Online Learning Builds Economic Empowerment for Low-Income Workers

[billyoc]

Contact: Candice Johnson, CWA Communications, [e-mail] and 202-434-1168 Heather McKay, Rutgers University, [e-mail] and 609-870-5224 Nyasha Buchongo, ADE, [e-mail] and 404.815.9484

Get the full report at www.speedmatters.org/onlinelearningreport.

Washington, D.C. -- Making online learning more available and accessible to low-income working adults was the focus of a Capitol Hill briefing sponsored by the Communications Workers of America, the Alliance for Digital Equality, and the Alliance for Public Technology.

The briefing spotlighted a new report that stresses that the innovative use of information technology – personal computers and high speed broadband – can be a cost-effective way to helping working adults expand their skills and move beyond entry-level jobs.

That report, "Online Learning for Low Skill Adults," was authored by Heather McKay at the Rutgers University Center for Women and Work. The report is being released by the Rutgers University Center for Women and Work and Speed Matters, a public policy initiative of CWA.

Since 2002, the Sloan Center on Innovative Training and Workforce Development at Rutgers has been working to develop online skills training and credential programs for working adults. There are now programs in place in more than 21 states.

...

http://www.cwa-union.org/news/online-learning-builds-economic-empowerment-for-low-income-workers.html