Masterclass Series “The SKILLS Bridge” - Episode 2: Digital transformations: Modernising apprenticeships and matching the needs of the digital economy

The Masterclass series serves as a unique platform to take stock of innovative approaches, identify new practices, and evaluate recent developments in the dual VET and apprenticeship ecosystems.

Recording


Presentations

Promoting apprenticeships to meet the skills needs of the digital and knowledge economy - By Simon Perryman
Technological transformations in apprenticeships – By Francesca Amenduni

Objectives

The second episode of “the SKILLS Bridge” Masterclasses discussed how apprenticeships can bridge the digital gap, through meeting the skills needs of the digital economy and through investigating how apprenticeships can be modernised and transformed by using digital technology. Two of the thematic reports under the Apprenticeships Development for Universal Lifelong Learning and Training (ADULT) project, supported by the Government of Flanders, were presented, and a case study gave concrete insights into new approaches.

The key topics the webinar addressed were:
  1. Promoting apprenticeships to meet the skills needs of the digital and knowledge economy
  2. The digital transformation of apprenticeships: Emerging opportunities and barriers
  3. Case Studies: Technologies to fill the gap between off the-job and on the-job training