Disruption of work – what students need to know
This week we are looking at work and jobs disruption and potential opportunities, what students need to know and how they can learn for the future.
Work
The Gig Economy – an opportunity for students?
The gig economy is growing, and it’s very likely that today’s school students will be involved in it in some form or another during their working lives. It’s a different type of work, and they will need to have their eyes open to what to expect.
Work is changing – does it matter?
It’s not possible to accurately predict the future, of course. However it is possible to get a sense of how things are likely to change over the coming 10 to 15 years. Today’s 5 year olds will enter the workforce from about 2032 to 2037, and as you’ll see below the working environment that they join will be dramatically different from the one we experience today. So what’s going on, and what’s likely to happen?
Schools and opportunity – the gap is growing
To start this week’s look at automation and implications for learning in schools, the World Economic Forum and McKinsey have shared insights from Davos on the future of learning and work and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Mindset and learning when work is changing
The importance of workforce retraining is a major common theme across the many articles we read when looking at the future of learning and work. The automation of once-routine tasks is already leading to human work being
A new world of work for students
Welcome to Industry 4.0 – one in which large scale manufacturing combines with personalisation, constant changes to product lines, fewer human workers, vastly improved efficiency and extremely short delivery times. So what does this mean for learning?
Future skills that students need
Welcome to this week’s post. Inside, we explore how skills shortages are inspiring new forms of collaboration between community colleges and employers, and why traditional academic pathways and credentialing may no longer be relevant. We also share what one global leader thinks learning should look like, and why the educational technology industry faces challenges in the marketplace and what this means for teachers.
Technology and automation – all just hype?
This week’s focus is squarely on technology and automation, what the research indicates what’s happening right now, and suggests what might happen in the future.
Automation and Work – trends to watch
Let’s look at what’s happening with the automation of work, become informed, start a conversation about what skills and competencies might be needed, what this means for our students, teachers, schools, learning systems, communities and societies.
Healthcare and Future Opportunities
In this article we look at samples of work and trends happening in healthcare and wellbeing with an eye on future learning and opportunities for students. Everything healthcare and wellbeing-related that we are seeing in the research is usually focused around one or both of two mains goals:
