Abstract
This innovation showcase delves into the latest initiatives of the Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE), a translational research center located in the United States. These initiatives, in the realm of ubiquitous learning, have impacted mostly adult learners and advanced their professional development, fostering economic prosperity and cultivating healthy communities. We explore CETE’s role as a catalyst for social transformation, emphasizing its integration of learning technologies in designing sustainable futures. A future where learners can pursue different professional learning paths that lead to well-paid jobs in the digital economy. Key initiatives include the migration of a comprehensive five-day workshop on job analysis into a virtual and online educational event; an award-winning self-paced online training collection on how to effectively teach online; a hybrid curriculum to develop organizational social justice practices; and, more recently, an intentional effort to grow internal capacity on the utilization of generative artificial intelligence tools. Such initiatives exemplify CETE’s commitment to translating research into evidence-based practices in a series of efforts to leverage e-learning tools and innovative pedagogies to bridge educational gaps, provide just-in-time technical training, promote lifelong learning, and facilitate the design of socially transformative frameworks.
Presenters
Ana Paula CorreiaProfessor/Director, Educational Studies/Center on Education and Training for Employment, The Ohio State University, Ohio, United States Traci Lepicki
Associate Director, Center on Education and Training for Employment, The Ohio State University, Ohio, United States Melissa Ross
Associate Director, Center on Education and Training for Employment, The Ohio State University, Ohio, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2024 Special Focus—People, Education, and Technology for a Sustainable Future
KEYWORDS
Ubiquitous Learning, Adult Learners, Transformative Pedagogies, Online Professional Development
