E-SLP webinar week: European Short Learning Programmes by Frederik Truyen (KU Leuven) (Day 3: 15 October 2020)

1. EUROPEAN
SHORT
LEARNING
PROGRAMMES
Erasmus+ Forward looking
cooperation projects: 590202-
EPP-1-2017-1-NL-EPPKA3-PI-
FORWARD
Coordinator: EADTU
Partners: FernUni Hagen,
OUUK, OUNL, UNED, OUC, HOU,
UNINETTUNO, AU, Uab, UOC,
JYU, KUL, NADE, AGH
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2. SLPs
• a group of courses (units, modules or other
learning building blocks)
• with a common subject focusing on specific
needs in society
• which can be used as stackable elements of
larger formal degrees
• targeting non-traditional and adult learners
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3. Interactive questions
• Include the slides for the questions here.
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4. Focus E-SLP project
• European context (different typologies
and names exist throughout Europe)
• Online SLPs
• Flexible and scalable
• Relation (e.g., building blocks) to formal
degrees
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5. Pilots
1. Climate Change
2. New Rights
3. Online and Blended Learning
4. Digital Transformation & Enterprise 4.0
5. Digital Competent Educators
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6. Lessons Learned
Report conclusions
• Framework
• Clear agreements between partners
• Conditions
• Programme Size
• Organization
You can find the report on e-slp.eadtu.eu
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7. Framework
• It is vital to share a common understanding
of SLP’s;
• what they mean for each participating
institution;
• how they relate to existing diploma
programmes and
• what the intended target audience is
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8. Agreements between partners
• Sharing of responsibilities
• Institutional agreement
• Branding, marketing
• Copyrights
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9. Conditions
• Need for shared catalog of courses
• Choose partners who know each other
• Make sure teaching staff has existing
contacts
• Define a clear USP
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10. Programme Size
• Programme ≠ Course
• Between 6 and 30 ECTS
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11. Organization
• Who should take the initiative
• Who should be involved
• Guidelines on SLP deployment needed
• Top-down or bottom-up?
• Motivated professors
• Rector support
• Programme committee
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12. Erasmus+: 590202-EPP-1-2017-1-NL-EPPKA3-PI-FORWARD
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