1. Aalborg University

2. Aalborg University – 1974 Close to 14,000 students More that 70 educations and specialisations within the Faculty of Humanities, - Social Sciences and Engineering, Science and Medicine. Campuses

4. CPD-aalborg Bussines unit Courses - Short traditional courses, with individual online registration Customized coureses - Based on the company’s requests, CPD-Aalborg will, in collaboration with the involved parties, formulate an education programme to suit the specific situation and the given requirements Facilitated Work Based Learning A learning method emphasizing on the integration of new knowledge into the day-to-day work. Conferences and economic Research unit Primary reasearch area is FWBL – related to WBL and PBL. Barrieres between companies and University in collabortation on CPD And reasarch in the procedre on developing CPD. Projects CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

5. CPD-aalborg The Need for CPD is increasing The Time for CPD is limited Courses expensive for SME’s Focus on professional relevance Need for just-in-time learning Quick transfer of new knowledge CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

6. 9.00 Welcome plus presentation The FACILICODE project 9.30 What is Facilitatied Work Based Learning (FWBL) Bente Nørgaard 10.45Coffee break 11.00 Similarities between Problem and Project Based Learning and Work Based Learning the Aalborg Model examples on projects the Maastricht Model PBL – learning principles why does this work? Prof. Anette Kolmos UNESCO chair in PBL 12.00Lunch 13.00 Role of the teachers in Problem and Project Based Learning and similarities to FWBL Anette Kolmos 14.00 Organisational Learning and learning in companies – how to adjust to company culture Ass. Prof. Kenneth Mølbjerg Jørgensen 15.00Coffee break 15.15Organisational Learning and learning in companies – how to adjust to company culture Ass. Prof. Kenneth Mølbjerg Jørgensen Wednesday 18 March

7. 9.00 Recognition of Prior Learning Anne Murphy 10.45Coffee break 11.00 Experiences from FWBL course - teacher experiences - learner experiences Ass. Prof. Per Printz Madsen Business Project Manager Christian Søndergaard, Logopaint 12.00Lunch 13.00 Tools for designing FWBL 14.00 Designing a FWBL course 15.00Coffee break 15.15Designing a FWBL course – continued Thursday 19 March

8. 9.00 Adobe Connect – cooperation platform Jimmi Jensen 9.30 Designing your own FWBL course 10.30Coffee break 10.45 Designing your own ….. continued 12.00Lunch 13.00Closing the meeting - last questions - Valencia 28 – 29 May Option: Ph.D. defence by Anja O. Thomassen Title: Facilitated Work Based Learning – analyseret i et pragmatisk perspektiv [in danish] Friday 20 March

9. FACILICODE OLE’s præsentation CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

10. Facilitated Work Based Learning FWBL CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

11. What is FWBL ? CPD for individuals/teams of employees in a given company, The employees are following a work based learning programme designed for their specific work situation. The competence development is facilitated by teachers from AAU primarily based on AAU’s pædagogic model - PBL. The learning process is designed to match company’s competence-strategy and to meet the preferences of the employee. If possible it will be linked to an ongoing or planned project in the company. CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

12. Facilitated Work Based Learning Integrated in engineering work No demand for leaving work place and family on a specific time Content defined by needs (not degree def.) Guaranty of professional relevance Content, size and speed individually adapted CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

13. Definitions PBL on-campus studies. Learning objectives are academic def. in the curriculum. Project organised team-work. Earning Credits/Degree. WBL for individuals or teams of engineers learning by their work to meet academic defined objectives. Earning Credits/Degree FWBL for individuals or teams of engineers learning by their work and supervised by university professor to meet work defined needs CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

14. Problem solving Universities The problem is a tool Learning is the goal Companies Professional skills are the tools The goal is to solve the problem CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

15. The FWBL process can be described in 5 continuously phases: The contact phase Defining/specifing Learning Objectives phase Work out the Leaning Contract phase Implementation of FWBL phase Evaluation phase CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

16. The contact phase Adapt wishes, expectations and demands Obtain knowledge of competence needs (strategy) Describe Project and Timeframe Identify the team of employees Inform about the FWBL method CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

17. Definition of learning objectives Presentation of the project Specification of competence needs Presentation of teachers/facilitators Make the learning objectives specific Inform about the FWBL method CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

18. WBL contract -Definition of learning goals -Specification of learning methods -Definition of milestones/task for the student -Definition of success criteria -Definition of company involvement -Definition of university involvement CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

19. FWBL implementering Problem Based Learning organised as Company Based Team-work Mixed teams ( background and FWBL-activity ) University staff as facilitator – A Coordinator + experts Company senior employee as mentors Administration CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

20. Evaluation Evaluate FWBL continuously Final evaluation Evaluate the learning objectives CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

21. FAQ - Questions Is it expensiv? How many can participate? How will the new knowledge be integrated in the company? What kind of teacher will we get? Can we get acces to research based knowledge? How can we make sure we get the knowledge we need? CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

22. ………more questions CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

23. 23 Comments from Learners Our goal was to learn as much as possible! More would have been gained by being more focused on actual needs Culture in group/team (change) Learning Objectives changed through the WBL course Pointed remarks from colleagues not involved in WBL Time ressources CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard

24. 24 Comments from Manager The strengt of FWBL - taylor made to the company/competence strategy the needs of the individual employee to the needs of a single project 20-50 % CPD is suitable for FWBL Knowledge integrated in the company Absent at traditional courses / Not absent at FWBL - dilemma University ’long-haired’ theory meet practical workday in company Closeer contact to university Arrange and organize meetings CPD-aalborg Bente Nørgaard