Employee Development Program: A Generation Model for Project-based Learning Implementation at the University

This paper represents a methodological approach for university staff development programs; it should be considered at this juncture as a work-in-progress paper. The considered methodological approach's main feature is to create a personalized level assessment of the university staff competencies. This is accomplished through an analysis of the university's digital services capabilities, with the objective of facilitating the further development and implementation of project-based learning. Based on the evaluation, a unique prescribed educational path is formed for each employee, depending on his/her role in the project-based learning. This path is created considering not only the necessary competency levels of the individual, but also the participant's role in the project-based learning implementation. The methodological approach was tested as part of the project-based learning implementation at the Ural Federal University. Studies were conducted on a sample of 108 people tested. The proposed mechanism holds an undeniable advantage in its scalability and ease of implementation when making minor changes and updating content for a specific task. It is worth mentioning that it can be used at any level educational institution or in a private sector enterprise that is implementing employee training.