Open Skilling: Accelerating Workforce Readiness Through Open Education

Webinar Overview:

This webinar addresses the role of open education in revolutionizing skilling and the workforce development. It focuses on industry-driven training models, credentialing, and lifelong learning pathways. Experts discuss the challenges and opportunities in open skilling and share insights on open credentials, microlearning, and policy frameworks that enable scalable, equitable access to skills development.

Topics

  • The Impact of Open Education principles on workforce skilling at scale.
  • Success stories of open skilling initiatives leading to employment opportunities.
  • The role of open credentials and micro-learning in competency-based education.
  • Collaboration between governments, institutions, and industries in advancing open skilling.
  • Challenges in adoption, recognition, and sustainability of open skilling models.

Speakers

Dr. Saud alsahali
(ABDEGS)
Jeff Macdonald
CSR Leader for EMEA (IBM Skills Build)
Jitka Tomkova
Education & Digital Equity Program Manager (HP)
Dana Doyle
Senior Director (MITx Online and Micro Masters)
Juan Pablo Flores
Program Manager (GitHub Education)

Course Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes
Fields :

Open Educational Resources 

Sign Language :

Sign Language Available