This current event is all about teaching technology
as it changes by Rebecca Appel. Jan
Muehfeit , the chairman of Microsoft Europe, will leave the review of higher
education in the Europe Union as part of the three-year assessment announced by
the European commission in September. The question came up of what kind of
skills that can help your people transition into a rapidly changing workforce.
One industry that is talked about is the car industry, 60% percent of all car
cost are now software cost. The
essentials are flexibility, the ability to do lifelong learning and soft
skills, which are not taught in school today.
The main thing is that things are taught in the classroom setting and
not out in the workforce setting. In Europe, there is less than 15% of
university students studying information technology. According to the studies
between now and 2015, Europe can expect a have a deficit of 400,000 IT
professionals. According to the European commission two years ago 38% of people
in Europe have no basic electronic skills. In primary, secondary schools in
Europe they have program called Partners in Learning, which is a
combination of software training and training teachers. The universities, the
program is called Students to Business, which is helping students
complete internships at partner organizations. One thing that the government is
doing in Denmark is Flexicurity program.
This helps people that lose their jobs that have been social support and
be retrained to find a new job. In Europe, there is no common policy for
education, but they have a common policy for agriculture. In Europe the school
system is behind, they are not teaching creativity or measuring emotional
intelligence. With cloud computing, even small schools Acid a huge amount of
resources. Many be universities offer on line courses, sometimes for free.
Microsoft office 365, is a cloud application that they are launching for
schools. The chairman is some advice for young person entering into the
technology workforce, saying be flexible and ready for change.
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