How the Future of Work is Shaping the Future of Education

EDU BT022 Subject & Catalog Number

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*Only Offered for Online Ed.M. Students* The advent of automation, robotization, artificial intelligence, and the gig economy are key forces shaping the future of work. The future of work, in turn, is shaping the demand for traditional education credentials, like college degrees. Fortune 500 companies, such as, Apple, Google, and Microsoft, in fact, no longer require Bachelor’s degrees for incoming workers, opting instead to hire based on skills. In this course, we will examine the technological changes that are driving the future of work and the future of education. We will cover topics related to the history of education and technology, recent impacts of new technological innovations, and responses by the education sector to provide new credentials, as well as new delivery mechanisms for existing credentials. We will consider how the future of work and education alters the social contract between technologists, firms, workers, educators, and policy makers.