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6 The Role of Technology
Pages 43-48

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... , aims to modernize the way the United States and its international partners conduct digital and online training and education. ADL is a federal program housed under the Defense Human Resources Agency that serves the federal workforce and partners in industry and academia.
From page 44...
... Department of Defense Nishal Mohan, Founder, mohuman Nicole Jackson, Chief Technology Officer, Duet Health Moderator: Leanne Chukoskie, Director, Power of NeuroGaming (PoNG) Center, ­University of California, San Diego, committee member It aims to demonstrate the use of diverse kinds of technology to provide high-quality education, training, and informal learning.1 To achieve those goals ADL considers lessons from pedagogy, adult education, and other instructional approaches as important program components along with the technological tools.
From page 45...
... "The COVID-19 pandemic conclusively showed that people who are not digitally prepared lose their education, their jobs, and even their lives because of digital inequities," said Mohan, "and while society becomes more dependent on these digitalized Internet-connected services and opportunities, digitally underserved students, individuals, and families are left out of the decision-making process and technology that decide their status in our society." In her remarks, Jackson said that from her perspective in the health information industry, it is important to prepare students for jobs, but if STEM education does not want to suffer the same fate as home economics and shop classes in the K–12 environment, it is important to ensure that STEM remains relevant in American society, particularly in the lives of students who would benefit from a deep engagement in STEM. The way to start doing this, she said, is to "first start by understanding their interests and their needs and then leverage the data to let us know what they are actually interested in learning so that we can actually see transformational and traditional education have some form of fusion in the future." Following the panelists remarks, planning committee member Leanne Chukoskie asked the panelists to discuss ideas on how to build the educational infrastructure in a way that incorporates digital technologies, physical attributes, and social and cultural issues in a way that is effective, inclusive, equitable, and resilient.
From page 46...
... Jackson commented that the parallels between the issues confronting education and health information technology -- the area in which she works -- are "so profoundly shocking" that everyone needs to look at the path that health information technology has taken over the past 20 years in terms of influencing learners through social media and getting people of all ages and backgrounds familiar and more confident in technology. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act provides lessons that could serve as a foundation for how education could deal with privacy and data ownership.
From page 47...
... "It is hard to know exactly what can be done," said Mohan, "because there are so many regulations in place and influence from Internet service providers that is preventing progress." He also noted that the community broadband networks that are popping up across the country can have a big influence toward democratiz ing the Internet. Schatz commented that if the future Internet is designed correctly, it could create the possibility of having an "Internet of learning things" in which training and education technologies are able to communi cate with one another thanks to interoperability.


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