work based courses for adults

openprof.eu2014-1-LT01-KA202-000562

Open courses for work-based learning.

Erasmus+ KA2 project "OPENPROF: Open Professional Collaboration for Innovation"

resources and experiences

Estela Daukšienė,Lithuanian Association of Distance and e-Learning

(LieDM association)


Project Partners

1. LieDM association, LT – coordinator

2. Šiauliai VET centre, LT – contractor

3. Auxilium pro Regionibus Europae in Rebus Culturalibus, AU

4. FFE - Fondo Formacion Euscadi, ES

5. UAb – Universidaded Aberta, PT

6. EDEN – European Distance and E-Learning Network, UK


Problem addressed

• Education institutions are challenged with the shift in the target learner profile

• Adults are migrating through out the world and Europe and require learning services to be open, to be provided in international settings and available any time, anywhere and in their working places

• Teachers and trainers, as well as adult educators need training and consultancy on how to meet these needs


Innovations suggested by project

Key innovations in training of teachers and trainers, as

well as adult educators:

– open educational resource and open curriculum

development and licensing

– open collaboration, as well as

– designing curriculum for diverse target groups

including the mode of work - based learning


OpenPROF focus

• Foster open international collaboration

of professionals for innovation

• Train the staff of educational

institutions

– on use, reuse, and development of open

educational resources (OER) and

– creation of innovative curriculum for work-

based learning using OER


Project target groups

• Primary - CVET, VET teachers and trainers, as

well as adult educators

• Secondary - CVET, VET and adult learners, as

well as company employees

Project timeline:

September 2014 – August 2016


Project Results – 3 training materials on

available at http://openprof.eu/training-material

http://openprof.eu/training-material


Each training material:

• Includes 3 Units with individual or

group activities

• & presentations how to use TM

• Shared in CC BY-NC-SA

• Available online, as well as in .pdf

and .docx versions

• Based on learning outcomes


Project Results – training materials on

1. OER and sustainability models• OER characteristics and types

• OER development process

• Guidance for OER use, reuse and creation

2. ICT tools to develop and adapt OER• ICT tools for OER development

• licences for OER use, re-use and adaptation




Openprof.eu/oer


OER sharing at

openpro.eu/oer


OER adaptation and

integration into the courses

48 OER in partner national and English languages


Requirements for teachers

for collaboration in

OpenPROF

• Digital competence

• Openness for idea sharing, critics

and learning

• Benevolent attitude towards

collaboration and innovations


Challenges for teachers

creating and adapting OER

• Tools to be used for OER creation

• Tools to publish OER

• Requirements for OER editable

version

• How much the OER should be

adapted to become a new OER?

• How open are we - should the OER

be open for commercial use?


Links among project results

OER

TM2TM1

Modules

TM3


Project Results – training material 3 on

Innovative curriculum designing for

work - based learning for CVET,

VET and adult education• characteristics of innovative curriculum for WB

learning

• syllabus for an online course development

• learning activities for learners using OER




Curriculum (modules)

Moodle.liedm.net


6 modules

(in 2 lang. each) adapted for

workbased learning

Moodle.liedm.net

http://openprof.eu/project-modules


How the modules were

adapted for work based

learning?• Online

• Coherent instructions for self-

directed learning

• No assessment, just guidance

notes

• Specific features for each course


Module: Personalized

learning at workplace

• Accessible

viahttp://openprof.eu/project-

modules

• For browsing or individual learning

or downloading in your institutional

VLE (Moodle) and learning with

trainer

• Can be used as a part or whole

(intended for 20 academic hours of

learning)

http://openprof.eu/project-modules


Module: Personalized

learning at workplace

• Consists of 5 topics (suggesting a

topic per week)

• Includes different open sources of

information or OER for theoretical

approach

• Self check tests and

• Activities or assignments


Module Personalized learning

at workplace includes:1. Learning at workplace. Activity – what’s

your motivation style?

2. Self-directed learning at workplace. Activity – possibilities and challenges for learning.

3. Experience and learning. Discussion -what learning methods do you use?

4. Learning styles and strategies. Activity -How do you apply personal learning style in workplace learning?

5. Social networking - Reflecting on value of networking for personal and professional development


Join us at openprof.eu

and share!

ReOPEN – Recognition of Valid and Open Learning

(2016 November – 2018 October)

Or join us at ReOPEN projecthttp://reopen.eu

• As a continuation of open professional collaboration ideas

• ReOPEN project aims to create instruments to develop validated OOL for recognition of prior and non-formal learning

• Expected results – ICT platform, 3 training materials, Partnership for open non-formal learning recognition

ReOPEN project

reopen.eu


Questions for discussion• Do you use/create/reuse OER? What

databases of OER do you know and use?

• Do you collaborate with other trainers on creation of training materials? How (if yes) or why (if not)? What are the challenges you face or see?

• What features of courses for work based learning are necessary? – for you as a learner and

– for you as a trainer