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MOOC Doctorate and career development (French and English)
During this training, participants will gain the following skills:
- Identify, value and develop their skills/competencies
- Develop their professional development project
- Use/Create comm…
MOOC Doctorate and career development (French and English)
During this training, participants will gain the following skills:
- Identify, value and develop their skills/competencies
- Develop their professional development project
- Use/Create communication tools/support materials
- Discover or optimise the use of professional social networks
- Apply for targeted job offers and send unsolicited applications
- Master new digital and collaborative tools
- Promote the creation/Be part of a community of PhD students and holders based on sharing, collaboration and mutual aid.
The "PhD and Career Development" MOOC takes place from January 14th to March 4th 2025
This is the 9th edition of the MOOC, which has been enriched and builds on the experience gained during the previous editions that were released between 2016 and 2023.
Each participant can follow the MOOC at his or her own pace, between the start date and the end date, but a timetable is proposed for those who wish to participate with the PhDDOC team facilitation of the MOOC. The training is divided into weekly sequences based on resources and activities organised on the following topics :
Week 1: PhD and Career Development - an overview Week 2: Skills & Competencies Week 3: Career paths and your Professional Development Plan Association PhDOOC - Contact : phdooc@gmail.com MOOC : http://phdooc.moocit.fr Week 4: Networking Week 5: Applying for a job (even unsolicited ones!) Week 6: Extra time to complete the training An optional unit with resources and activities on the topic of entrepreneurship, the academic career path, and social innovation is included.
Each sequence includes various resources and individual and collaborative activities. Experts will also give webinars on each of the weekly topics. Exchanges between participants are encouraged via thematic discussion threads. The sequences remain open and the resources accessible online after the animation time. Additional time at the end of the training course may allow participants to complete their training. This way, everyone can follow the course at their own pace.
Starting this year, all the contents and activities are proposed in French and English, to allow the greatest number of participants to take and complete this MOOC successfully. Also, an optional unit has been created that contains resources and activities built in partnership with experts in entrepreneurship, social innovation and academic careers, to allow participants to explore other potential career paths open to PhDs.
Validation and duration of this training
The "PhD and Career Development" MOOC is an online, free and open training (MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course). The MOOC offers two learning pathways spread over 6 weeks :
The "basic" learning pathways requires approximately 2 hours of work per week (i.e. 12 hours of training). This pathway is validated upon completion of quizzes and collaborative activities.
The "advanced" learning pathway requires roughly 4 hours per week. In addition to the quizzes and collaborative activities required for the basic learning pathway, the participant must complete two peer reviewed activities and participate in complementary collaborative activities to validate this pathway.
Participants can obtain a certificate for their chosen course, subject to successful completion. Two types of certificate will be issued: "common course" and "advanced course". The number of hours counted will be 12 hours.
Inscription :
https://phdooc.moocit.fr/courses/course-v1:PHDOOC+PHDOOC-001+8/about
1st/2nd/3rd year PhD students and doctors from all disciplines. The only prerequisite is an Internet connection and access to a computer to be able to edit and exchange documents.