... Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Skills Employability Micro-credentials Alternative credentials Badges Personalized learning “Signals and noise” represents an initial conversation with Martin Bean, facilitated by Sheryl Grant...

... the education provides and more immediate return on the educational investment. Education providers must ensure the relevance of the credentials. Employers require transparency into skills an individual possesses based on the credentials they hold. New models are needed to guide an understanding of credentials...

...Terence Ma; Olle Ten Cate Purpose Job competency frameworks are based on the listing skills required for a job. The assumption is that if a candidate is presumed to have the skills, then the candidate should be able to do the job. Thus, employers hope to identify prospective employees having...

...Naomi Rose Boyer; Margo Leanne Griffith Purpose As the skills economy becomes the norm, learning focused on skills, learners who understand those skills and can iterate the learners to potential employers, and hiring personnel who prioritize skills when making personnel decisions create a visible...

... in their course and (3) administrators, who receive aggregate reports based on the data gathered by the system for high-level analysis and decision-making. Collected data by students and professors advance formative assessment of these transversal skills and assist administration in ensuring the GAs are addressed...

...Dr Gregory S. Anderson; Tor Söderström; Jan Åström; Greg Anderson; Ron Bowles Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report progress concerning the design of a computer-assisted simulation training (CAST) platform for developing decision-making skills in police students. The overarching aim...

...Mohd Adam Suhaimi; Muhammad Rabiul Hasan; Husnayati Hussin; Asadullah Shah Purpose The purposes of the study are to understand ICT workforce employability in Malaysia, to identify the causes that influence the growth of skill gaps in the ICT workforce, and to determine ways to reduce these gaps...

...Lai Ming Ling; Nurul Hidayah Ahamad Nawawi Purpose This study aims to examine the ICT skills needed by a fresh accounting graduate when first joining a tax firm; to find out usage of electronic tax (e‐tax) applications in tax practice; to assess the rating of senior tax practitioners on fresh...

...Diana Quinn; Simon Shurville; Keith Willey; Anne Gardner Purpose Self‐ and peer assessment has proved effective in promoting the development of teamwork and other professional skills in undergraduate students. However, in previous research approximately 30 percent of students reported that its use...

... his weaker areas of contribution were his Engineering Knowledge and Professional Skills. Furthermore the category SAPA factors suggest that prior to receiving this feedback George may have been unaware that he was underperforming in these areas. The fact that SPARK is a criteria‐based tool allows...

...John Beck in conversation with Sarah Powell, Editor, “Spotlight” Purpose To discuss the considerable impact of video gaming on young players' decision‐making and teamworking skills, and the belief that video games provide an invaluable “training camp” for business. Design/methodology/approach...

...Johannes C. Cronje; T.‐H. Joubert This is a follow‐up study of a multimedia program developed as a student project by high school pupils. The initial study sought to determine what learners would gain from constructing multimedia programs for their peers. “Multimax” is a multimeter skills fixation...

... partnership between librarians and teaching faculty in establishing requirements, integrating information skills into the curriculum, and evaluating outcomes. In instructing users, librarians have utilized a variety of methods. Similar to the instruction information technologists provide about how to use...