Upskilling the Information Professionals of the Future: Novel Digital Transformation MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)
The main objective of the LEARN & EXCHANCE project is to plan, develop, deliver, validate and start using in the educational practice a novel set of MOOCs in the domain of digital transformation with a focus on the needs of information skills. This main objective is supported by the following complementary objectives:
- to synthesize the guiding principles for designing MOOCs which support action learning;
- to develop an innovative and scalable online learning platform;
- to create and share standardized international online courses to provide exchange opportunities in virtual learning environments; the courses will be developed in seven languages
- English, Turkish, French, Italian, Bulgarian, Estonian, and Hungarian;
- to implement a mechanism for verifying learning outcomes and generate secure certificates issued after identity verification;
- to provide learners with pathways to improving their digital skills and capabilities;
- to connect with networks which would help to scale up the use of the new MOOCs;