In this Level 3 Adopting lesson, you will explore how to keep your own subject and industry knowledge current while preparing learners for a rapidly changing world of work. You’ll learn how to use professional online communities and social platforms to build collective knowledge and ongoing CPD.
You’ll compare major online learning platforms and identify how they can support your professional growth. You’ll then unpack the gig economy—its benefits, risks and required skills—and translate this into classroom strategies that build digital citizenship and entrepreneurial thinking. Finally, you’ll explore digital employability skills, microlearning and digital badging, and plan short, badged learning experiences that give your students tangible, shareable evidence of their skills.
Directly supports industry currency and vocational competence by connecting you with current platforms, communities and labour-market trends. It also helps you design microlearning and badged opportunities that evidence employability skills valued by employers and regulators.
Who Should Take This Course
This course is ideal for: - VET trainers/assessors and school teachers wanting to better link learning to industry and future careers
- Career education coordinators and senior schooling leaders
- Educators interested in using online communities, microlearning and digital badges for CPD and student pathways
- Anyone supporting learners to understand the gig economy and digital employability skills
By the end of this
lesson, you will be able to:
- Use professional social networks and online communities to support your own continuous professional development.
- Evaluate major online learning platforms for your subject/industry needs and plan a personal CPD focus.
- Explain the gig economy and identify key digital and entrepreneurial skills students will need to participate successfully.
- Design classroom activities, microlearning and badged experiences that build and evidence students’ digital employability and future-of-work skills.
Note: Access is granted for 3 months from the date of enrolment.
