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Understand microcredentials and how to implement them [PDF]

The Successful Registrar, 2022
AVENTURA, Fla. — There are a lot of reasons you might want your institution to consider offering microcredentials. They can help your institution attract learners,  broaden its reach, and promote its brand and reputation, said Kristi Wold‐ McCormick, Assistant Vice Provost and University Registrar at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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Contextualizing Doctoral Education for Leadership Education and Development within Institutions and Degree Types

Journal of Leadership Studies, Volume 18, Issue 2, Page 43-51, Summer 2024.
The need for a more specialized and professional workforce is growing, and doctoral programs within the United States are addressing the need with record‐breaking increases in conferred doctoral degrees. As leadership education and development is a critical component of doctoral education, the current paper explores the context of doctoral education by
L. J. McElravy
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Promoting Engagement in Microcredential Coursework: Applications of a Course-Embedded Advising Model [PDF]

This 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 ...
Dennis, Michelle, DiMatteo-Gibson, Donna, Gordon, Eddie, Halbert, James D., Johnson, Wendy, Kalnbach, Andrew   +5 more
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Building academic and social success through online microcredentials [PDF]

, 2022
The pandemic has highlighted many knowns and unknowns for transitioning first year students. The main challenge has been preparing students who have had 18 months of disrupted education to be successful at university.
Hogan, Jack, Riddell, Gemma
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Internationalisation in the digital transformation: A scoping review

Higher Education Quarterly, Volume 78, Issue 3, Page 807-824, July 2024.
Abstract Since March 2020, the outbreak of the COVID‐19 pandemic has posed significant challenges to higher education internationalisation by disrupting long‐standing practices, accelerating the adoption of digital technologies, and pushing universities further into the ‘digital turn’.
Luzia Ferreira Santos
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The rise of corporate academies in higher education: how do universities fit into the equation?

Formare
Higher education is undergoing a significant transformation due to the exponential expansion of online courses and training pathways that have emerged in recent years.
Claudia Baiata
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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 looming demographic cliff: A wake‐up call for the agricultural and applied economics profession

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 106, Issue 2, Page 468-484, March 2024.
Abstract The looming demographic cliff, characterized by a projected decline in college student enrollment, can have important impacts for the agricultural and applied economics profession, academic departments, and universities more broadly across the US. This decline will not only affect the financial stability and sustainability of many agricultural
Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr, Jianhui Liu, Bachir Kassas   +2 more
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Microcredential for Physics Majors

Cultura Científica y Tecnológica
This article describes the benefits of using microcertifications to complement undergraduate physics courses. A microcertification program developed for the physics undergraduate program at University of Texas at El Paso is described, including modules created by the Data Science Community of Practice (DSCOP) group, part of the American Physical ...
Jorge A. López, Jorge A. Muñoz
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Zertifikate und Microcredentials in der wissenschaftlichen Weiterbildung

Zeitschrift Hochschule und Weiterbildung
Formate der wissenschaftlichen Weiterbildung mit Zertifikat haben durch die in den letzten Jahren im Hochschulraum intensiv diskutierten Microcredentials einen starken Entwicklungsimpuls erhalten.
Kerstin Altherr, Ulrich Wacker
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