Actions Panel
3rd Empowering seminar for the labour market
Seminar on MOOCs and microcredentials for competency development: collaboration between higher education and the labour market
By EADTU
When and where
Date and time
Location
Online
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 [presentation]
- 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