{"id":81887,"date":"2022-07-20T08:54:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T12:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=81887"},"modified":"2022-07-21T09:15:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T13:15:21","slug":"taking-construction-education-into-a-new-age-arnholz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2022\/07\/20\/taking-construction-education-into-a-new-age-arnholz\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking construction education into a new age [Arnholz]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highereddive.com\/spons\/taking-construction-education-into-a-new-age\/626722\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Taking construction education into a new age<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from highereddive.com by Jonathan Arnholz<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In 2021, the sixth edition of our top textbook,\u00a0<em>Core: Introduction to Basic Construction Skills\u00a0<\/em>was released in collaboration with our publishing partner Pearson. In addition to the standard updates to the content, this new edition introduced QR codes to our textbooks, directing students to digital resources to reinforce the material found in the book. In conjunction with the release of the printed book came a new Core eText and a fully re-imagined\u00a0NCCERconnect\u00a0online course with integrated augmented reality lessons, dozens of videos on performance tasks, construction math and employability skills, dynamic presentations to support classroom engagement, project-based learning assignments and more.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Addendum on 7\/21\/22:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/skilled-trades-labor-scarcity-workforce-170000647.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Skilled Trades Labor Scarcity: Workforce Aging as Fewer Recruits Enter Trades<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from finance.yahoo.com<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">TACOMA, Wash.,\u00a0July 19, 2022\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The skilled trades industry is proving to be one of the hardest hit by worker scarcity. According to a new analysis by PeopleReady Skilled Trades,\u00a0a specialized division of staffing giant PeopleReady, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a skilled labor shortage that companies are still struggling with today. In the period from\u00a0March 2020\u00a0to\u00a0December 2021, four million jobs were open in key skilled trades industries like construction\u2014more than double the amount of vacancies pre-pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking construction education into a new age &#8212; from highereddive.com by Jonathan Arnholz Excerpt: In 2021, the sixth edition of our top textbook,\u00a0Core: Introduction to Basic Construction Skills\u00a0was released in collaboration with our publishing partner Pearson. 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