Workshop: Addressing Technology and Skills Gaps in Adulthood Transitions: Challenges and Opportunities at the Human-Technology Frontier; September, 2018: University of Arkansas

本次研讨会的目标是推进对人类技术前沿发生的社会变革的思考。具体来说，讲习班从青年开始进入劳动力市场并承担成年人角色的过渡开始。研讨会的第一天将探讨发展过程如何阻碍或增强新兴成年人成为数据准确消费者的能力。第二天将探讨环境效应（如农村地区，文化不平等，教育机会和代际脱节）如何阻碍或增强广泛接触社会和技术技能。第三天探讨制度因素：技术，新媒体和组织学习。研讨会将邀请行业合作伙伴和代表参与讨论如何避免青年集中的农村社区人才流失。研讨会将解决四个技术和技能差距：1）新兴成年人的数据素养（成为数据分析所创造的知识的准确消费者的能力; 2）劳动力准备（可能影响接触最新社会和技术技能的背景因素）; 3）高科技通信（获得准确和可信的知识，为决策提供信息）;以及4）农村新兴成年人接触维持公平解决方案的知识资本。

The goal of this workshop is to advance thinking about social changes occurring at the human-technology frontier. Specifically, the workshop begins with transitions into adulthood when youth begin to establish themselves into the labor force and take on adult roles. The first day of the workshop will ask how developmental processes hinder or enhance the capacity of emerging adults to be accurate consumers of data. The second day will explore how contextual effects (e.g. rural locale, cultural inequalities, educational access, and generational disconnects) hinder or enhance broad exposure to social and technological skills. The third day explores institutional factors: technology, new media, and organizational learning. The workshop will invite industry partners and representatives to participate in discussions about ways to avoid brain drain in rural communities where youth are concentrated.The workshop will address four technology and skills gaps: 1) data literacy among emerging adults (the capacity to be accurate consumers of knowledge created by data analytics; 2) workforce preparation (contextual factors that may affect exposure to updated social and technology skills); 3) high-tech communications (access to accurate and trusted knowledge to inform decisions); and 4) exposure of rural emerging adults to knowledge capital that sustains equitable solutions.