Digital and Open Learning: Supporting your learning and professional development; Online Virtual Session

TheCIPD Branch in Bedfordshire and Milton Keynesprovides opportunities for its members to network with local HR and L& D professionals. Embracing Championing Better Work and Working Lives, our programme of events promotes development and networking e.g. updates on employment law, skills development for theCIPD Profession Mapand CPD supporting upgrading.Our events are organised through two geographical groups, Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes, together with our special interest groups Learning Matters and Mentoring scheme.As members together with your guests, you are welcome to attend any of our advertised events.To keep up to date with our branch events please sign up to our email updatesF﻿ollow us on LinkedIn.

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Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OERs) on the Web have the potential to transform corporate training and development, and to support on-demand lifelong professional learning.
 
In this interactive workshop, we will discuss how MOOCs and OERs offer a flexible, scalable and cost-effective means for learning and development to address rapidly changing skills’ needs and to deliver credentials. We will outline the opportunities offered by virtual reality environments for experiential and case-based learning.
 
Areas that we will explore are:
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<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">opportunities offered by MOOCs and OERs for self-directed training, collaborative learning, and micro-learning</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">business case for using MOOCs and OERs in professional development and competency-based training</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">case studies of how organisations are harnessing MOOCs and OERs to keep their staff up-to-speed with new competencies in a rapidly changing workplace</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">scenarios how online learning can be combined with in-house face-to-face training; and</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">role of virtual reality environments in training simulations and procedural learning.</LI>
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About the Facilitators:
 
Shailey Minocha is Professor of Learning Technologies and Social Computing at The Open University. Shailey has expertise in the design and evaluation of digital learning resources for online learning and for continuing professional development. Her recent projects have involved investigating the role of immersive technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality in education and training, and for social impact. 
 
Jane Reynolds is a qualified a Coach and Facilitator, with a passion for helping Individuals realise their full potential. Her areas of expertise lie in the Career development/transition and Leadership development arena, working with Individuals and teams to enable them to be successful in a volatile, uncertain, complex world where ambiguity is the norm.
 
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<LI>Once registered you will receive an immediate email confirmation from Eventbrite. Closer to the event you will receive an email with the link to the Virtual live event, hosted by Shailey Minocha and Jane Reynolds.</LI>
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<LI>This webinar will be recorded and made available afterwards.</LI>
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