CERTIFY THE FUTURE...?!

In a European higher education arena, differentiation and competition between higher education institutions also across borders are more broadly visible now than ever before. This is also true for the field of vocational education and training (VET), in schools and for training institutions in the adult education sector.

The challenge of certification is that it is based on past achievements in order to predict and ascertain future quality. But how fit are certification systems to guarantee that educational programmes and institutions are preparing learners for future challenges? Are they prepared to certify the future in this way? Have we designed approaches to certification which are comprehensive enough for a constantly changing world of educational needs and demands of labour markets? And how can we build elements of future orientation and continuous innovation into certification systems? These questions emerge around the theme of certification in a world in which qualifications demands are ever changing in emerging markets, improvisation seems to be a virtue rather than a vice, and often future job profiles do not exist when students enter their programme.

The 6th EFQUEL Innovation Forum seeks to discuss these questions. It will present European certification systems for higher education, discuss certification in adult education and schools. We would like to invite you to debate the value of certifications, to examine good practice examples of innovative ways of certification in the various educational fields and to shape a future vision of how certifications can evolve to become instruments to certify the future.

Agenda summary

14th of September: Open Project Laboratory organised by the CONCEDE project on User Generated Content in universities, in collaboration with other projects under the theme "Concepts of Quality in VET , Higher Education and Adult Learning: What do we share, where do we differ?" (more info will be available soon on the CONCEDE website: https://www.concede.cc/ )

15th and 16th of September: EFQUEL Innovation Forum, Main Conference days

Sponsorship opportunities

If you are interested in sponsoring this event and have your logo appearing on the conference programme, the website and the dissemination materials, please contact the EFQUEL secretariat for more information.

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The European Foundation for Quality in eLearning (EFQUEL) is a membership organisation which is based in Brussels, Belgium. It is a network with over 100 member organisations from Europe and beyond such as other networks, universities, corporations and national agencies.

EFQUEL provides support, transparency, open participation and leadership for a broad range of topics. The purpose of the foundation is to involve actors in a European community of users and experts to share experiences on how eLearning can be used to strengthen individual, organisational, local and regional development, digital and learning literacy, and promote social cohesion.

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It is our aim to involve actors into a European community of users and experts in order to share experiences on how eLearning can be used to strengthen individual, organisational, local and regional development, digital and learning literacy, and promote social cohesion and personal development.

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