The labour market need for Visual Disabilities Rehabilitators will be addressed through a personalized training of professionals, in a “skills first”[1] and micro-credential-based approach, supporting entrepreneurship.
Thanks to a platform developed within the project, professionals interested in Visual Disabilities Rehabilitation will be able to:
- Self-assess their skills compared to VDR Professional Profile and Curriculum developed in OMERO project, in order to identify specific skills gaps related to specific areas or to the whole Curriculum;
- shape a learning-outcome-based, tailored and personalized training path, overcoming the identified skills gap;
- organize a personalized “blended” training program, integrating online learning units and face-to-face lessons;
- access learning materials addressing their skill gap through an e-learning platform;
- attend face to face lessons and labs organized periodically by the network of Higher Education institutions established by the project;
- get a certification based on micro-credentials and ECTS and considering the personalized training programme, both online and in presence;
- be a member of an online professional register for visual disability rehabilitation supporting both entrepreneurship and employers’ search for professionals.
The main project results will include:
an online professional register for visual disability rehabilitation.
an integrated platform (CALLIOPE hub) supporting the skills self-assessment, the creation of learning-outcome-based blended training programs, the access to e-learning materials, the awarding of open badges and the management of an online professional register for visual disability rehabilitation
e-learning materials uploaded as Open Contents on the platform;
a Memorandum of Understanding regulating a network of Higher Education institutions which will award certifications based on micro-credentials and ECTS
[1] The term “skills-first” is increasingly used by a wide range of organizations across the private and public sector to describe a new approach to talent management that emphasizes a person’s skills and competencies – rather than degrees, job histories or job titles – with regard to attracting, hiring, developing and redeploying talent. By focusing directly on skills themselves, rather than on how they have been acquired, a skills-first approach has the potential to democratize access to economic opportunities and pathways to good jobs for many more people than traditional approaches have done. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_CNES_Putting_Skills_First_2023.pdf
