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Learning and the new workplace: Impacts of technology change on postsecondary career and technical education
Author(s) -
Washbon Janet L.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.20005
Subject(s) - postsecondary education , vocational education , pedagogy , sociology , career development , public relations , higher education , psychology , political science , law
This chapter explores how technological innovation is changing the kinds of skills and knowledge used in the workplace and how two‐year colleges are responding to these changes. It features examples of new and emerging practices in Wisconsin's technical colleges that situate learning in settings designed to meet the needs of learners and their communities.