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- Reconocimiento de competencias experienciales de adultos, en Portugal (2001-2011): hallazgos y debilidadesPublication . Abrantes, Pedro; Aníbal, AlexandraBasados en una tesis de doctorado y en un proyecto de post-doctorado en este tema, los dos autores describen y analizan el programa de reconocimiento, validación y certificación de competencias experienciales (RVCC) desarrollado en Portugal, en la primera década del siglo XXI, permitiendo la mejora de los niveles educativos de más de un 5% de la población. El primer apartado debate los fundamentos teóricos y metodológicos del modelo innovador que se ha creado para la educación y acreditación de adultos. En el segundo, se detallan los agentes, etapas y dinámicas del proceso de RVCC. El tercero sintetiza las principales evaluaciones nacionales del programa que se han llevado a cabo. Y el cuarto apartado subraya algunos resultados de investigaciones cualitativas recientes de los autores sobre las dinámicas sociales generadas por el programa. En la conclusión, se reflexiona sobre los logros y fracasos del programa, proponiendo algunas pautas para futuros planteamientos en este campo.
- Transversal competences and employability: the impacts of distance learning university according to graduates’ follow-upPublication . Abrantes, Pedro; Silva, Ana Paula; Bäckström, Bárbara; Neves, Claudia; Falé, Isabel; Jacquinet, Marc; Ramos, Maria do Rosário; Magano, Olga; Henriques, SusanaSince higher education qualifications and digital transition are considered key factors for economic development and individual opportunities, distance learning has been presented as a solution to improve the labor force’s skills and employability. However, such links were seldom studied systematically in specific contexts, and doubts exist regarding online programs. Based on the results of three successive follow-up surveys to the graduates of the Portuguese distance learning public university (Universidade Aberta), from 2011 to 2018 (n = 1358), our article examines the graduates’ perception of acquired transversal competences, in relation to employability and social mobility gains. The statistical analysis points out a positive perception of transversal competences development, especially analytical capacity, autonomy, and communication, although some concerns were raised regarding digital skills, teamwork, job search skills, and social capital. The impacts on employability and socioeconomic mobility are positive for most students, but variable according to analyzed competences, and tend to occur mostly through internal mobility rather than through job search skills or entrepreneurship. Although exploratory, such findings allow some final considerations regarding the effective ability of higher education distance learning to enhance economic growth and employability, through transversal competences, as well as to sketch some suggestions to improve such ability.