{"id":991,"date":"2018-06-12T15:39:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T13:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isabellgru.eu\/?p=991"},"modified":"2024-04-24T17:28:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:28:37","slug":"vpet18-building-bridges-between-labour-market-and-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isabellgru.eu\/index.php\/2018\/06\/12\/vpet18-building-bridges-between-labour-market-and-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"VPET18: Building Bridges between Labour Market and Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Being a speaker at VPET18! Screenshot from http:\/\/www.vpet-congress.ch\/en\/speakers, June 12 2018<\/p><\/div>\n

I was very happy that VPET18<\/a> accepted my abstract and I was allowed to present the ApprEnt project<\/a> at the conference with, all in all, 500 participants from all over the world. During the congress especially aspects like disruptive change and how to prepare companies and employees for change were in focus. The development of transversal skills and 21st century skills<\/a> were identified as main resources to face disruption, technological change and the risk of automation of jobs for employees.<\/p>\n

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My workshop in the VPET18 programme<\/p><\/div>\n

On Friday, 8th of June, I held the workshop “ApprEnt – Refining Higher Education Apprenticeships with Enterprises in Europe. Supporting Collaboration and Learning by Using the ePortfolio Approach”<\/strong><\/em> two times, in the morning session and in the afternoon session. Approx. 100 people participated in my workshop – so you can imagine, I was quite excited! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Refining Higher Apprenticeships through Mentorship and ePortfolios<\/h2>\n

In my presentation I presented ApprEnt and its aim to support the connection and collaboration between higher education and companies. Dual study programs or higher apprenticeship models can help to blend two types of learning: Informal learning at the workplace<\/a> and formal learning in Higher Education. Mentorship is crucial, both on the company side as well as in Higher Education. The ePortfolio approach supports mentorship as it is a basic aspect of using ePortfolio in a self-directed way. The ATS2020 project<\/a> showed how the ePortfolio learning model<\/a> can help to develop subject skills and knowledge as well as transveral skills aka 21st century skills<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is also in line with the other speakers of the conference, which were pointing out the importance of fostering soft skills and 21st century skills in vocational education to answer disruptive change.<\/p>\n

My Presentation Slides<\/h3>\n