Outputs
OERs and MOOCs for basic skills teachers
The key results of the project are the 6 thematic open educational resource (OER) units and 6 respective massive open online courses (MOOCs):
- EBSN Professional Development Series (OERs)
- PDS Learning Modules (MOOCs)
Approaching Digital Teaching & Learning
Basic Literacy
Empowering Adult Learners of Basic Skills
Diversity & Interculturalism
Digital Basic Skills Programs for Adults
Facilitating the Learning Process
The OER units are the basis of the MOOCs. They cover significant themes in basic skills provision that are backed up by the preliminary research and needs analysis report. The OERs gives space for a more autonomous learning process. The OERs and the respective MOOCs are thematic in nature i.e. they will be about specific fields of basic skills provision. These themes are related to the Upskilling Pathways recommendation thus will include topics e.g. workplace basic skills development. Although, generally the selection of themes will be based on the result of a preliminary desk research and needs analysis, some a priori topics can be foreseen as relevant. One such theme is transversally about innovative methods of basic skills training, including the didactics involved in using low-cost digital devices for flipped learning.
Every MOOC is a four week long online learning module with virtual badge.
Completion is rewarded with an EBSN virtual badge. These badges play a significant role in the accreditation and the certification of the learning modules’ completion criteria too. The quality assurance plan is especially focused on ensuring an authentic, and valid set of virtual badges to support the accreditation and generate trust towards the MOOCs and the Professional Development Series too.
Preliminary research – SETU (WP2)
- Exploratory Research Report on the Professional Development for Teachers of Basic Skills
- Report on the Needs of Basic Skills Teachers: a list of thematic OER units
- List of relevant resources: Professional Development for Teachers of Basic Skills
As a result of the analysis of the needs of the adult education sector in this desk research, we will get a list of relevant thematic OER units for further work.
EBSN PDS Microcredentials
Microcredentials to enhance participation and performance in adult learning
Final Conference –
Aspects of Quality in Basic Skills Provision – Professional Development at All Levels of Implementation
- Filling the gaps: transferring policies into practice
- The Development Partnership
- Collaborative Design
- MOOCs Enabling
- A Learner view
- EBSN Microcredentials
- Adaptability
- Sustainability
- Discussion
- Filling the gaps: transferring policies into practice
- The Development Partnership
- Collaborative Design
- MOOCs Enabling
- A Learner view
- EBSN Microcredentials
- Adaptability
- Sustainability
- Discussion
Zoltán Várkonyi – Project Leader, EBSN Professional Development Series, Hungary
Neill Wylie – South East Technological University (SETU), Ireland
Györgyi Csendes – European Basic Skills Network Secretariat, Hungary
Ágnes Tanka – Course participant, Headteacher of the Szondi György Secondary Technical and Vocational School of Vocational Center, Hungary
Laura Widger – South East Technological University (SETU), Ireland
Conclusion and Q&A
Pilot Evaluation Report
Firstly, the project poses an innovative target, one that is often overlooked i.e., training basic skills teachers. The elaboration of the project can be considered a mutual learning process in this field which presents the project partners with an opportunity to innovate training practices, engage in flexible recognition, accreditation and disseminate experiences in the whole network.
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GitHub
The second aim of the project is to develop pilot Open Educational Resources (OERs) which are resource documents designed to accompany the CPD courses. These pilot resources were designed to complement the learning experience.
Using the courses:
The EBSN Professional Development series is open-source and licenced under Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License.
This means you are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
The resources that are available here should help you with this process.
We have included:
- 6 Courses saved in common cartridge (.imscc) format.These should plug in to any Learning Management System
- 4 Open Educational Resources (OERs)
- Documentation to get started:Facilitator Guide, Participant Guide and more!