Work-based learning environments (WBLE) for fostering industry-relevant skills and optimal economic performance

在硕士学年，学生将根据以下方法和文献创建一个为期三年的扩展研究计划。拟议的学生项目的目的是开发新的知识和实用的方法来评估基于工作的学习（WBL）对行业绩效的影响。它解决了需要基于结果的措施来评估野生生物多样性的长期效益。该研究将调查苏格兰工业中目前提供的WBL的程度和影响，并分析有助于提高生产力和绩效的WBL属性。本文将探索一种新的方法来衡量WBL对公司绩效的影响。与单纯的技能视角（即映射技能和产出）不同，重点将放在衡量“扩张性”基于工作的学习环境（WBLE）的成熟度上，其中包括教育提供者和部门机构，并在使用实时数据和上下文敏感信息以创造最佳学习体验从而提高生产力方面展示“工业4.0”特征。该学生项目将受益于爱丁堡纳皮尔大学社会信息学中心的研究专业知识和经验，以及该中心的研究环境。拟议的项目是通过与苏格兰技能发展中心的合作实现的，通过大学的研究生学徒计划，一年的计算机学院本科WBL课程，以及与e-Placement苏格兰和ScotlandIS的参与，监督团队与行业和雇主直接联系。学生的成果将支持基于工作的学习的政策制定，并通过识别和提供良好做法的证据来支持SDS的工作；开发基于工作的学习的新方法，特别关注基于工作的学习环境。

AbstractIn Masters Year, the student will create an extended research proposal for the three-year project based on the below methods and literature.The aim of the proposed studentship project is to develop new knowledge and practical methods for evaluating the impact of work-based learning (WBL) on industry performance. It addresses a need for outcome-based measures to assess long-term benefits of WBL. The research will survey the extent of current provision and impact of WBL in Scottish industry and analyse the attributes of WBL that contribute to improved productivity and performance. A novel approach to measuring the impact of WBL on firm performance will be explored. Rather than take a purely skills perspective (i.e. mapping skills and outputs), the focus will be on measuring maturity of 'expansive' work-based learning environments (WBLE) that include educational providers and sectoral bodies and that demonstrate 'Industry 4.0' characteristics in their use of real-time data and context-sensitive information to create an optimal learning experience which leads to increased productivity.The studentship project will benefit from the combined research expertise and experience of the supervisory team and the research environment in the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University. The proposed project is achievable in collaboration with Skills Development Scotland and with the supervisory team's direct connections with industry and employers through the University's Graduate Apprentice Programmes, one-year undergraduate WBL programme on School of Computing degree courses, and involvement with e-Placement Scotland and ScotlandIS.The outcomes of the studentship will underpin policy development in work-based learning and support the work of SDS by identifying and providing evidence of good practice; and developing new approaches in work-based learning with a particular focus on work-based learning environments.