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Direct linkLang, Josephine – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2023
Purpose: Since new digital micro-credential technologies emerged a decade ago, there has been a rapid rise in micro-credentials in the education landscape. Much has been promised about these educational technologies, yet there is much confusion by key stakeholders in the digital micro-credential ecosystem. This confusion has led to significant…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Job Skills, Universities, Lifelong Learning
Evans, Stephen; Egglestone, Corin – Learning and Work Institute, 2019
Learning and skills contribute to economic growth both directly, by improving the skills base available to employers, and indirectly, by underpinning the five foundations of productivity identified by the government: ideas, people, infrastructure, business environment, and places. This is the case for all levels of learning from basic skills to…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Social Justice, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Cirlan, Elena; Loukkola, Tia – European University Association, 2020
MICROBOL -- Micro-credentials linked to the Bologna Key Commitments -- is a two-year project co-funded by Erasmus+ KA3 Support to Policy reform, and more specifically "Support to the implementation of EHEA [European Higher Education Area] reforms". It is linked to the aims of the new Erasmus+ Programme and the EHEA to increase access to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Job Skills, Skill Development
Download full textUnited States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1891
Volume I of the 1888-1889 "Report of the Commissioner of Education" is in the two parts and begins with the Commissioner of Education's introduction which includes general statistics; grade of instruction; school property; education in the south; comparison of German, French, and American schools; course of study; the educational systems…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, School Statistics, Educational Facilities
Marsick, Victoria J.; Volpe, F. Marie; Brooks, Ann; Cseh, Maria; Lovin, Barbara Keelor; Vernon, Sally; Watkins, Karen E.; Ziegler, Mary – 2000
The concept of the free agent learner, which has roots in self-directed and informal learning theory, has recently emerged as a factor important to attracting, developing, and keeping knowledge workers. The literature on free agent learning holds important lessons for today's free agent learners, human resource developers, and work organizations.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Career Development, Education Work Relationship
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 2000
No longer is it possible for individuals to go through their working lives using only the skills and training they acquired during their initial schooling. Instead, they need to continually acquire new skills and re-think their career goals to meet changing job requirements and economic conditions. In order to help adults learn new skills and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Capitalism, Career Choice, Career Development
