EPICA Employability Skills Kit
The following resources were created under WP6 (Pilot) which is coordinated by UOC. They aim to support academics, students and employers, partaking in the pilot study, to perform the necessary actions to assess employability skills, award micro-credentials, and make them visible for the workplace. These materials also aim to inspire the stakeholders' community and support the implementation of the proposed methodological approach in other higher education institutions preferably adopting blended and online learning models.
Handbook (pdf)
This Handbook presents detailed information on how to develop and assess employability skills in HE, embed them within university programmes, and make them visible through an ePortfolio system.
Please find the editable version of this open resource here.
Teacher Guide (pdf)
This guide presents the rationale behind the tasks the teacher is asked to undertake. It provides the necessary information to present the micro-credential process to the students, assess their employability skills and support them in the customization of the ePortfolio for the workplace.
Please find the editable version of this open resource here.
Student Guide (pdf)
This guide presents the rationale behind the tasks the student is asked to undertake, and provide the student with the necessary information to perform all the steps required by the micro-credential process.
Please find the editable version of this open resource here.
Employer Guide (pdf)
This guide presents the rationale behind the tasks the employer is asked to undertake, and provides the employer with the necessary information to appraise students' ePortfolio through a guided process.
Please find the editable version of this open resource here.
Employability Skills Rubrics (xlsx)
This file includes the employability skills rubrics against which students' skills can be assessed. Rubrics are customizable according to personal needs.
Teacher Process Simulation (pdf)
This visual resource displays a simulation of the different steps of the micro-credential process the teacher is asked to undertake within the EPICA ePortfolio.
Student Process Simulation (pdf)
This visual resource displays a simulation of the different steps of the micro-credential process the student is asked to undertake within the EPICA ePortfolio.
Student Appraisal Scale (xlsx)
This scale provides support to employers to review students' ePortfolio and write an appraisal.
Employer Process Simulation (pdf)
This visual resource displays a simulation of the different steps of the micro-credential process the employer is asked to undertake within the EPICA ePortfolio.
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