WP4 Digital Education in Practice

T4.3 – Training on Students’ Employability

Module 1: Understanding how students' professional skills and capabilities are developed in DE (UA)

1. Video 1: Distance education and employability:

• Context
• Importance of the career services at the Universities
• Implication for professional skills development

1. Video 2: Experiential Learning and integrating the skills:

-   Internships, Work Placements and volunteering

-  Seminars and workshops 

-  Use of digital technologies to enhance the capabilities.

1. Video 3: Continuous improvement:

• Feedback from students and employers
• Continuous improvement and adaptability to all grades/ courses. Activities transversality
• Good practices

Module 2: Understanding how to consolidate employability of DE graduates (UA)

1. Video 1: Strategic partnerships and career support:

• Concept of employability.
• Relationships with other institutions and companies.
• Challenges for alumni in the job market.

1. Video 2: Market analysis and data:

• Occupational observatory. Statistics.
• Market research. Analysis of changes and needs.

3. Video 3: Digitalisation to Support Employability: E-Portfolios

• Portfolios & Employability
• E-portfolios vs traditional CVs
• Types of E-porfolios & resources

Module 3: Understanding Understanding the EU digital competence framework (DigiComp) (ULB)

• Videos to be proposed by ULB