Workforce Literacy in the Age of Industry 4.0 - Transforming Manufacturing Skills

Explore the impact of robotics and Industry 4.0 on workforce literacy in manufacturing in this 43-minute lecture. Examine how the digital revolution is transforming product development, production, and distribution, creating new roles for workers. Delve into the challenges faced by manufacturers due to low workforce literacy and numeracy, and their effects on business productivity and national economies. Investigate the changing nature of working literacies in the context of global innovation and production networks. Learn from Professor Lesley Farrell's expertise in language and social change, particularly in educating globally distributed workforces. Gain insights into knowledge mobilization, educational research, and the evolving landscape of knowledge work and workers in the factories of the future.