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Increasing the Visibility of Graduate Students' Employability Skills: An ePortfolio Solution Addressing the Skills Gap

Increasing the Visibility of Graduate Students' Employability Skills: An ePortfolio Solution Addressing the Skills Gap

Lourdes Guàrdia, Marcelo Fabián Maina, Federica Mancini
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781799878568|ISBN10: 1799878562|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799878575|EISBN13: 9781799878582
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7856-8.ch013
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Guàrdia, Lourdes, et al. "Increasing the Visibility of Graduate Students' Employability Skills: An ePortfolio Solution Addressing the Skills Gap." Cases on Active Blended Learning in Higher Education, edited by Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez and Alejandro Armellini, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 253-275. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7856-8.ch013

APA

Guàrdia, L., Maina, M. F., & Mancini, F. (2021). Increasing the Visibility of Graduate Students' Employability Skills: An ePortfolio Solution Addressing the Skills Gap. In B. Padilla Rodriguez & A. Armellini (Eds.), Cases on Active Blended Learning in Higher Education (pp. 253-275). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7856-8.ch013

Chicago

Guàrdia, Lourdes, Marcelo Fabián Maina, and Federica Mancini. "Increasing the Visibility of Graduate Students' Employability Skills: An ePortfolio Solution Addressing the Skills Gap." In Cases on Active Blended Learning in Higher Education, edited by Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez and Alejandro Armellini, 253-275. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7856-8.ch013

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Abstract

This chapter highlights the contributions of the EPICA project in reducing the skills gap of graduate students in sub-Saharan Africa. It presents the solution designed and implemented to improve the quality of employability skills development and visibility to prospective employers. The first part of this chapter provides an overview of the skills gap between higher education institutions and the workplace in sub-Saharan Africa. It includes the description of the specific eAssessment pedagogical framework and methodology supported by the EPICA ePortfolio as a transition tool designed to address this gap. The second part of the chapter outlines the challenges that could hinder the solution's implementation and the full exploitation of its benefits. Solutions and recommendations are also discussed with the aim to increase the impact in the EPICA stakeholder community and encourage the implementation of the proposed solution in other universities, especially those adopting blended and online learning models.

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