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Digital Infrastructure, Access & Skills: Analysis of Digital Divide Inequities
September 23, 2020
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Today’s Panelists
Amanda Bergson-Shilcock, Senior Fellow, National Skills Coalition
Matt Schmit, Director, Illinois Office of Broadband, DCEO
Becky Raymond, Executive Director, Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition
Molly Bashay, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Law and Social Policy
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Digital Infrastructure, Access, and Skills
Crucial to Illinois’ Economic Recovery
Webinar
September 23, 2020
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The pandemic has brought home a new reality:
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Businesses need workers who are digitally literate.
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Even frontline workers need digital skills.
Photo credit: Honeygrow/Kyle Huff
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Voice assistants are expanding in the elder care field. Yvonne Meyer, Los Angeles retirement home resident.
Photo credit: CNBC.
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Grocery workers are completing online training.
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Safety training often requires digital skills.
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Manufacturing workers are using augmented reality (AR).
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Mobile tools are growing in the retail sector.
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But US workers have crucial digital skill gaps.
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These gaps have consequences for economic competitiveness
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What can you do now?
•Educate policymakers about existing digital skill gaps & potential remedies
•Advocate for expanded data collection on digital skills
•Support dedicated investment in digital upskilling (Learn more: Digital Skills for an Equitable Recovery)
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American workers deserve our investment in their digital skills.
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Want to dig deeper?Slides, data & industry fact sheets: www.nationalskillscoalition.org/resources/webinars/upcoming
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Acknowledgements
•Our research partners at the American Institutes for Research
• Learn more about their work at AIR.org, and access more about the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) dataset at PIAACgateway.com
•Walmart for financial support
We thank Walmart for their support but acknowledge that the findings, conclusions, and recommendations presented here are those of National Skills Coalition, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Walmart.
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Contact Amanda Bergson-Shilcock
Senior Fellow
National Skills Coalition
215-285-2860
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• Connect Illinois Vision• Broadband Advisory Council + Working Groups• Broadband Strategic Plan• Mapping• Broadband Access, Adoption + Utilization
• Infrastructure• Community Planning + Capacity Building• Digital Equity: Literacy, Adoption + Inclusion
• Broadband Affordability Study
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• Provide ubiquitous broadband access that is reliable + affordable to homes, businesses, and community anchor institutions throughout Illinois
• Promote adoption + digital literacy
• Drive utilization … economic development + expanded opportunity + innovation in such areas as education, health care, and agriculture
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• Convened in August 2019• Meets quarterly• Five initial working groups
• Access• Economic development• Education• Telehealth• Technology + Innovation
• Affordability study• Annual report
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• Illinois General Assembly (SB 2135), May 2020• In pursuit of universal broadband access goal, study:
• Free access to all residents through grant program expansion• Affordable access to all residents
• Study must include analysis of universal access in areas of poverty and areas where existing broadband infrastructure is insufficient for high-speed access
• Should include discussion of Broadband Strategic Plan initiatives• Identify new streams of state, federal, and P3 revenue• Recommended schedule for implementation
• Report on findings and recommendations due Jan 1, 2021
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• $50M state + $65M nonstate match = $115M investment
• 26,000+ new/improved connections to homes, farms, biz, community anchors
• 28 projects, 18 different grantees (17 providers + one local government)
• 39 applications; 37 applications were complete and/or responsive to NOFO
• Strong cross-section of provider types (Rural ISPs, telcos, cable, cooperatives, etc.)
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Anticipated Broadband Impact: 60 points possible
a. Unserved or underserved total passings potentially served by project: 35 points possible
b. Economic development and community benefit of the project: 25 points possible
Nonstate Matching Funds: 20 points possible
Community Participation: 15 points possible
Project Readiness: 40 points possible
Project Sustainability: 40 points possible
Broadband Adoption Assistance: 15 points possible
Open Access and Shared Use: 10 points possible
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• Partnership among the Illinois Office of Broadband, the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, and local philanthropy. Designed to engage a first-year cohort of communities through best practice curriculum and expert consultation.
• The initial cohort includes four school districts, two community-based organizations, two local governments, two county-level organizations, and two economic development groups:
• Each Illinois Connected Community will have completed a community-driven, broadband strategic plan that articulates the community’s broadband vision and identifies an action plan for progress toward improved broadband access in the areas of community and economic development, education, civic engagement, healthcare, agriculture, and more.
• Mercer County Better Together• Neighborhood Network Alliance• Palatine School District 15• Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163• Region 1 Planning Council • Village of Flanagan
• Brown County School District 1
• City of Harvey• Housing Authority of Champaign County• Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois• Mattoon School District 2• McKinley Park Development Council
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• Statewide Nonprofit Partner• Computer Refurbishing• Mobile Devices/Hotspots• Digital Literacy Programming
• Digital Divide Elimination Fund• Competitive Grants• Community Partnerships
• IL Universal Service Fund Grants
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CCLC’s IDLL
• Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition (CCLC) working in the digital literacy space for six years.
• Adopted the Illinois Digital Learning Lab (IDLL) with support of the Grand Victoria Foundation last year; announcing our 2nd round today!
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The need in Illinois
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Last year’s highlights
• IDLL highlights• 26 Adult Educators from 22 organizations from across Illinois• Divided into 5 cohorts that met monthly with Subject Matter
Experts• Reached 1,200 adult learners• Distributed nearly 200 devices• Experimented with more than 100 different software tools
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Educator Reflections....
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Lessons Learned
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COVID-19
• COVID-19 exacerbated many persistent problems:
• Lack of Internet access
• Lack of devices
• Lack of basic digital literacy skills
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Moving beyond COVID-19
• IDLL focusing on the educators, but we now really need whole programs to move to remote/virtual
• Promising efforts like Chicago Connected working to ensure greater broadband access
• Getting devices out them needs to be addressed more broadly and systematically
• Adopting Northstar would facilitate digital skill building – for workforce development and also for access community resources
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Looking ahead for IDLL
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Title of PresentationConference or Event Title
Month Year
Digital Fluency for an Equitable Recovery
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Digital inequities are under a spotlight since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Rapid digital transformation is leaving
some behind
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Racial equity gaps persist in digital skills
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The digital divide is a huge barrier to accessing
education and training and re-entering the workforce.
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Financial constraints, taking time off from work, and securing child
care are barriers to upskilling.
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Title of PresentationConference or Event Title
Month Year
Shifting to What Works for Workers and Learners
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Challenge: Businesses and
training providers need guidance to upskill workers to
succeed in a changing economy.
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Define occupational digital literacy and embed the definition in relevant
legislation
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Evaluate the current landscape and increase
funding for digital literacy as a core competency
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Challenge: States need support to
develop and implement quality
programs that embed digital
literacy.
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Build capacity with Digital Literacy
Upskilling Grants
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Analyze program data to determine best practices
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Challenge: Small and mid-sized
employers need support to rapidly upskill their new and incumbent
workforces.
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Incentivize private investment in upskilling
incumbent workers
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Allocate rapid response dollars to assist
disconnected workers
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Challenge: Small businesses
have limited training capacity
while external training may not respond to local business need.
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Empower innovation through industry
partnerships
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Contact
Molly Bashay Senior Policy Analyst, Postsecondary Education and Workforce [email protected]