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

在硕士学年，学生将基于以下方法和文献为三年的项目创建一个扩展的研究方案。提出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。它解决了以成果为基础的措施的必要性，以评估《世界知识产权公约》的长期效益。这项研究将调查苏格兰工业目前提供的WBL的程度和影响，并分析WBL有助于提高生产率和绩效的属性。将探索一种新的方法来衡量WBL对公司业绩的影响。重点不是单纯从技能角度(即绘制技能和产出)，而是衡量包括教育提供者和部门机构在内的“可扩展的”基于工作的学习环境(WBLE)的成熟度，这些环境在使用实时数据和上下文敏感信息方面表现出“行业4.0”特征，以创造最佳的学习体验，从而提高生产率。学生项目将受益于监督团队和爱丁堡纳皮尔大学社会信息学中心的研究环境的综合研究专业知识和经验。拟议的项目是通过与苏格兰技能发展部合作实现的，并通过大学的研究生学徒计划、计算学院一年制本科WBL学位课程以及参与e-Placement Scotland和Scotland IS与行业和雇主的直接联系来实现。学生计划的结果将支持基于工作的学习的政策制定，并通过确定和提供良好做法的证据来支持基于工作的学习的工作；开发以工作为基础的学习的新方法，特别是以工作为基础的学习环境。

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.