Digital approaches to embedding employability into the curriculum

About

Embedding employability skills into the curriculum is essential for organisations aiming to prepare learners for today's dynamic job market. This online workshop explores digital approaches to developing learners’ employability skills, knowledge and experience.

The workshop will provide you with a range of activities to use with learners, so you can make informed decisions when using tools and technologies that will help them succeed in the future digital workplace.

You will be able to take away the associated resources and complete, reflect on and follow up the activities in your own time. You will also be able to use these resources to run similar workshops in your 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

Who should attend

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

What we cover

The workshop will cover the following:

• You will consider key employability skills, knowledge and experience and how digital tools and technologies 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 a face-to-face, blended or online setting to build up employability skills in all these areas
• You will reflect on current organisational practices and share and address challenges

Training outcomes

You 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 digital activities that can be facilitated face-to-face, blended or online
• Reflect on current organisational practices
• Share and address challenges