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Erasmus+ project - C-course - e-learning

for career guidance practitioners

The “C-course” is an Erasmus+ funded project that has resulted in an online course for guidance
practitioners as a tool for their self-paced professional development. The four thematic modules include
‘Navigating the world of work’, ‘Professional enhancement’, ‘Career education’, and ‘The transforming role
of career practitioners’.

Content of the C-course
The course includes a variety of interactive tasks, quiz-
zes, case studies, audios and videos which allow users
to fully engage with the learning content. It comprises
four thematic modules:

1. Navigating the World of Work – the goal of the first
module is to help career practitioners to understand
how the labour market has evolved over time and
how career guidance has evolved with it;
2. Professional Enhancement – the aim of the second
module is to inspire practitioners to reflect on and
explore the notion of professionalism and its role in
enhancing the quality of their work;
3. Career Education – the objective of the third module
is to provide information on how to create educa-
In October 2020, partner organisations from four coun- tional programmes to support learners in develop-
tries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Norway) ing their careers;
started an Erasmus+ project called “C-course”. The pro-
ject is coordinated by the Czech Association for Career 4. The Transforming Role of Career Practitioners - the
Guidance and Career Development (SKPRK) with the goal of the last module is to inspire practitioners to
aim to produce a flexible, self-paced and freely accessi- reflect on their previous experience and explore
ble online course for career guidance practitioners and their knowledge of career guidance theories respond-
professionals across Europe. The production phase, ing to societal changes.
preceded by extensive research and piloting, was final- The e-learning “Career Guidance for the 21 century”
st
ised in March 2022, and the C-Course in five different (project no. 2020-1-CZ01-KA204-078378) is an outcome
language versions (English, Czech, Slovak, Polish and of the Erasmus+ project “E-learning for Career Guid-
Norwegian) is now available at ance Practitioners” co-financed by the European Union.
https://careerguidancecourse.eu/. More information about the course and the project can
be found on the C-Course website. A teaser video can
Target groups be viewed at

The course is aimed at: a) career guidance practition- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keO4PA-hXmk
ers and professionals involved in the delivery of career
guidance and counselling across different sectors (i.e.
youth and adult education, public and private employ-
ment services); b) educators and training providers
(e.g. academic institutions, professional associations,
educational institutions); and c) students enrolled in aca-
demic programmes in career guidance and counselling. Marina Vitiz, Euroguidance Slovakia

Euroguidance Insight Magazine Issue 2/2022