In his presentation at the SUNY Online Summit, Professor Val Chukhlomin highlighted the significant achievements of SUNY Empire's career skills training initiative, which has expanded its reach both across New York State and globally, emphasizing its impact on working adults eager to thrive in a skill-based economy. This initiative, through its partnership with Coursera, has developed a series of online courses that have attracted learners from over 200 countries, demonstrating its global appeal and effectiveness. The foundational course, "Career Self-Management and Self-Marketing," initially experimental, has seen enrollment surge, with more than 1,000 students completing the course, benefiting from both college credit and SUNY micro-credentials, alongside a Credly digital badge. The collaboration with Coursera significantly broadened the initiative's impact, resulting in a well-enrolled specialization that caters to adult learners and working professionals globally. This partnership not only enhanced the educational reach but also led to the creation of over 150 high-quality instructional videos, marking a monumental achievement in online education. The specialization's success is underscored by its shortlisting for a global award in the nurturing employability category twice, highlighting its effectiveness in career self-management training. Moreover, the initiative's contribution to Coursera's non-profit efforts, particularly in partnership with the American Dream Academy, showcases its commitment to delivering quality education to underserved populations, with one of its courses being one of the select few offered to these communities. This effort aligns with comprehensive research and feedback, indicating that the courses not only reach a wide and diverse audience but are also highly valued by learners, with more than 90% of respondents affirming the utility of these courses in their professional and personal development.
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Career Self-Management Project: 10 years
1. Scaling Career Skills Training:
Expanding SUNY Empire’s Evidence-Based Online
Program Across New York and Globally
Val Chukhlomin, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Business
State University of New York
SUNY Online Summit, NYC, February 28, 2024
10. Next steps
• Thinking about how to promote the Micro
Credential within and outside SUNY Empire and
the SUNY system
• Just revised courses 1-3 in the Specialization (in
2023) using Artificial Intelligence. Getting ready
to incorporate AI-powered career coaches in the
Coursera capstone. Contemplating how to
enable Gen AI in our Skills Manager App in the
Coursera project-based course
• Working on a White Paper and a series of
research collaborations.
OpenAI. (2024). Thinking about next steps [Digital image].
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