Formation Continue du Supérieur

Désormais, avec internet, le concept de formation tout au long de la vie prend tout son sens : chaque internaute peut se former en ligne à tout ou presque. Encore faut-il savoir se repérer dans l’offre de formation en ligne pour accéder aux ressources adaptées à son profil. C’est l’objet de la conférence en ligne proposée par Pôle emploi le 27 janvier 2016 et dont le contenu reste visualisable sur sa chaîne Youtube. Voir l'article...

University College London (UCL) is now two years into its 20-year strategy, UCL 2034, which includes the ambition that all taught students should have a research-based education. There are three key strands to help us deliver this strategy. The first is the Connected Curriculum which provides a framework for a rich conversation with departments to review and reshape their curricula. This is not only to connect students with research but also to connect them with each other, across disciplines and with the workplace. There is a particular emphasis on producing assessed work which is relevant to an external audience. The second strand involves the student themselves and their engagement with their studies. Here we have developed the UCL ChangeMakers concept to support students to undertake their own research projects. More...

Effects of social interactions are reported in research on higher education to lead to positive outcomes such as higher levels of internalization, sense of community, academic achievement, metacognition, and student retention. The role of social networks has especially been emphasized in research due to the availability of theoretical foundations and analytic methods to investigate their effects in higher education. The increased use of technologies in education allows for the collection of large and rich datasets about social networks which call for the use of novel analytics methods. More...

This seminar describes interim results halfway through a 4-year longitudinal study of approaches to assessing critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills for the purpose of cyclical program improvement at a mid-sized research intensive Canadian institution.  Undergraduate participants from four university programs (physics, drama, engineering, and psychology) were assessed using multiple approaches, including two standardized tests, in-course activities, surveys, and course artefacts scored by a trained team using program-wide rubrics. Outcomes measured in student course artefacts externally scored by VALUE rubric assessment increased over the two years. Scores on standardized tests generally trend upward with the Critical thinking Assessment Test (CAT) but are mixed on the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA+), most likely due to motivational and alignment issues. Student motivation and alignment with course goals are both significant factors in the project. The presentation compares the assessment methods, and finds that using externally scored course artefacts is both less expensive and preferred by course instructors over standardized tests. It will also discuss a triangulated survey of transferable learning, and a web-based rubric development tool for instructors to support alignment with transferable cognitive skills. More...

Le Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam) des Pays de la Loire propose, de mars à juin 2016, 6 conférences agrémentées de médiations, sur le thème : comment apprendre demain ? À découvrir en 6 dates et 2 lieux sur Nantes.
L'organisation de l'entreprise et son lien à la formation professionnelle changent : Comment apprendre demain ? Pour quelle société, quel modèle social, quelles nouvelles transitions ? Parle-t-on de la même chose lorsque l’on évoque savoir et connaissance ?... 
Telles sont les questions qui seront abordées lors de ce rendez-vous bimensuel, proposé de mars à juin, pour aborder les enjeux des apprentissages sous plusieurs angles : les pédagogies, les finalités, la révolution numérique, les sciences cognitives, les neurosciences, la démocratie… Les intervenants donneront leur point de vue avant d’ouvrir le débat. Voir l'article...

En amont des épreuves régionales, les pré-sélections sont l’étape préalable pour les métiers ayant reçu un grand nombre d’inscriptions. Seul 6 candidats (12 pour les binômes) devront être retenus pour les sélections régionales. Des pré-sélections sont donc organisées dans des établissements partenaires de l’évènement à l’occasion de leurs portes ouvertes. Voir l'article...