Markus Palmén shares tips that have helped him to make learning a habit in his career.
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The EPALE community got together to share successful projects on workplace learning from across Europe.
What role can adult learning professionals play in making workplace learning more effective? Read this article to find out.
Andrew McCoshan looks at the opportunities that digital technology has for workplace learning
How can we make workplace learning and adult learning in general attractive again for learners? Gina Ebner shares her reflections.
Andrew McCoshan looks at the challenges facing digital learning at the workplace
Video interviews with three experts discussing the future of lifelong learning and workplace skills
Richard Hazledine, shared with EPALE how the YaS project helped young adults who are far from the labour market to find employment
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The following were the findings generated by discussions in small working groups in the framework of the Lifelong Learning Day organized by NAVETQ in the role of the National Support Center to promote the Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe (EPALE), with regard to the work-based learning si
Over 80% of care across the EU is provided by partners, relatives and friends. Everyone may be an informal carer at some stage in his or her life. At this moment, having the opportunity to access adapted training can be extremely useful…
In many countries, domestic work suffers from insufficient regulation and recognition. In 2010, the ILO published the report “Decent work for domestic workers” to set standards “in response to the long-standing perception of domestic work as a form of “women’s work” that does not require any real skills, qualifications or training”. Indeed, the ILO asserted “the value of domestic work to both the families and the workers, (…) and the economy as a whole”. At EU level, the EU Parliament resolution 28th April 2016 encouraged member states to protect the rights of these workers.
Machine technician Göksel Vatandaş and his Romanian wife Laura Citizen met in Romania 20 years ago. The couple married after a while and settled in Istanbul. Laura decided to go to her husband's turnery workshop with him everyday and started to learn the profession of turnery to support the family. She also successfully completed the courses she attended and became a master in turnery profession in 8 years. The couple settled in Marmaris district of Muğla 4 years ago and they started to operate a machine shop in the industrial site.
Training of trainers’ program was organized for the personnel of the Turkish Electricity Distribution Corporation (TEDAS) by Continuing Education Research and Application Center of Gazi University. TEDAS is one of the largest public enterprise of the electricity distribution sector in Turkey and aware of the importance of providing opportunities for employee development.
The training program was conducted between 04 November 2019 and 15 November 2019. The 30-hour program covered the following topics:
Day 1 – Adult psychology and learning
Day 2 – learning psychology
Britain could benefit from a Paid Education Leave model similar to that supported by the government in Belgium. This will encourage learners to take advantage of lifelong learning opportunities and advance their careers without the threat of loss of income.
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Safe Climbing is an Erasmus+ project that aimed to increase safety for people that work with chainsaws and climbing in trees as well as producing quality study material for climbing courses. The countries involved in the project where Iceland, Denmark and Slovenia.
A brand new study of the European Commission about the impact on society of EU-funded projects on Research and Innovation in technology for active and healthy ageing has been just released.
How to foster a learning culture at work in four steps? Thematic coordinator Markus Palmén shares tips that have helped him to make learning a habit in his career.
EPALE's thematic focus from October to December is on adult learning at the workplace
When we talk about learning we usually talk about experiential learning: we reflect on our experience, find out about new concepts and skills, make plans to integrate them in our everyday practice and reflect on it.
For EPALE's thematic focus on workplace learning, our Thematic Coordinators Gina Ebner, Markus Palmen and Simon Broek, got together to discuss if the division of work is stimulating for learning
Vicki Liogier from ETF and Ben Charles from the Global Learning Skills Partnership delivered the Digital Skills for Adult Educators workshop at the Upskilling Pathways Conference 2019. Both presenters provided information on their organisations and projects, discussed the need for digital skills to be harnessed by education staff both for their own development and the development of their learners, and emphasised the need for institutions and originations to develop effective digital frameworks to encourage adequate skills development.
INCLUVET – Europe United in Inclusive Work-Based-Learning for Students with Additional Learning Needs
Training and Guidelines for:
To increase the opportunities for learners with additional learning needs by offering innovative Vocational Education & Training and the opportunity to carry out work internships in Europe.
Partners from Italy, France, Austria, Poland and Spain as well as North West Regional College from Northern Ireland have been co-operating to develop training materials and to champion a more appropriate approach to WBL for learners with Additional Learning Needs.
Mobile learning is recognized by many researchers as an important component of learning in the future, even as an integral part of the educational process. Some of the features of mobile learning and methodological problems in lifelong learning allow this pair to be combined to reveal the ideal and fulfill the vision of lifelong learning.
Between 11-13 November, EPALE organised an online event for successful projects from workplace learning. We had various contributions from a wide range of adult learning professionals from 20 European countries. The online sharing of projects showed the wide range of issues tackled and approaches undertaken to adult learning in the workplace. A broad mix of projects and schemes were posted, carried out both by national and international groups of partners. They provide inspiring examples for others in Europe. A number of themes emerged, which are identified below, illustrated with examples. It’s important to note that each project addressed several themes and not just the one picked out below.
Work-based learning has many aspects, ranging from informal and relatively casual learning to structured apprenticeships and training programmes. The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training and UNESCO’s International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training have jointly published an anthology that sheds lights on this broad field. Learn more about the book in this blog post from the publisher!
A training seminar will be held by the Library and Documentation Department of Gazi University for the effective use of the EndNote software.
Kilis Public Education Center Directorate announced that the Private Education Applications for Paid Teachers course will be opened.Kilis Public Education Center"Special Education Practices for paid teachers are planning for our course. Graduates who want to attend our course (Undergraduate and associate degree) can apply to our center." the statement said.
Source: Hududeli Newspaper of Kilis
Nacionalna podporna služba EPALE Slovenija vas vabi, da se nam pridružite na delavnici EPALE. Naučili se bomo, kako pripraviti zanimiva besedila, s katerimi predstavimo svoje aktivnosti ter dosežemo zanimanje bralca.
Would you like to speak at Workplace Trends? Do you have recent research into work and the workplace? The call for abstracts for our Workplace Trends Research Spring Summit is open now!
Speaking sessions are filled with the highest ranked submissions from a call for abstracts of published applied research. Abstracts will be peer-reviewed by our two moderators for the day, Nigel Oseland (Workplace Unlimited) and Nicola Gillen (Cushman & Wakefield).
Abstracts are blind reviewed by our selection team, and judged on the following criteria:
Original idea and content
Westminster Health Forum will be holding a key seminar in London in December, which will consider the health workforce and key issues for the NHS People Plan, focusing on leadership, wellbeing and professional regulation. It is a key event for anyone working for the NHS in a medical or healthcare role. Tickets are priced at £230+VAT.
The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.
'Supporting Working Lives And Enterprise Growth In Ireland: 2018-2021 further education and training policy framework for skills development of people in employment' was published by Solas (The Irish Further Education and Training Authority) in 2018. It sets out a policy framework for employee development opportunities in Ireland.
Five principal drivers underpin the new policy on skills development of employees in the workforce.
(i) Supporting enhanced productivity in Irish SMEs
This booklet highlights seven action points on how to involve social partners to make adult learning work for the future. It provides practical insights for stakeholders who are directly involved in the design, implementation and monitoring of adult learning policies, including policymakers and social partners. Each action point draws on research evidence and provides insights on how to translate it into practice by highlighting promising policies in OECD and emerging countries.
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This paper reviews how the megatrends – digital transformation, globalisation and demographic changes - are shaping skills demand through the creation and destruction of jobs as well as the changing nature of existing occupations. It examines how the resulting changes in skill needs have translated into skills imbalances, and considers how lifelong learning (LLL) systems and strategies can be enhanced to increase the participation of individuals and employers in education and training.
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There is little methodological professional material, - particularly ones related to adult learning – that may be of good help to organizations and professionals wishing to introduce work-based learning Therefore this project - in the context of which such a complex methodological handbook has been developed that promotes the introduction and effective application of work-based learning forms, the learning outcome-based training plans in adult vocational education and training across Europe - fills a large gap.
Benenden Health has released a wellbeing guide in partnership with HRZone, which enables users to ‘develop an age-diverse health and wellbeing strategy’ and meet the wellbeing needs of a multigenerational workforce. It provides a detailed description of the five generations currently making up the UK workforce and discusses ways to meet the needs of all of them. It will be most beneficial for employers and senior managers and is free to download.
In the ‘Work-based Learning & Apprenticeships’ network, 29 European educational agencies selected ten Austrian projects on the topic of “work-based learning” from over 350 projects from around Europe. This brochure aims to disseminate the project results to a wider audience in Austria and highlight the sustainable benefits.
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The Flanders Social and Economic Council (SERV) focuses on the theme of digitization. After all, not only the technologies used are changing, but also tasks and jobs, skills and competences, work forms and work formulas, revenue models and organizational structures are evolving. That is why the social partners published a vision paper and action plan as a start for a digital policy agenda for Flanders. The action plan contains recommendations and actions for the Flemish Government in seven areas. On the meeting day "Literacy at work: w @ is d @?" on November 8, 2019 in Brussels Mieke Valcke from the SERV told more about the plan.
In the framework of the project Erasmus+ PRODOME, the study "The state of the art of domestic work in Europe" (deliverable 1) has been produced, based on desk and field research involving 54 experts and 109 domestic housekeepers via semi-directive interviews, a Delphi exercise and questionnaires.
The main findings are the following ones:
EPALE UK is releasing a series of resources that can be used as worksheets, guides or posters to encourage adult learning in the workplace. The fourth of six, this resource focuses on activities that can help to support good teamwork and strong work relationships.
EPALE UK is releasing a series of resources that can be used as worksheets, guides and posters to encourage adult learning in the workplace. The third of six, this resource focuses on supporting good communcation in the workplace.
As part of our thematic focus on workplace learning, we want to hear from you – the EPALE community – about any successful projects, initiatives and programmes.
The Secondary School of Applied Arts in Kosice, Slovakia, is small secondary vocational school with a rich 45-year long tradition in art education. It has 11 art departments and 330 students aged 16-19. They come from all the regions of east Slovakia. Some of them come from families with low income, but they are all talented and motivated to learn. It is a pleasure and challenge to teach and motivate those students.
From Wednesday 14th to Friday 16th September the European Basic Skills Network (EBSN) will be hosting an online discussion about Workplace Basic Skills on EPALE moderated by Rosemarie Klein and Dieter Zisenis from the German research and consultancy organization Büro für berufliche Bildungsplanung (bbb).
We would like to hear from anyone who has been involved in workplace basic skills training or is interested in developing expertise in this area.
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