Online training modules for graduate skills

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Contents 1 Problem to be solved & who benefits 2 Universities involved 3 Modules 4 Measures of Success 5 Challenges 6 Sharing

[edit] Problem to be solved & who benefits

• provide skills for up to 20,000 graduate students
• leverage work done and build capacity at local institutions
• depth and breadth of knowledge

• Launching September 2014
• http://mygradskills.ca

[edit] Universities involved

• McMaster, Waterloo, Guelph, Western, Queen's, UofT, Ottawa
• branding for the overall project, and individual modules for each university branding

[edit] Modules

• 18 modules total
• About 1 hr in length each

[edit] Measures of Success

• percentage completion (double)
• applicability across institutions
• higher scores in student self assessment of professional skills compared to historical measures

[edit] Challenges

• consistency
  • goals
  • creation of templates
• sustainability over time

[edit] Sharing

• platform is Moodle, will be limited by domain
• definitely available to the 6 universities listed above, potentially all Ontario Universities