Setting the Scene: Introduction to Micro-credentials
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The document introduces micro-credentials, which are short learning experiences that certify specific learning outcomes assessed against clear standards. It discusses the growing interest in micro-credentials driven by the need for lifelong learning and employability, reflecting changes in the education market. Implementation strategies involve collaboration among educational institutions and employers, emphasizing that micro-credentials should support overarching educational goals.
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Setting the Scene: Introduction to Micro-credentials
- 1. Setting the Stage: Introduction to Micro-credentials 7th November 2021 Professor Mark Brown Dublin City University Photo by Kyle Glenn on Unsplash
- 2. @mbrownz
- 3. • What is a micro-credential? • Why the interest in micro-credentials? • How do you implement micro-credentials? Questions… Photo by Kyle Glenn on Unsplash
- 6. 1. What is a micro-credential? Photo by Kyle Glenn on Unsplash
- 7. Credit Bearing Non Credit Bearing Bundled Unbundled Credential Ecology Macro-credentials Formal Accredited Degrees (Brown et al., 2020) What?
- 8. Credit Bearing Non Credit Bearing Bundled Unbundled Credential Ecology Macro-credentials Formal Accredited Degrees Micro-credentials Formal & Semi Formal Accredited & Stackable Nano-credentials Informal & Non-Formal Digital Badges & Certificates Non-status Awards Semi-Formal Courses Non-Accredited (Brown et al., 2020) What?
- 9. TWIG, 2021 500,000 Canadians annually seek to complete St. John’s certificates Since 1833 What?
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- 11. Report launch in March 2021… What?
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- 13. “A micro-credential is a proof of learning outcomes that a learner has acquired after a short learning experience. These learning outcomes have been assessed against transparent standards” What?
- 14. Our team undertook a major literature review on contract to European Commission What?
- 15. State of the Art Literature Review on Micro-credentials What?
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- 17. 2. Why the interest in micro-credentials? Photo by Kyle Glenn on Unsplash
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- 23. 23 “Microcredentialing is an outgrowth of the neoliberal learning economy. In this economy, education resembles a commodity, a product, or service marketed and sold like any other commodity” (p. 2). Why?
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- 26. September 2021 - $5.6m Why?
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- 30. Photo by Matthew Henry on Unsplash Sheepskin Effect Why?
- 31. 31 11.1% Why?
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- 33. Note. Data from adults between ages 25 and 64. From Adult education level [Indicator], by OECD, 2021a (https://doi.org/10.1787/36bce3fe-en). In the public domain. Education Attainment in Costa Rica Why?
- 34. Equity SDGS Why?
- 35. 3. How do you implement micro-credentials? Photo by Kyle Glenn on Unsplash
- 38. How?
- 39. How? €7m
- 40. 2021 Report launch in January 2021… How?
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- 43. What word best encapsulates your view? How?
- 44. Final remark… Photo by Kyle Glenn on Unsplash
- 45. “Micro-credentials should be in the service of big ideas, not as a big idea in itself”
- 46. Go raibh maith agaibh! Thank you