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Revision as of 14:08, 6 August 2014
Contents
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
Universities involved
- McMaster, Waterloo, Guelph, Western, Queen's, UofT, Ottawa
- branding for the overall project, and individual
Modules
- 18 modules total
- About 1 hr in length each
Measures of Success
- percentage completion (double)
- applicability across institutions
- higher scores in student self assessment of professional skills compared to historical measures
Challenges
- consistency
- goals
- creation of templates
- sustainability over time
Sharing
- platform is Moodle, will be limited by domain
- definitely available to the 6 universities listed above, potentially all Ontario Universities