-Live Webinar- Continual Learning Under Constantly Changing Conditions

Date	Jan 20, 2016
Time	07:00 PM EDT
Cost	Free
Online

The world we in which we live, work, and play has not physically become smaller and yet seems less distant and foreign as we cross borders and boundaries through technology, e-tools, social networking, blogs, and podcasts. The world has become the global backyard for humankind as we learn from one another, collaborate, and communicate for work, socialization, and cultural understanding. However, the challengesare more complex in a world of virtual leadership and learning. We are connected in every aspect of everyday life across the world without regard to distance, time, geography, and language. Although one can certainly observe the efficiency and the effectiveness of technology integration, how learners interact in the current and a future world system will require educators and policy makers to shift to new ways of teaching and to embed contemporary skills, attributes, and qualities into content areas more deliberately than ever before. How learners interact in the current and a future world system will require educators and policy makers to shift to new ways of teaching and to embed contemporary skills, attributes, and qualities such as creativity, curiosity, self-direction, problem solving, and persistence in learning. These considerations in conjunction with the needs, characteristics, and barriers to learning are even more important with learners in the 21st century.