The move to micro-credentials exposes the deficiencies of existing credentials
Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2021 The rush to short courses and use of micro-credentials prompted by responses to the pandemic has greatly accelerated a trend already underway. However, few studies have examined the impact of short courses or micro-credentials on skills or employment ...
David Boud, Trina Jorre de St Jorre
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Micro-credentials : A postdigital counternarrative [PDF]
, 2022 Alternative credentials, such as micro credentials and digital badges, are increasingly being developed in universities. Primarily aimed at employability, these credentials are being scrutinised as it is argued that they are surrounded by ‘great ...
Pollard, Vikki, Vincent, Andrew
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A Strategic Institutional Response to Micro-Credentials: Key Questions for Educational Leaders
Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2023 This article responds to the rise of the micro-credential movement. It evidences the heightened attention politicians, policy-makers and educational leaders are giving to micro-credentials by framing the discussion in several recent high-level policy ...
Mark Brown +2 more
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Exploring the Adoption of Multiple Intelligences in Micro Credentials by Educators in Malaysian Higher Education [PDF]
, 2023 This study explored the multiple intelligence representation in the micro-credentials designed by Malaysian educators and the reasons for integrating multiple intelligences in their course materials.
Al Salhi, Najah Rajeh +4 more
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Capacity-building in open education: an Australian approach [PDF]
, 2015 Addressing the gap between global open educational resource (OER) proliferation and the slow adoption of OER and open educational practices (OEP) in Australian higher education, this paper focuses on a capacity-building project targeting academics ...
Bossu, Carina, Fountain, WG
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The multiple affordances of micro-credentials – turning potential into possibility [PDF]
Higher Education Evaluation and DevelopmentPurpose – The study aims to consider the multiple affordances of micro-credentials as a means of creating agency and making a positive contribution to the human experience, through the voices of practitioners and stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach
Jeremy Hanshaw
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Micro-credentials, higher education and career development: Perspectives of university students [PDF]
, 2021 Emergence of micro-credentials, digital qualifications less than a degree, is rooted in an increased demand for quality and digitalized higher education, and a growing demand for skilled human capital tailored for the industry.
Yılık, Mehmet Ali
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eCampusOntario's Micro-credential Toolkit [PDF]
, 2022 Welcome to the ToolkitI. DefinitionsII. CollaborationIII. StructuresIV. RecognitionV. ReferenceseCampusOntario’s Micro-credential Toolkit outlines how to navigate opportunities and challenges of developing micro-credentials around three core themes ...
Bigelow, Alissa +17 more
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Micro-credentials for recognition of workplace learning
Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2021 In this provocation paper, we argue that designing micro-credentials for alignment with formal qualifications in terms of volume of learning and learning outcomes may leave employers’ needs unmet and continue the disconnect between employers’ and ...
Elisa Martinez-Marroquin, Sally Male
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The need, practice, and values of micro-credentials in the academic and business sector [PDF]
, 2023 Industry 4.0 - the new order that reflects today's technological reality has only opened the "infinite Universe" of various possibilities and satisfaction of practical and business needs, so that the challenges in this sphere still exist, both in terms ...
Chabukovski, Vancho +2 more
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