Developing learners’ employability skills

Developing learners’ employability skills is a key driver for organisations who want to prepare their learners for the 21st century workplace.

In the first workshop, participants will explore ways in which technology-enhanced learning can support and build on learners’ employability skills, knowledge and experience.

Between the workshops, participants will be asked to complete a short survey and identify some key challenges that they face.

In the second workshop, they will reflect on current organisational practices, and address these challenges by sharing their approaches and solutions.

The workshops will help build confidence and provide participants with a range of activities to use with learners so they can make informed decisions when using tools and technologies that will help them succeed in the modern digital world. They will also provide an opportunity to reflect on experiences and challenges, and share approaches and solutions.

Participants will be able to use the associated resources to run similar workshops in their own organisational settings.

Benefits

• Share good practice and learn from others from within the education community
• Take away materials and skills to share with your teams 
• One year of online support following the course
• Learn with Jisc subject specialists
• All course materials provided

This workshop is aimed at careers and curriculum staff and other professionals involved in supporting the employability and support needs of learners (eg from employability teams, the library, learning technology or learning support).

The workshop will cover the following:

Key employability skills

Participants will consider key employability skills, knowledge and experience and how technology enhanced learning can support and develop each of these.

From work readiness and lifelong learning, through to professional skills and knowledge, and authentic experience; we will explore how technology can enhance and improve the way that students learn, reflect and network.

We will share examples of practical activities that can be done in the classroom or at a distance which build up employability skills in all these areas.

Participants will reflect on current organisational practices and share and address challenges.

Participants will:

• Explore the Jisc model of employability skills
• Identify barriers to employability
• Understand how technology enhanced learning can support and develop these skills
• Share examples of technology based activities which can be done in the classroom or at a distance
• Reflect on current organisational practices
• Share and address challenges

• Jisc members - £150 + VAT1
• Other organisations - £200 + VAT

For more information, email training@jisc.ac.uk or phone 01235 822242.