Online initiative to enhance career opportunities
Article by May 5, 2021
Government has entered into a partnership with Coursera that is earmarked to bring significant benefits to Barbadians and enhance their digital competencies and expand career opportunities.
The partnership between Coursera, one of the world’s leading online learning platforms, and Government’s National Transformation Initiative (NTI), is designed to equip Barbadians with the knowledge, skills and values to be citizens of good character and competence in a digital world. The agreement was officially signed on February 28 and the technical integration activated on April 1.
Through the Commonwealth of Learning-Coursera Workforce Recovery Initiative last year, in partnership with the Government, more than 5,600 Barbadian workers learned new skills, enrolling in 19,000 courses and completing 38,000 lessons.
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ROCKVILLE, Md., May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Goodwill, the leading workforce provider in North America, today announced a new, first-of-its-kind coalition called Rising Together™, which will work to create an equitable economic recovery and provide job seekers with the skills and supports needed to access sustainable jobs. Joining Goodwill with a goal of empowering one million people to access sustainable careers by 2025 are Fortune 50 companies and global philanthropic and business leaders, including the Anthem Foundation, Coursera, Google, Indeed and Lyft.
How can business schools compete with the growing number of customizable, flexible, and low-cost learning opportunities offered outside of academia?
Three weeks after starting a new role at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business in Atlanta, Brian Jennings was tasked with launching an exciting new roster of microcredentials.
The three flexible graduate certificate programs can be completed fully online. They’re stackable, meaning students gain credits that count toward a future formal degree program. And they focus on cutting-edge business topics artificial intelligence, disruptive innovation, and fintech responding to the needs of employers.
Business schools are increasingly launching microcredentials, sometimes referred to as alternative credentials, to address the challenges posed by business education disruptors. In April 2021, Google extended its educational offerings, launching three Google Career Certificates in data analytics
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