Facilitating diversity of learning paths and desires
The learning culture is changing – from 2030, it will be normal to participate in (parts of) education throughout your life. To make this possible, the Flexible Learning Pathways transformation hub focuses on the agile organisation of education. With the aim: for learners to pursue education beyond the boundaries of their own educational course and institution. They are provided with solutions for enrolling smaller units of education. We implement microcredentials and their digital certification. And we give learners control over their own learning and development, through a personal wallet.
For all vocational education training schools, universities of applied sciences, and research universities to work this way, agreement systems, standards and architectures are of great importance. It is important that joint agreements and processes ensure that we optimally support the learner in making choices regarding the learning path, enrolment, following education, testing, certification and management of results achieved. To this end, cooperation is of great importance, something the hub provides an impulse for.
Who are we doing this for?
Learners
… can take (parts of) courses throughout their lives, beyond the boundaries of their own education or institution, and take control of their own learning and development outcomes.
Lecturers
… always have insight into the current state of progress, learners’ aspirations, and any special circumstances
Policymakers
… can take note of insights gained within other institutions (knowledge circulation) and translate them to the local context, for making joint agreements on the design of the education logistics chain
Knowledge base
Practical case: Research is key to successful educational innovation
This practical case shows how Utrecht University approached research into the willingness of teachers to change. To make educational innovation successful, it is important to involve the teachers. Which research methods can you use for this, how do you set this up and how do you monitor the results? Mabelle Hernández and Sebastiaan Steenman (UU) explain this in this document.Collaboration SURF and Kennisnet
An ecosystem for digital educational resources that meets the public values important to the sector. This is what SURF, Kennisnet and Npuls will be working on over the next few years.What do we want to achieve?
By digitising administrative processes, linking systems, and organising them in a smarter way, learners give direction to their (flexible) study career in a user-friendly way. For instance, professionals who want to retrain, upskill or re-train can easily orientate on the education on offer and register for it. And every learner can easily find out what education is on offer at their own institution and beyond. Another important objective: learners experience no administrative barriers between the technology facilities of the various institutions. The learner can easily make use of the facilities offered by various collaborating institutions, and thus choose and follow his or her own learning route. Want to know more about Flexible Learning Pathways? Download the presentation about the movement to flexible learning pathways (in Dutch).
The annual plan
You can download the annual plan 2024 of the Flexible Learning Pathways transformation hub below (in Dutch). This inclused the objectives and mission of the focus area.
The roadmap
In the roadmap you will find an overview (in Dutch) of the activities of the focus area, including the requests for activities in which you can participate as an individual, key team or institution.
