Webinar Overview:

The webinar aims to explore the role of microprograms in transforming education and labor market by providing flexible, focused learning opportunities. It highlights how microprograms create new career pathways, and build trust by ensuring recognition and value for both learners and employers. The webinar also discusses how MicroX drives innovation in human capital development to meet the rapidly evolving demands of the job market.

Topics

  • The future of learning: how microprograms is shaping the future of education and labor market.
  • Building trust in microprograms: ensuring recognition and value for employers and learners.
  • Microx: innovating human capital development for a rapidly evolving job market.

Speakers

Dr. Alaa
Dr. Asma Al-Hammadi
CEO of the Applied College(SEU)
Dr. Alaa
Dr. Muzna Al Marzouqi
Director General of the Leaders Development Institute (MOS)
Dr. Alaa
Dr.Peter W. Beven
Executive Officer(iEC Professional)
Dr. Alaa
Dr. Khaled Al-Shahrani
Director General of Sectorial Councils (MOHRSD)
Dr. Alaa
Dr. Caroline Smith
Executive Director (Centre for Education and Training (CET) Australian Industry Group)

Course Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Fields :

Digital Learning

 


Webinar Overview:

The webinar discusses how Massive Open Online Courses(MOOCs) can be integrated into academic learning. It reviews policies for evaluating academic credit for MOOCs, the role of universities in supporting the knowledge economy, and the documentation and evaluation of external learning. It also highlights the expertise of the American Council on Education in this field to enhance learning opportunities and achieve integration between regular and open education.

Topics

  • Policies for academic credit evaluation and procedures related to assessing the accreditation of open courses like MOOCs, and their impact on the educational process.
  • The role of universities in supporting the knowledge economy by providing learning opportunities.
  • Highlighting recent initiatives for documenting and evaluating learning acquired outside the traditional institutional framework.
  • Presenting different perspectives on the learning evaluation process, with a focus on the expertise of the American Council on Education, a global leader in this field for over 50 years.

Speakers

Dr. Paul LeBlanc
President, Southern New Hampshire University
Mr. Jeff Maggioncalda
CEO, Coursera
Ms. Michele Spires
Assistant Vice President for Learning Evaluations, American Council of Education
Mr. Louis Soares
Chief Learning & Innovation Officer, American Council of Education
Dr. Ted Mitchell
President, American Council of Education
Dr. Rami Alsakran
National eLearning Center

Course Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Fields :

 Massive Open Online Courses

Overview of the Webinar:

The webinar discusses the concept of Micro-Credentials and how they can be utilized to enhance skills and achieve lifelong learning in K-12 and higher education. It focuses on practical experiences from various countries and international frameworks to support the development of Micro-Credentials and their integration into educational curricula and the job market.

Topics

  • Defining Micro-Credentials as a means for flexible and continuous learning.
  • Challenges in implementing Micro-Credentials.
  • International experiences and practical examples in the development and adoption of Micro-Credentials.

Speakers

Professor Kevin Ashford Rowe
Pro Vice-Chancellor for Learning and Teaching at Queensland University of Technology.
Dr. Donna Harvey
Specialist in designing micro-credentials to promote educational equity in K-12 education.
Ms. Margot Griffith
Specialist in digital infrastructure and open standards to support micro-credentials.

Course Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Fields :

Micro-Credentialsucation



Digital Learning