Employability in Online Higher Education: A Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Silva, Ana Paula; Lourtie, Pedro; Aires, Luisa
Titel	Employability in Online Higher Education: A Case Study
Quelle	In: International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 14 (2013) 1, S.106-125 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1492-3831
Schlagwörter	Distance Education; Employment Potential; Labor Market; Educational Practices; Electronic Learning; Lifelong Learning; Higher Education; Teacher Attitudes; College Faculty; Undergraduate Study; Questionnaires; Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Measures (Individuals); Job Skills; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Bildungspraxis; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lehrerverhalten; Fakultät; Grundstudium; Fragebogen; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Messdaten; Produktive Fertigkeit
Abstract	Over the past 15 years, learning in distance education universities has become more interactive, flexible, collaborative, and participative. Nevertheless, some accounts have highlighted the importance of developing more instrumental and standardized educational practices to answer the challenges of employability. In fact, the choice of skills that are important to learning communities and the labour market has been the subject of controversy because it involves heterogeneous motives among different groups. This paper compares the perceptions of employability skills in a sample of teachers from the Universidade Aberta and a sample of students who attend a local learning centre at this University. The research focused on the following dimensions: a) the most important employability skills, and b) the employability skills to be developed in online undergraduate degrees. To collect the required data, a questionnaire was prepared and applied to students and teachers, taking the theoretical model of Knight and Yorke (2006) as its main reference. In spite of the specificity of each group, the results revealed some similarities between students and teachers with regard to employability. The conclusions also highlighted the need to promote research on this matter in online education. (Contains 6 figures, 4 tables and 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10