https://blog.learnlets.com/2017/12/higher-ed-job-skills/ Clark Quinn's learnings about learning Fri, 15 Dec 2017 17:19:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://blog.learnlets.com/2017/12/higher-ed-job-skills/#comment-911784 Fri, 15 Dec 2017 17:19:31 +0000 https://blog.learnlets.com/?p=6068#comment-911784 As someone pointed out on LinkedIn, uni education isn’t *just* about job preparation, and you make that point too, William. And I agree. But we do need to do better job of preparing people for the life after uni, jobs and, well, life. I too believe in concise design steps; I taught a semester of learning theory by having them respond in teams to RFPs about educational needs (they even named their consultancies!). And it’s part of my ‘activity-based learning’ approach. I like competencies too. Everyone should be able to get an ‘A’; curves are not the go.

]]> https://blog.learnlets.com/2017/12/higher-ed-job-skills/#comment-911774 Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:22:15 +0000 https://blog.learnlets.com/?p=6068#comment-911774 We can however there needs to be a tighter partnership between EDUs & ORGs focused on the skills business really wants in addition to the skills it says it wants. The latter often are the technical skills however the former are the skills, the competencies, left unsaid but the ones we all need to succeed in work and life. Your point about the essays is on point but EDUs could teach writing and comprehension but developing assessments that are more authentically aligned to work and life. Bringing context into the assignment might change it from a essay to a whitepaper or a proposal. I had a professor many years ago make us write memos and writing succinctly can demonstrate synthesis too! ORGs need to focus on the actual competencies they truly want and stop relying on old job descriptions and EDUs need to listen to people doing the actual work – but I think the competency-based design initiative is starting to move these groups closer together. Thanks for provoking thoughts Clark.

]]>