TOWARDS THE LIFE-LONG CONTINUUM OF DIGITAL COMPETENCES: EXPLORING COMBINATION OF SOFT-SKILLS AND DIGITAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Freiman ◽  
Jeanne Godin ◽  
François Larose ◽  
Michel T. Léger ◽  
Mario Chiasson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soft Skills ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Digital Skills

scholarly journals Developing soft Skills through Active Learning: Storytelling Concrete Experiences through a MOOC

2021 ◽  
pp. 364-373
Author(s):  
Alessandra Tomasini ◽  
Valeria Baudo ◽  
Deborah Arnold
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Formal Learning ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Curriculum Innovation ◽  
Digital Skills ◽  
Learning Through Experience ◽  
Innovation In Higher Education ◽  
Opening Up

The eLene4Life project aims to support curriculum innovation in higher education (HE) through the development of active learning approaches for transversal skills, with the ultimate aim of improving students’ employability. The MOOC “Active Learning for Soft Skills Development”, one of the project outputs, has been put in place as a space for learning through experience sharing and discussion. The MOOC aims at fostering the exchange of results achieved by instructors after the concrete experimentation of active learning methods and at increasing their sensibility and knowledge of the most effective modalities through which to implement those methods. This paper outlines the genesis of the MOOC. Its three main objectives are: (a) collecting and valorising different voices of the teachers who directly experimented one or more methodologies of active learning in their classroom (most of them during the pandemic); (b) embracing and sustaining experiences, as well as addressing doubts coming from a wider audience interested in putting into practice such methods oriented to soft and digital skills’ development; (c) offering a non-formal learning opportunity in line with European indications about micro-credentialing through developing synergies with the ECCOE project (European Credit Clearinghouse for Opening up Education).

scholarly journals Reimagining STEM Education and Training with e-REAL. 3D and Holographic Visualization, Immersive and Interactive Learning for an Effective Flipped Classroom

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Fernando Salvetti ◽  
Barbara Bertagni
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Workplace Learning ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Medical Simulation ◽  
Font Size ◽  
And Training

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"> </p><p><span lang="EN-US"><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">While the 19th and the 20th centuries were, in education, mainly about standardization, the 21st century is about visualization, interaction, customization, gamification and flipped teaching. What today we know about learning from cognitive psychology is that people learn by practicing, with feedback to tell them what they're doing right and wrong and how to get better. For STEM education, that means they need to practice thinking like a scientist in the field. So e-REAL is a cornerstone: developed as workplace learning system in a number of fields (from medical simulation to soft skills development within the continuing education), it’s an ideal solution to root a practical – but not simplicistic - approach for STEM education.</span></strong></span></p>

scholarly journals Developing Soft Skills among Potential Employees: A Theoretical Review on Best International Practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Malykhin ◽  
Nataliia Oleksandrivna Aristova ◽  
Liudmyla Kalinina ◽  
Tetyana Opaliuk
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
The Other ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Common Language ◽  
The Common ◽  
The One ◽  
A Company ◽  
Selection Of

The present paper addresses the issue of determining the best international practices for developing soft skills among students of different specialties through carrying out a theoretical review. Basing on literature on present-day theory the authors make an attempt to explain soft skills dichotomies, summarize existing approaches to classifying soft skills, consolidate and document best international practices for soft skills development among potential employees of different specialties including bachelor students, master students, doctoral and postdoctoral students. The data obtained in the theoretical analysis reveal that the possible ambiguities in the interpretation of the concept of “soft skills” are caused, on the one hand, by the dichotomic perception of their nature by present-day researchers and educators and, on the other hand, by the absence of the common language which makes it difficult to provide a more unified definition most satisfactory to all concerned. The authors are convinced that soft skills have a cross-cutting nature and regard them as personal and interpersonal meta-qualities and meta-abilities that are vital to any potential employee who is going to make positive contributions not only to his/her professional development but to the development of a company he/she is going to work for. The results of the conducted theoretical review clearly indicate that the absence of the unified understanding of the concept of “soft skills” is reflected in the existence of different approaches to classifying soft skills, let alone, the selection of didactic tools for developing soft skills among potential employees.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON ECONOMY, EMPLOYMENT AND NEW SKILLS

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (Issue Vol 20, No 3 (2021)) ◽  
pp. 409-422
Author(s):  
Miltiadis STABOULIS ◽  
Irene LAZARIDOU
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Digital Skills ◽  
Digital Collaboration ◽  
The Impact

This paper discusses the economic features of the current Covid-19 outbreak and its relation to labour markets and new skills in demand. At the same time, it focuses on how it started to expand worldwide, while reporting the ways of transmission and their effects on daily social and professional life. It is argued that focusing on skills and human capital could offer a strong foundation for building sustainable economies, as the recent months have been a suitable period to progress and advance digital skills, thus reducing digital illiteracy, while at the same time developing certain major sectors such as online education, ecommerce, telemedicine, entertainment, digital collaboration tools, virtual reality applications, etc. The author mainly focuses on the analysis of the recent global trends in many affected sectors, examines possible unemployment issues with an emphasis on the kind of new skills and soft skills in demand that are necessary for an easier transition to the new Covid-19 way of life.

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