skills - essential; Initiative SkillsPlus; British Columbia; Canada; News; Source: Government of British Columbia; |
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Canada/Saskatchewan. Trades - the new IT production Saskatchewan is enjoying an economic boom thanks in large part to the mining industry. By 2021, Saskatchewan will need approximately 15,000 more workers in more than 120 different occupations–and the biggest occupational group is trades. The mining industry estimates it will need close to 5,000 more tradespeople, including apprentices. The biggest gaps are for skilled millwrights, electricians, heavy equipment mechanics, mechanics, welders, pipefitters, steam engineers, machinists and carpenters. Tags: Field: Trades; Employment trend 2021; Saskatchewan; Canada; Article; Source: Relevance Magazine; |
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Europe. Young people and NEETs in Europe The aim of the paper was to investigate the current situation of young people in Europe, focusing specifically on those who are not in employment, education or training (NEET), and to understand the economic and social consequences of their disengagement from the labour market and education. Tags: Target group: Youth; NEET - not in employment - education or training; Europe; Paper; Source: Eurofound - European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions; |
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Serbia. Basic life and work skills development for adults in Serbia This paper describes some experiences in functional basic adult education in Serbia from 2000 to 2011, along with background information on adult education, including some statistical data, and a look at selected policy and strategic measures. Tags: Skills development; Skills - essential; Education - adult; Serbia; Paper; Source: ETF - European Training Foundation; |
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US. BLS Forecasts Fastest-Growing Jobs Assuming a full-employment economy with an unemployment rate of 5.2% by 2020, the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects total U.S. employment to rise 14.3% over the current decade, resulting in 20.5 million new jobs. The projections are based on expected labor force participation, the assumed unemployment rate and estimated housing starts, among other factors. Tags: News; Employment trend 2020; US; Source: Wall Street Journal; |
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South Asia. More and better jobs in South Asia The study shows that creating a larger number of more productive jobs for a growing labor force calls for a multisectoral reform agenda that includes improving access to electricity for firms across all sectors in urban and rural settings, dealing decisively with issues of governance and corruption, improving access to land and transport links between town and country, improving nutrition in early childhood, equipping workers with skills relevant for the world of work, and reorienting labor market regulations and programs to protect workers rather than jobs. Tags: Workforce development; Reform - multisectoral; South Asia; Education policy; Lower-income countries; Paper; Source: World Bank; |
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Creating Quality Online Course Design Through a Peer-Reviewed Assessment The article offers several key components to quality course design, specific components of the design that aid the student in understanding and following course instruction, and, finally, suggestions for continuing to improve online course design to meet the challenges that come with new technology and a new generation of students with advanced technological skill sets and expectations from their educational experience. Tags: Education - higher; Field: Public administration; Course - online course design; Article; Source: Journal of Public Affairs Education; |
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Curriculum theory and practice The organization of schooling and further education has long been associated with the idea of a curriculum. But what actually is curriculum, and how might it be conceptualized? We explore curriculum theory and practice and its relation to informal education. Tags: Theory; Curriculum - development; Curriculum - model; Article; Source: INFED - Encyclopaedia of informal education; |
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Business-Plan Contests Take a Practical Turn Less planning, more legwork. That's the formula some business schools are using to overhaul the competitions they conduct each year to test their students' mettle as entrepreneurs. Tags: Workforce development; Target group: Business students; Trends; Article; Source: Wall Street Journal; |
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Gender and Skills Development: A Review What this paper clearly indicates is that while there is a lack of reliable information and statistics to analyse the impact of these forces on girls and young women, especially those from marginalized groups, there is a near absence of well-documented and evaluated interventions and strategies to address skills development among marginalized youth. Tags: Target group: Marginalized groups; Analysis; Skills development; Gender equity; Paper; Source: UNGEI - United Nations Girls` Education Initiative; |
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Canada. Recharging our workforce: A Strategic Framework for Industry Action The electricity industry is challenged to find ways to significantly increase its training capacity to meet the training demands at all levels of organizations that this expected exodus of employees will create. As a result, the Electricity Sector Council has undertaken extensive research of training practices both within the electricity industry and in other sectors in order to inform the creation of strategic recommendations for increasing training capacity within the electricity sector. Tags: Canada; Analysis; Training programs; Field: Electricity industry; Report; Source: Bright Futures; |
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US. Certifying Adult Education Students: A Survey of State Directors of Adult Education on Certificate Programs in Use The goal of the survey was to determine the role of the states (via state directors of adult education) in awarding certificates for both academic achievement and for the application of academic skills to employment settings as well as how states were managing their certificate programs. Tags: Education - adult; Certification; Survey; US; Source: CAAL - Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy; |
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European Union. Financing lifelong learning: Funding mechanisms in education and training This report provides an overview of evidence on funding mechanisms in education and training. The report covers important research issues for primary and secondary education, higher education, and adult learning. Tags: Education - lifelong; European Union; Analysis; Education and training systems; Funding mechanism; Source: EENEE - European Expert Network on Economics of Education; |
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Latin America and the Caribbean. Skills for the 21st century in Latin and the Caribbean This report analyzes important recent shifts in labor market trends in LAC as first decade of the 21st century has witnessed a marked decline in the earnings premia for those with university and secondary education. The authors recommend that, having achieved increases in secondary and tertiary enrollment, the region should now focus on improving the quality of its education systems and the pertinence of education curricula to match the needs of the labor market. Tags: Document; Trends analysis; Skills development; the Caribbean; Latin America; Source: World Bank; |
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Middle East and North Africa. Lifelong learning as a key to social transformation and education in the Middle East and North Africa Rapid technological changes and the speed of social transformation in the Middle East and North Africa region are confronted with the limits of the existing education system to deal with the needs of youth and adults. Can lifelong learning provision respond to social developments and match demands for a skilled and competent workforce in the labour market? Tags: Analysis; Education - lifelong; North Africa; Middle East; Seminar proceedings; Source: UNESCO; |
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Upgrading Informal Apprenticeship Systems This policy brief focuses on the opportunities made available in informal apprenticeship systems for improving skill provision in the informal economy to offer young people, especially in developing countries, ways to more productive and decent jobs. Tags: Target group: Youth; Skills development; Apprenticeship; Informal sector; Policy brief; Lower-income countries; Source: ILO - International Labour Organization; |
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Global education digest 2011: comparing education statistics across the world Comparing education statistics across the world. Tags: Analysis - comparative; Indicators; Education access; Annual report 2011; Statistics; Source: UNESCO/Institute for Statistics (UIS); |
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Education for sustainable development for changing the climate of teacher education to address sustainability The objectives of this training workshop were:
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Podcast. Current economy and investment in education and training Terence Hogarth talks about his research work on the economy and investment in education and training to support recovery. Tags: Economic recovery; Podcast; Training - subsidies; Source: University of Warwick/Institute for Employment Research; |
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