Are MOOCs providing the European workforce with

necessary web skills?

Davinia Hernández-Leowww.dtic.upf.edu/~daviniah/

@daviniahl

Panel session, Side Event, 17th Nov 2014, Helsinki

Workshop at the European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 2014), Graz

Interesting position papers: http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/MOOCsworkshop

Conclusions in the response

to presentations by Carlos Delgado Kloos (UC3M) and Davinia Hernández-Leo (UPF)

There are successful models at other levels… An example:

…• Professional skills and employment. Guide and

empower people throughout their career, according to market and business requirements, allowing the qualitative encounter between labour demand and supply.

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…

The Barcelona Activa's mission is to be the reference organization for policies supporting enterprises, employment creation and international projection of Barcelona, as an excellent environment for economic activity and social progress.

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MOOCs for Web Talent Survey

Multiple MOOCs around eSkills!

Audio Signal Processing for Music ApplicationsHands On Wireless Sensor

3D Graphics for the Web Programmers (tentative) …

Unclear alignment of: MOOC providers, employers

Provision of MOOCs responds to diverse strategies

http://www.businessinsider.com/skills-for-google-engineering-jobs-2014-10

Advancing mappings of supply & demand

What is the European Workforce audience?

The same Web Skills for all?

Employers, aspiring entrepreneurs needs?

Profile of unemployed citizens?People already taking MOOCs?

• MOOCs can play a relevant role to provide the European Workforce with Web Skills

• Need to: – Align MOOCs and employability more closely– Guide people along learning paths according to market &

business demands– Design competence/practice-oriented MOOCs and paths

carefully, diverse audience and objectives • See recommendations of the “MOOC for Web Talent Survey”• MOOC design Workshop

(supported by http://ilde.upf.edu/about/at http://ilde.upf.edu/moocs/)

Are MOOCs providing the European workforce with

necessary web skills?

Davinia Hernández-Leowww.dtic.upf.edu/~daviniah/

@daviniahl

Panel session, Side Event, 17th Nov 2014, Helsinki

Thank you!