Comment réussir lorsque l’on a décroché son premier emploi? Une fois embauché, encore faut-il convaincre ses employeurs qu’ils ont fait le bon choix. Plus...
27 septembre 2019
27 septembre 2019
Two Kinds of Competency
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Two Kinds of Competency
Competence with and without concepts. A useful distinction? "There are also two kinds of incompetence. One kind arises from a lack of concepts or linguistic structures. The competent clerk who cannot troubleshoot a breakdown... The other kind of incompetence maintains an abundance of concepts without the ability to perform... Alfred North Whitehead referred to these linguistic structures as 'inert ideas'." Hm. More...
23 septembre 2019
L’Education et la formation des adultes en Belgique francophone « Compétences de base, compétences clés »
L’Education et la formation des adultes en Belgique francophone « Compétences de base, compétences clés : le point sur les différents parcours d’apprentissage. »
Colloque de clôture du projet
« Coordination francophone et Agenda Européen des Politiques d’Adultes »
En collaboration avec EPALE
(Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe)
Programme provisoire de la journée:
programme_provisoire_22_10_2019.pdf. Plus...20 septembre 2019
Tech giants and 2-year colleges are teaming up to teach in-demand skills
Amazon isn’t the only tech giant actively shaping the programs that will train its future employees and customers. Google, Facebook and Apple also are collaborating with colleges as more companies face a shortage of skilled workers who can navigate an ever-evolving tech landscape. More...
19 septembre 2019
Présentation de la démarche Métiers-Compétences 2019-2020
L'ANFH Poitou-Charentes a le plaisir de vous inviter à la présentation de la démarche Métiers-Compétences 2019-2020.Cette demi-journée aura lieu le Vendredi 4 octobre 2019 de 8 h 30 à 14 h au Best Western Le Bois de la Marche - 1 allée des Cerfs - 86240 FONTAINE LE COMTE. Plus...
14 septembre 2019
LinkedIn calls these 3 of the most sought-after tech skills
Artificial intelligence and cloud computing are terms once reserved for the realms of science fiction. But, today, they’ve become an increasingly important — and lucrative — fixture of the employment landscape. More...
14 septembre 2019
Capella U shares lessons from 5 years of competency-based education
Capella University offers a look at the first five years of its direct assessment competency-based education program (CBE), FlexPath, in a report released Thursday that includes lessons learned so far and barriers to broader implementation of the model throughout higher ed. More...
10 septembre 2019
Skills Training Dysfunctional
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Unattributed[Edit][Delete]: Skills Training Dysfunctional, BBC News [Edit][Delete] November 21, 2006
I can believe that the skills training program is dysfunctional. But I am not convinced that it ought to be put into the hands of business and industry to manage. After all, aren't they the ones who demanded something like the current "'alphabet soup' of skills quangos?" Business and industry have demonstrated over the years that they are mostly interested in the short-term and that they have no acuity for the development of public policy, including education policy. More...
9 septembre 2019
SkillSoft to Acquire NETg from Thomson
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Unattributed[Edit][Delete]: SkillSoft to Acquire NETg from Thomson, Learning Circuits [Edit][Delete] November 6, 2006
I keep forgetting to mention this. "According to the press release, 'the acquisition supports the company's overall strategy to continually increase the quality and flexibility of learning solutions available to corporate, government, education, and small-to-medium size business customers from SkillSoft.'" Looks to me like a reaction to the Blackboard patent. More...
3 septembre 2019
Publication d'un cadre de référence des compétences numériques
Les compétences numériques acquises par les élèves, les étudiants, les apprentis et les stagiaires de la formation continue font l'objet d'une certification qui s'incrit dans un cadre national de référence créé à compter de la rentrée scolaire 2019. Plus.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)