E-SLP teaching staff event 20 May 2021: models for collaboration by Frederik Truyen (KU Leuven)

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, KULeuven, NADE, AGH
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Teaching Staff Stakeholder event
Microcredentials &
Short Learning Programs
May 20, 2021

2. Models for international
collaboration
Fred Truyen, KU Leuven
Piet Henderikx, EADTU
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3. 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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4. Pilots
1. Climate Change
2. New Rights
3. Online and Blended Learning
4. Digital Transformation & Enterprise 4.0
5. Digital Competent Educators
You can find the report on e-slp.eadtu.eu
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5. 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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6. Concept
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7. Partnership
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8. Partnership
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9. Programme Team
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10. Institutional support
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11. Joint Vision
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12. Design a joint curriculum
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13. Design a joint curriculum
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14. Qualifications
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15. Ecosystem
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16. Language Policy
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17. Admissions Framework
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18. Exam regulations
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19. Quality Assurance
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20. Business Plan
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21. Recruitment Plan
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22. Consortium Agreement
- The composition of the partnership;
- The role of the program team;
- The objectives of the program;
- The main structure of the program;
- The main pedagogical principles;
- The mode of delivery;
- Mobility agreements;
- The qualification awarded;
- The language policy;
- The admission;
- The examination committee;
- Quality assurance mechanisms;
- The financial management.
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23. Sustainability Framework
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24. 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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25. Agreements between partners
• Sharing of responsibilities
• Institutional agreement
• Branding, marketing
• Copyrights
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26. 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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27. 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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28. Erasmus+: 590202-EPP-1-2017-1-NL-EPPKA3-PI-FORWARD
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