2025 Maryland Statewide Digital Opportunity Summit: Investing In Maryland's Future & Workforce Innovation Through Digital Opportunity
Total Credits: 4 including 4 Category I CEs
- Instructor:
- Nicol Turner Lee, PhD
- Duration:
- 10 Hours
- Location:
- Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza - Silver Spring, Maryland
Description
Join the 2025 Maryland Digital Opportunity Summit to connect with digital inclusion leaders, share ideas, and drive innovative solutions that ensure every Marylander has access to broadband, digital skills, and economic opportunity.
Keynote Speaker: Nicol Turner Lee, Ph.D
Director of Center for Technology Innovation
The Brookings Institution & Senior Fellow
Author of Digitally Invisible
Instructor
Nicol Turner Lee, PhD Related Seminars and Products
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution
Bibliography & References
BIBLIOGRAPHY & REFERENCES
Closing the digital skill divide. National Skills Coalition. (2024, July 22). https://nationalskillscoalition.org/resource/publications/closing-the-digital-skill-divide/
CPWR Broadband Infrastructure Safety and Health Resources. CPWR. (2024, June 7). https://www.cpwr.com/research/research-to-practice-r2p/infrastructure-resources-keeping-construction-workers-safe-as-america-rebuilds/broadband-infrastructure-safety-and-health-resources/
Hanebutt R, Mohyuddin H. The Digital Domain: A "Super" Social Determinant of Health. Prim Care. 2023 Dec;50(4):657-670. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2023.04.002. Epub 2023 Jun 1. PMID: 37866838. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37866838/
Maryland Department of Housing Andcommunity Development. Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development. (n.d.). https://dhcd.maryland.gov/Broadband/Pages/default.aspx
Moore-Miller Administration 2024 state plan. (n.d.). https://governor.maryland.gov/priorities/Documents/2024%20State%20Plan.pdf
Reducing the digital divide for families: State and local policy opportunities | National Council on Family Relations. (n.d.-b). https://www.ncfr.org/policy/research-and-policy-briefs/reducing-digital-divide-families-state-local-policy-opportunities
Sieck CJ, Sheon A, Ancker JS, Castek J, Callahan B, Siefer A. Digital inclusion as a social determinant of health. NPJ Digit Med. 2021 Mar 17;4(1):52. doi: 10.1038/s41746-021-00413-8. PMID: 33731887; PMCID: PMC7969595. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7969595/
Learning Objectives
Upon the completion of this event, participants will be able to:
- Examine Maryland’s progress in creating digital opportunities.
- Identify strategies for building cross-sector partnerships to drive economic growth.
- Establish key principles of statewide engagement and inclusion.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify connection between digital skills and career advancement pathways.
- Identify successful models for integrating digital skills training into existing workforce development programs.
- Develop strategies to build partnerships between employers, training providers, community organizations, and educational institutions.
Course Completion & CE Information
Category I Maryland BSWE Requirement
The Office of Continuing Professional Education at the University Of Maryland School Of Social Work is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education programs. This workshop qualifies for 4 Category I Continuing Education Units. The Office of Continuing Professional Education is also authorized by the Maryland Board of Psychologists and the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors to sponsor Category A continuing professional education.
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Target Audience
Social Workers, LCPCs, and Psychologists
We welcome anyone interested in the topic!
In-Person Policies
Please read our in-person policies here.
Each participant MUST sign in and out of the workshop. If you do not sign out, your CE’s will be adjusted (this only applies to workshops approved by MBSWE). CPE staff will assume you left during the last break.
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ADA Accommodations
If you are requesting ADA accommodations, please contact our office via email at least two weeks prior to the workshop date. Requests after that date may not be fulfilled.
Our email address is cpe@ssw.umaryland.edu.
Location
Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza
(240) 777-5350
www.montgomerycountymd.gov