3rd Empowering seminar for the labour market
Event Information
Event description
Seminar on MOOCs and microcredentials for competency development: collaboration between higher education and the labour market
About this event
Goals:
- Building on innovative approaches to accelerated digital continuing education, professional development, and career development for the labour market by MOOCs and microcredentials
- Exploring archetypes of learners in the labour market and their impact on personalised courses for online learning
- Demonstrating examples of good practices in the co-creation of courses with higher education institutions, enterprises and labour market organizations
- Setting up a continuous dialogue and plans with enterprises, public employment services, and higher education institutions for the co-creation of microlearning units and courses for learners in employment
- Launching a portal for MOOCs and microcredentials for the labour market
Profile of participants:
- MOOC platforms: leadership and staff
- Public employment services and associated training organisations: leadership and staff
- Business sector/ Businesses: leadership and staff
- Universities associated with MOOC platforms: leadership, programme directors, staff continuing education
Programme:
- 09.30-09.50 Introduction of the framework of collaboration for continuing education and professional development between higher education and the labour market by George Ubachs (EADTU) [presentation]
- 09.50-11.00 MOOC platforms showcase examples of personalised learning through MOOCs and microcredentials in collaboration with the labour market:
- FutureLearn: Matt Jenner [no slides]
- FUN: Cathérine Mongenet [presentation]
- Miríadax: Francisco Calvache [presentation]
- EduOpen: Annamaria De Santis [presentation]
- 11.00-11.30 Break
- 11.30-11.50 New types of microcredentials for competence development for enterprises labour market organisations by Tim Plyming/Rebecca Ferguson (The OOUK) [presentation]
- 11.50-12.00 Creating MOOCs and microcredentials for archetypes of learners in the labour market by Matt Jenner (FutureLearn) [presentation]
- 12.00-12.15 Presentation MOOCs4you portal by Alessandra Antonaci (EADTU) [no slides]
- 12.15-12.30 Closing
Organiser EADTU
Organiser of 3rd Empowering seminar for the labour market
The European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) is Europe's leading institutional association in online, open and flexible higher education, and is at the heart of the modernisation agenda of European universities.
The office of EADTU is located in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
For more information about EADTU, please visit our website or email us at secretariat@eadtu.eu