New Webinar! From Classroom to Career: The Future of Career & Technical Education Is Immersive, AI-Ready, and Work-Based

Louise Jones February 20, 2026

Wednesday 11th March

9am PST | 12pm EST | 5pm GMT | 6pm CET | 7pm EET

Registration

How Vocational Education and CTE Leaders Can Build Culturally Relevant, Skills-Driven Learning for the Modern Workforce

Career & Technical Education leaders across the world are being asked to do more with less. Budgets are even tighter, growing enrollment, rapid technology shifts, and increasing employer expectations.

This webinar explores how immersive learning and AI-powered tools can help CTE programs increase impact, improve efficiency, and better prepare students for the realities of today’s workforce.

Hosted by Dee Gotsopoulos and L.Michelle Salvant, this focused 45-minute webinar will deliver three powerful, practical outcomes for leaders in Career & Technical Education (CTE) and workforce training. Dee, ThingLink’s Business Executive, brings deep expertise in workforce readiness, skills development, and the psychology of performance in technical environments. She is joined by L.Michelle Salvant, an Immersive Learning leader and ThingLink Certified Trainer, who specializes in guiding and designing real-world learning experiences that translate directly into industry impact.

🌟 Three Key Highlights / Outcomes

1️⃣ Doing More with Less: Modernizing Vocational Education and CTE Under Pressure

The Challenge: Vocational and CTE programs are expected to deliver industry-aligned, work-based learning experiences while managing limited funding, staffing shortages, and evolving standards.

What You’ll Learn:

• How immersive learning reduces equipment strain and lab bottlenecks
• Ways to extend access to hands-on experiences beyond physical classroom time
• How AI can streamline content creation and curriculum updates
• Strategies for scaling work-based learning without scaling cost
  

Outcome: A practical framework for increasing efficiency while improving instructional quality.

2️⃣ The Power of Student Creation: From Learners to Workforce-Ready Creators

The Challenge: Today’s employers want more than course completion, they want proof of competency.

What You’ll Discover:

• How student-captured media builds authentic skills portfolios
• Turning welding projects, HVAC installs, healthcare simulations, or manufacturing processes into evidence of learning
• Using immersive documentation for reflection and assessment
• Empowering students to showcase both technical and soft skills

Outcome: Students graduate with digital proof of skill mastery, not just a transcript.

3️⃣ Creating Immersive Learning is Easy! For Educators and Students

The Challenge: Immersive learning shouldn’t require a production team, expensive equipment or advanced technical skills.

What You’ll Explore:

• How educators can quickly transform existing materials into interactive, immersive experiences
• AI-assisted scenario creation for safety training and technical procedures
• Student-led immersive content creation for project-based and work-based learning
• Tools that support accessibility and culturally relevant context

Outcome: A scalable, easy-to-implement approach to immersive Vocational Education and CTE that works within existing program constraints.

Where and When

📅 Date: Wednesday 11th March

⏰ Time: 9am PST | 12pm EST | 5pm GMT | 6pm CET | 7pm EET

⌚ Duration 45 minutes and Q and A Discussion

📍 Where: YouTube Live

Who is this webinar for?

This webinar is designed for leaders and practitioners shaping the future of Career & Technical Education (CTE), Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), and workforce development globally. It is ideal for CTE and TVET Directors, Deans of Technical Education, Vice Presidents of Academic Affairs, college and training center leaders, Workforce Development Directors, Apprenticeship Coordinators, and employer partnership leads responsible for aligning programs with industry demand and improving work readiness outcomes. 

It will also resonate with learning technologists, instructional designers, educational technology leaders, simulation lab coordinators, and LMS administrators seeking scalable, AI-powered immersive learning solutions. Finally, technical instructors, vocational educators, clinical trainers, and faculty delivering hands-on curriculum will gain practical strategies for creating culturally relevant, real-world learning experiences while empowering students to capture and showcase demonstrable skills for the evolving global workforce.

Takeaways and Live Q&A

Everyone who registers will receive a curated deck jam-packed with links, inspiration, and practical ideas to help you start creating your own immersive learning experiences right away. Plus, we’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can ask questions, share your thoughts, or explore specific use cases. We love audience interaction and participation, so bring your curiosity, ideas, and questions.

Don’t Miss Out!

Our webinars are always lively, informative and eventful! Even if you can’t make it live, don’t worry, sign up, and we’ll send you the recording and all the links afterward.