Workplace Learning: An Accelerated Digital Transformation

About the Webinar

Northeastern University’s Graduate School of Education invites you to Workplace Learning: An Accelerated Digital Transformation, a virtual discussion on Wednesday, December 2, from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST.

Join us for a conversation on how new needs have emerged to support the decision-making, belonging, and work in the virtual world. The event will be facilitated by Northeastern’s Dr. Rashid Mosley, assistant teaching professor, Graduate School of Education, and panelists include Dr. Elisabeth Bennett, assistant teaching professor, Graduate School of Education, and Gretchen Ulrich, senior director of corporate learning, Northeastern University.

During the webinar, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Review recent trends in top skills and define new literacies in the current industrial revolution.
• Discuss decision-making and the continuing need for human insight and learning agility.
• Describe the future of physical infrastructure in an era of increasing virtual work.
• Recognize the human need for belonging in technology-enabled environments and the impact on change initiatives.
• Participate in a Q&A session on the topic and receive an introduction to the graduate programs available through Northeastern’s Graduate School of Education.

Speakers:

Dr. Rashid Mosley is a highly analytical and versatile organizational behavior and human resource management scholar-practitioner. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in chemistry from Savannah State University, a Master of Science in administration degree with a concentration in organizational leadership from Central Michigan University, and a Doctorate of Education and Human Development degree from The George Washington University with concentrations in organizational change, culture, leadership and adult learning.

Dr. Bennett has 30 years of experience in business and industry, spanning mutual funds, corporate financial services in a Fortune 500 company, agriculture, manufacturing, continuing education, academic medicine, and higher education. She has managed multimillion dollar budgets and technology projects, and has built training and faculty development programs in various capacities. As a learning professional in industrial engineering, Dr. Bennett was an early adopter of computer-based training and helped a factory transition from an AS/400 to Windows-based AS/500 mainframe during the Y2K transition. She managed an intranet in university-based continuing education, which formed her early perspectives on virtual human resource development.

Gretchen Ulrich is senior director of corporate experiential learning at Northeastern University. She is Northeastern lead in the facilitation and design of new learning solutions and partnership models with industry. She works with corporate partners, senior management, and academic and faculty leadership to identify goals, set strategy and design new models of learning, and develop talent and partnerships that support industry and workforce needs.