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Working in retirement: A 21st century phenomenon

On 10/09/2010, in 21st century, career development, lifelong learning, sociology, trends, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Working in retirement: A 21st century phenomenon — from ASTD.org by Ann Pace

(From Families and Work Institute) — Working in retirement may still sound like an oxymoron, but not for long. Just as people in their twenties are now creating a new life stage of transitioning into the workforce, the generation of workers currently in their fifties and sixties is redefining the notion of “retirement.” Already today, one in five workers aged 50 and older has fully retired from his or her former career job but currently is working for pay in a new role, which we define as a “retirement job.” And this will soon become the “new normal” — fully 75% of workers aged 50 and older expect to have retirement jobs in the future, according to a groundbreaking new study by Families and Work Institute and the Sloan Center on Aging & Work.

“Working in retirement” is quickly becoming a new stage in career progression. Following the traditional path of early-, mid-, late-career employment, but prior to total withdrawal from work, this new stage is a bridge that tends to emphasize working by choice and for enjoyment.

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The changing landscape of teaching

On 10/04/2010, in career development, change, educational games / serious games, elearning, engagement / engaging students, game-changing environment, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, professional development, student teaching/teacher education, teachers, by Daniel Christian

The changing landscape of teaching — from EdReformer.com by Tom Vander Ark

Now that anyone can learn anything and learning professionals can work anywhere, a learning ecosystem is being created around the formal public delivery system—sometimes supporting, sometimes competing, sometimes infiltrating.

Online learning is full and part time option for millions of students. Massive foundation and government programs are pushing data driven-instruction and teacher evaluation. The combination of direct intervention and the surrounding web of opportunity means a slow decline in traditional education employment and strong growth in non-traditional roles

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Like doctors, lawyers, and accountants, learning professionals can freelance, start a business, build a nonprofit, or join a public delivery system. Welcome to the new learning landscape.

Tagged with: career development • change • e-learning • engaging students • game-changing environment • games • K-12 • Keeping students engaged • online learning • student teaching/teacher education • teachers

Interesting…”University, IBM to open unique high school in NYC”

On 09/27/2010, in business, career development, corporate / business world, higher education, innovation, vendors, workplace, by Daniel Christian

University, IBM to open unique high school in NYC — By The Associated Press

The City University of New York and IBM will open a unique school that merges high school with two years of college, allowing students to earn an associate’s degree, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday in announcing a series of ambitious educational initiatives.

Those students will be “first in line for a job at IBM,” Bloomberg said in his announcement, made on MSNBC.

The city also will move to a rating system this year designed to ensure teacher tenure is linked to classroom performance. Only teachers rated “effective” or “highly effective” will be awarded lifetime job…

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Lecture Capture: Policy and Strategy

On 08/24/2010, in career development, higher education, pedagogy, policy, strategy, by Daniel Christian

Lecture Capture: Policy and Strategy — University Business by Ellen Ullman
What is happening to the pedagogical process because of lecture capture?
July/August 2010 2010

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Another item to help address the changing workplace…

On 08/06/2010, in career development, change, workplace, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
This item is also a good example of the “work swarms” that Gartner’s report was talking about…

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Your workplace in 2020: Gartner’s predictions

On 08/06/2010, in career development, change, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Your workplace in 2020: Gartner’s predictions — from itworldcanada.com by Thomas Wailgum for Creator
The market research firm forsees 10 major changes occuring in the next decade. Here are five of the most interesting, with some additional context.

De-routinization of work.
Work swarms.
Attention to patterns.
Hyperconnectedness.
My place.

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An item on the workplace…

On 08/06/2010, in career development, corporate / business world, workplace, by Daniel Christian

By The Numbers: New Employment Statistics from the 2008 Business R&D and Innovation Survey – National Science Foundation — via Reid Cornwell on the The Center for Internet Research’s NING-based site

Tagged with: business • career development • economics/business • workplace

I wish more companies had done this when I was in college…

On 07/20/2010, in career development, Google, professional development, by Daniel Christian

Diary of a Summer Intern — from Google

A true win-win situation — all around.

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Davenport University offers 25 percent off tuition for the unemployed

On 07/13/2010, in career development, colleges, cost of getting a degree, new business models, universities, by Daniel Christian

Davenport University offers 25 percent off tuition for the unemployed — from mlive.com

Davenport University is helping the unemployed prepare for new careers by offering them a 25 percent reduction in tuition, the school announced today.

“Current economic environments across the state of Michigan have created challenges for many,” said Larry Polselli, Ed.D., executive vice president for enrollment and student development. “With 14 campuses across the state and programs tied to today’s jobs, Davenport University is uniquely positioned to help students by extending this tuition discount when people need it most.”

From DSC:
Kudos to DU for their creative, innovative thinking here.

Tagged with: career development • colleges • cost of getting an education • creativity • innovation • new business models in he • universities

Projections of jobs and education requirements through 2018 — Georgetown University

On 06/23/2010, in career development, change, higher education, K-12 related, strategy, student-related, workplace, by Daniel Christian

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Colleges not training students for careers that are growing — from ASTD

On 06/16/2010, in career development, colleges, universities, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Colleges not training students for careers that are growing — from ASTD

(From USA Today) WASHINGTON — The United States economy is in serious danger from a growing mismatch between the skills that will be needed for jobs being created and the educational backgrounds (or lack thereof) of would-be workers. That is the conclusion of a mammoth analysis of jobs data being released today by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.

From the article at USAToday:

Colleges may like much of the rhetoric surrounding the report, which will be released officially today at an event scheduled to feature representatives of the Obama administration and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The clear implication of the report is that the United States needs to spend much more on higher education — and in particular on the educations of those who are not on the fast track to earning degrees at elite institutions. But the lead author of the report said in an interview that the report should also shake up colleges — and challenge most of them to be much more career-oriented than they have been and to overhaul the way they educate students, to much more closely align the curriculum with specific jobs.

The colleges that most students attend “need to streamline their programs, so they emphasize employability,” said Anthony P. Carnevale, director of the Georgetown Center.

From DSC:
Regarding the highlighted sentence immediately above….when it costs a significant amount of money — per student — to get them through college, can todays’ students afford to look at their college investments in any other way?

Really, come on…if things don’t change, can we expect our students to pursue a love of learning for learning’s sake? Or will the ever-growing debt on their backs continue to influence how they view their learning experience? Their expectations? The classes that they take and the programs that they pursue?

It’s one thing to graduate in 1970 with a $1,000 on your back…it’s another, to graduate in 2010 with $65,000 on your back.

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From DSC: Another element of the perfect storm that’s forming…

On 05/28/2010, in career development, by Daniel Christian

Graduates moving back home. — from CityTownInfo Career and Education News, May 28, 2010

moving home As college graduates face one of the bleakest job markets in history, many are being forced to move back home with their parents until finding gainful employment.

A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center last November found that 13 percent of young adults ages 22 to 29 had moved in with their parents after living on their own as a result of the recession. Yet the numbers increased dramatically in a survey that focused solely on recent college graduates: USA Today reports that according to a poll by entry-level job site CollegeGrad.com, 80 percent of 2009 college graduates moved back home with their parents after graduation. By comparison, 77 percent of graduates moved back home in 2008, 73 percent in 2007 and 67 percent in 2006.

“When I started applying for jobs back in September, I thought I’d have it all lined up by the time of graduation. But it’s a different economy now,” said Matthew Denney, who is graduating from William Woods University this month and was interviewed by KRCG 13 in Missouri. He will be moving home to Canada, where he will continue his job search.

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