A review of microcredentials in health professions continuing professional development [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineMicrocredentials are an emergent tool to support knowledge and skill development. Despite their growing popularity in medical education – and higher education more broadly – it is unclear how these strategies have been utilized to support continuing ...
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Enhancing graduate research capacity in an IDeA state: 5-yr outcomes of the USD G-RISE program [PDF]
Advances in Physiology EducationGraduate education in biomedical science faces persistent challenges in rural and underresourced regions, including limited access to research training infrastructure and experiential learning opportunities.
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‘People have Started Calling Me an Expert’: The Impact of Open University Microcredential Courses
Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2023 Evaluating courses’ impact on diverse stakeholders can be immensely valuable as a means of identifying ways in which curriculum can better support learners’ personal and professional development and achieve wider societal aims.
Kathy Chandler, Leigh-Anne Perryman
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How and with whom do educators learn in an online professional development microcredential
Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 2023 A claimed technological advantage of online professional development (OPD) is the flexibility for educators to learn at a time and space of their convenience.
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Badged up for success: Digital badges enable graduate students to become confident communicators via real-world opportunities and to document their skills for employers [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Translational ScienceIn January 2023, the South Carolina Science Writing Initiative for Trainees (SC-SWIFT), an internship in the College of Graduate Studies at the Medical University of South Carolina, began offering tiered digital badges in science communications.
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Engaging teacher’s mental health self-care early through a trauma-informed microcredential [PDF]
School-University PartnershipsPurpose – The purpose of this study was to examine how beginning teachers’ participation in a microcredential based on trauma-informed classroom management and restorative discipline (TIMRD) practices might enhance their self-efficacy (SE), through an ...
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Microcredentials for Excellence: A Practical Guide [PDF]
Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-LearningInstitutions all over the world are setting up microcredentials in responses to calls from governments and industry. These are short courses, usually offered online, with an emphasis on the needs of the workplace. More targeted than typical degree courses, they cover role-specific knowledge and help with essential workplace skills. They enable learners
Rebecca Ferguson, Denise Whitelock
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Promoting Engagement in Microcredential Coursework: Applications of a Course-Embedded Advising Model [PDF]
Journal of Higher Education Theory and PracticeThis pilot involved incorporating course-embedded advising into a course offered as part of a micro-credential. Microcredentials are targeted, short programs that align to key skills and are accompanied by documentation, such as digital badges ...
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Microcredentials: an opportunity towards the digital transformation [PDF]
9th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'23), 2023 This communication aims to present one of the online courses in Microcredential format developed at Universidade Aberta, Portugal. A framework of the European guidelines on Microcredentials is presented, defining its main characteristics, namely highlighting its advantages in the context of reskilling or upskilling with a view to its applicability in ...
Fernando J. P. Caetano +2 more
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Leveraging Partnerships for Microcredential Design in Digital Health: Key success factors
Asia Pacific Journal of Health ManagementAim: This paper describes the collaborative approaches used to design microcredentials in digital health and cybersecurity. The project was initiated to design and deliver educational products to address specific skills shortages and align outcomes with
Sheree Lloyd, Mark Upton, Joel Scanlan
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