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:

1. FutureLearn: Matt Jenner [presentation]
2. FUN: Cathérine Mongenet [presentation]
3. Miríadax: Francisco Calvache [presentation]
4. 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