The Age of Automation Demands that Students Learn Soft Skills - Matthew Lynch, Tech Edvocate

It’s a hard number to comprehend: 800 million jobs could be lost to automation in the next decade. While some doubt that the number will be quite so high, even if it is off by a factor of ten, it will have an enormous impact on society. Wise educators and other stakeholders need to ask: How best do we prepare students for the coming age of automation? It is hard to determine all of the contours of the answer, but one seems clear: the age of automation demands that students learn soft skills. https://www.thetechedvocate.org/the-age-of-automation-demands-that-students-learn-soft-skills/