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Read About the 10 Key Actions that Ensure Micro-Credentials Meet the Needs of Learners and Employers

Micro-credentials are a key component of many government strategies for upskilling and reskilling. They are designed to help close the skills gap and get people back to work. They also reflect a trend towards on-demand, short-form learning that is focused on skills, competencies and specific capabilities — a shift away from long-form learning, such as degrees and diplomas.

As colleges and universities start rolling out micro-credentials, Contact North | Contact Nord suggests 10 key actions to ensure micro-credentials fulfill their promise and deliver to learners and employers the skills and competency-based learning they need.

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Learn How to Leverage New Opportunities in Higher Education

Wednesday, June 2, 2021
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

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This interactive webinar explores the key challenges of the moment, what they mean for higher education, the potential for digital technologies, what’s getting in the way of transformation, and the critical pieces that must be in place for change to happen.

In this special briefing, attendees will come away with a better understanding of:

The barriers to change and development in higher education
The opportunities right now for change and development
The ways in which technology and organizational redesign can achieve scale
The limitations imposed by current operational models and what needs to change to achieve equity of access

Our Host

Dr. Mark Nichols
Executive Director of Learning Design & Development Open Polytechnic in New Zealand

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Learn What the Future Holds for Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Videoconferencing Systems

Thursday, May 27, 2021
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

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The Learning Management System (LMS) has long been the key underlying infrastructure for online, hybrid and even augmented face-to-face education.

In this webinar, participants will explore:

Long-term and recent trends in learning management systems
Key changes over the past year and what they mean for the learning platforms of the future
Changing expectations and their likely impacts

Our host

Phil Hill
Educational Technology Consultant and Industry Analyst

Using the HyFlex Model to Improve Student-Directed and Multi-Modal Learning

A Cambrian College Innovation

Learn how Professor Melanie Lefebvre, Program Coordinator of the Community & Health Services Navigation program, helped pioneer the HyFlex teaching model for Cambrian College’s graduate certificate programs.

Find out about the benefits, the challenges and how you can apply this innovative model in your own institution.

Melanie Lefebvre
Professor and Program Coordinator, Community & Health Services Navigation
Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology

Listen to Dr. Mark Nichols’ Podcast

Leaders & Legends of Online Learning is a podcast that brings first-person perspectives from online learning experts that inform and inspire. Each interview lasts about 30 minutes, and links to each guest's work and profile.

In this episode, Dr. Mark Nichols interviews Dr. Lorraine Carter, an award-winning online educator with a speciality in instructional design.

Dr. Lorraine Carter
Centre for Continuing Education
McMaster University

This Week’s Must-Read Book
on Online Learning

Assessment in Open, Distance, and e-Learning Lessons from Practice

Edited by Jessica Evans, Sally Jordan & Freda Wolfenden (2019)

This is a book of case studies – ranging from assessment in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), to assessment design for students whose first language is not English, to the effectiveness of peer learning to support academic integrity and program-level assessment strategies. They are framed by an introduction that explores a ‘communities of practice’ approach to the institution-wide improvement of assessment. The big idea is that academics’ professional expertise is best deepened through participation in authentic activities of teaching and scholarship. The discussion throughout this book identifies what is involved in such an approach, including the role of an enabling principles-based framework, the constraints on implementation, and the implications for leaders of teaching and learning. Some useful thinking.

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Searchable Directory of 65+ Open Universities Worldwide

More than 65 open universities around the world provide open and equal access to education, without requiring students to have formal education or credentials to be admitted. These institutions have a common commitment to open access to quality learning and student success.

Use the directory to search location, contact information, delivery modes, enrolment and more!

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Read Dr. Tony Bates’ Blog Post

Based on Dr. Bates’ observations and direct experience during the pandemic and his 40 years in the distance and online world, this blog post explores the 10 lessons for a post-pandemic world to improve both the quality of the learning experience and outcomes for students in the future.

Read Contact North I Contact Nord Research Associate Dr. Tony Bates’ blog post:

10 Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World from Covid-19 for Canadian universities and colleges

ICDE Virtual Global Conference

Upskilling and upscaling for quality Open, Flexible and Distance Learning

Monday, October 25 to Friday, October 29, 2021

The academic program for the 2021 International Council for Open and Distance education (ICDE) Virtual Global Conference Week is based on areas of quality, OER and innovation in education and provides insights into the latest research and best practices of delivering quality OFDL.

Sub-themes are:

Upskilling and upscaling for quality OFDL: flexibility, accessibility, scalability and innovation in quality assurance
Upskilling and upscaling for open education and OER: evolutions for open education and open learning ecosystems
Upskilling and upscaling for innovation in education through new technologies and practices

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