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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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Value of Open Microcredentials to Earners and Issuers
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019 While microcredentials and open digital badges have become increasingly popular in education, more research is needed to better understand their implementation and benefits to both issuers and users.
Danny Young +2 more
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Microcredentials, Macro Learning
, 2022 This chapter tells the story of one university's ongoing work to explore and ultimately define an institution-wide approach for awarding microcredentials, specifically digital badges, and the discoveries this work enabled. It documents the initial badging pilot, highlighting the specific steps taken, and the challenges and opportunities they presented.
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Microcredentials: Stackable, combinable, or transferable qualifications
, 2022 Microcredentials (or micro-credentials) are the records of the learning outcomes that a learner has acquired following a small volume of learning, which is assessed against transparent and clearly defined criteria (European Commission, 2022). While there is no global consensus on the definition of a microcredential, the above definition adopted by all ...
Bozkurt, Aras, Brown, Mark
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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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Exploring the potential of micro-credentials: A systematic literature review
Frontiers in Education, 2023 Micro-credentials have recently become a huge research interest, as they play an important role in the social, economic, and higher education sectors.
Giedre Tamoliune +5 more
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The Case for Microcredentials for Workforce Preparation
Marine Technology Society Journal, 2022 Abstract There is a global need for skilled workers across multiple sectors, including the marine industry. To prepare this workforce, we must collectively take action to establish attractive, innovative, agile, and equitable educational opportunities. These opportunities should capitalize on skill sets from a range of workers and encourage engagement
Liesl Hotaling, Hans Van Sumeren
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Exploring the Role of Green Training on Organizational Resilience: A Multisectoral European Analysis
Business Strategy and the Environment, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 5641-5654, May 2026.ABSTRACT The double transition paradigm has imposed to redefine the rules to compete. The demand for green skills, driven by European policy targets, currently outpaces the supply available in the labor market. This study surveys European companies across multiple sectors to assess the role of green training, a key element of green human resource ...
Giulia Alessandri +4 more
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Being successful at Abertay:first year belonging through personalised micro-credentials [PDF]
, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many knowns and unknowns of transitioning first year students. The ability to prepare for university has been untraditional, such as the availability of visiting campus at open days etc.
Blackwell-Young, Julie +2 more
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Less Is More? Microcredentials as an Alternative to Degree-Awarding Translator Education
Research in LanguageMicrocredentials have recently attracted substantial attention in academia. While short, practice-oriented courses and the concept of lifelong learning (e.g.
Łukasz Bogucki
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