Why the focus on Micro-credentials?

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Mark Brown

Presentation as part of DCU staff primer.

Education

Why the Focus on Micro-credentials?
The Bigger Picture
29th November 2021
Professor Mark Brown
Dublin City University
Photo by Kyle Glenn on Unsplash

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)

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“The so-called ‘microcredentialing
craze’ could be no more than a
fad, marketing hype, or another
case of ‘learning innovation
theater.’
New Learning Economy

We completed a major literature review
on contract to European Commission

Lifelong Learning
§
§
Employability
65%
48%

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Why the focus on Micro-credentials?

1. Why the Focus on Micro-credentials? The Bigger Picture 29th November 2021 Professor Mark Brown Dublin City University Photo by Kyle Glenn on Unsplash

2. 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)

3. 3 “The so-called ‘microcredentialing craze’ could be no more than a fad, marketing hype, or another case of ‘learning innovation theater.’ New Learning Economy

5. We completed a major literature review on contract to European Commission

6. Lifelong Learning § § Employability 65% 48%

9. OECD, 2021 Increasing Supply

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13. September 2021 - $5.6m

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