Summit Overview
The reality of technology in the workplace has truncated the half-life of skills. Employees need to continually reskill and upskill to stay ahead of automation and relevant in the workforce, whether in their existing role or a new role.
The D2L Executive Summit will explore how our systems of learning must adapt to create capacity and seamless entry- and exit-points for continuous learning. What are the roles of higher education, employers, unions and trade associations in creating learning opportunities and supporting worker learners? How can we shift the mindset of adults in the workforce to a learning mindset – one that is willing and able to adapt to a continually shifting workplace?
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Executive Summit Agenda
Note all sessions are invite only and exclusive to Executive Summit participants, unless otherwise noted (*)
Sunday
July 19, 2020
Monday
July 20, 2020
Jeremy Auger, CSO and Co-Founder, D2L
Traditionally, our higher education systems prepare students prior to entering the workforce or between jobs. As the workplace changes more rapidly though and continual learning becomes more necessary, are our institutions ready and able to support adult learners? Are working learners able to readily access learning in higher ed? Do we need to shift “access” problem solving from capacity building in existing instructional models to developing new models of learning for existing capacity? What’s the future of the degree?
Compliance training is perhaps the most widely available form of training in workplaces. Training to develop durable skills and knowledge is challenging to scale, and recognizing an individual’s every day and on-the-job learning is even more difficult. If continual skills and knowledge development by individuals is a lifetime requirement, how are we building systems of learning outside of and interconnected with our traditional systems of education?
15 minutes
