Digital Skills in Pandemic Times: How State Policymakers Can Help Workers and Businesses Adapt in a Changing Economy

Autor/inn/en	Johnson, Melissa; Bergson-Shilcock, Amanda
Institution	National Skills Coalition
Titel	Digital Skills in Pandemic Times: How State Policymakers Can Help Workers and Businesses Adapt in a Changing Economy
Quelle	(2020), (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Pandemics; COVID-19; Technological Literacy; Problem Solving; Social Differences; Job Skills; Labor Force Development; Job Training; Economic Climate; Educational Policy; Networks; State Policy; Skill Development; Public Agencies; State Legislation; Economic Change; Federal Legislation; Labor Legislation; Federal Aid; Public Libraries; School Business Relationship; Teaching Methods; Equal Education; Outcomes of Education; Educational Technology; Information Technology; Statewide Planning; Strategic Planning; Inclusion; Minority Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Technisches Wissen; Problemlösen; Sozialer Unterschied; Produktive Fertigkeit; Arbeitskräftebestand; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Wirtschaftslage; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Öffentliche Einrichtung; Landesrecht; Ökonomischer Wandel; Bundesrecht; Labor law; Arbeitsrecht; Public library; Stadtbücherei; Öffentliche Bibliothek; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Unterrichtsmedien; Informationstechnologie; Planwirtschaft; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Inklusion; Ethnische Minderheit
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated with vivid clarity how important it is for people to have digital literacy skills. From the workplace to the classroom and beyond, being able to use digital tools effectively is fundamental to success. To succeed in this rapidly changing environment, workers need broad-based digital problem-solving skills that equip them to learn a wide variety of today's technologies and navigate continued changes in the future. But at least 48 million U.S. workers lack these foundational digital skills, and even more lack access to the high-quality training which would empower them to increase their skills to meet future technological shifts. While digital skill gaps exist in every demographic group, workers of color are disproportionately affected, in large part due to structural factors that are the product of longstanding inequities in American society. As the US continues to navigate the economic turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic and recession, it is imperative that policymakers invest in an inclusive economic recovery. To this end, National Skills Coalition (NSC) and its network of state workforce and education policy advocates have laid out a set of 10 immediately actionable recommendations that can be implemented by state policymakers seeking to improve digital skills. These recommendations are divided between: 1) Those that are revenue-neutral and can be accomplished via the executive branch (governor's office, state agencies); and 2) those that require legislative action and additional investment. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Skills Coalition. 1250 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-223-8991; e-mail: info@nationalskillscoalition.org; Web site: https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01