Open Learning

There is an important shift happening in the job market. Organizations are faced with a huge burden to retrain workers, while professionals are seeking continuous development to remain relevant in an ever more competitive workforce. This drives a need for alternative, specialized credentials to showcase new skills and competencies, which can be quickly recognized by prospective … [Read more...] about Open Badges: a connected, digital way to showcase professional competencies

Conoce sobre la versión en español de este MOOC aquí. By Claudia Useche from the Knowledge and Learning Department at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)   This April 26, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will launch a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Project Management Techniques for Development Professionals, on the IDBx platform. It purposes is … [Read more...] about The Inter-American Development Bank launches its first MOOC in English: Project Management Techniques for Development Professionals

Leer blogpost en español By Federico Basañes, Manager of the IDB’s Knowledge and Learning Sector and Andrés Cavelier, consultant for the IDB’s Knowledge Management Division When Harvard and MIT founded the online educational platform edX in 2012, one of the American universities’ primary motivations was to make their knowledge available on a massive scale. Four years later, … [Read more...] about The future of Massive Open Online Courses in Latin America and the Caribbean