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CHALLENGING
CONVENTIONAL
THINKING
Micro-credentials in Europe:
A Brief Overview
28th April 2021
Professor Mark Brown
11.1%
“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”
Credit Bearing
Non Credit Bearing
Bundled Unbundled
Macro-credentials
Formal Accredited
Degrees
New
Credential
Ecology
Recognition
of Learning
Credit Bearing
Non Credit Bearing
Bundled Unbundled
Recognition
of Learning
Macro-credentials
Formal Accredited
Degrees
Micro-credentials
Formal & Semi Formal Courses
Accredited & Stackable
Non-status Awards
Semi-Formal Courses
Non-Accredited Certificates
Nano-credentials
Informal & Non-Formal
Digital Badges & Certificates
New
Credential
Ecology
Report launch in January 2021…
“We have to be flexible and modify our approach along
the way to ensure wide-scale adaptation of micro-
credentials. ECIU University will stretch, test and evaluate
the system.
“We have to be flexible and modify our approach along
the way to ensure wide-scale adaptation of micro-
credentials. ECIU University will stretch, test and evaluate
the system. We are also life-long learners. Therefore, this
paper is not the final destination. You will hear from us
again… because the short- and long term developments of
micro-credentials cannot be fully predicted and there is still
much to learn” (ECIU, 2021, p. 1).
PPMI
1,200+ 30/11/2020
Three takeaways…
• All roads appear to be leading to micro-
credentials
• Micro-credentials still lack a commonly
agreed and living European definition
• ECIU is still a leader in micro-credential
development, but we need to more clearly
articulate what makes us distinctive
• Are micro-credentials here to stay?
• What will micro-credentials look like in Europe
by 2025?
• How is your university responding to the micro-
credentialing movement?
Three questions…
https://www.dcu.ie/nidl
Go raibh maith
agaibh!
Thank you

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Micro-credentials in Europe: A Brief Overview

  • 1. CHALLENGING CONVENTIONAL THINKING Micro-credentials in Europe: A Brief Overview 28th April 2021 Professor Mark Brown
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  • 7. “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”
  • 8. Credit Bearing Non Credit Bearing Bundled Unbundled Macro-credentials Formal Accredited Degrees New Credential Ecology Recognition of Learning
  • 9. Credit Bearing Non Credit Bearing Bundled Unbundled Recognition of Learning Macro-credentials Formal Accredited Degrees Micro-credentials Formal & Semi Formal Courses Accredited & Stackable Non-status Awards Semi-Formal Courses Non-Accredited Certificates Nano-credentials Informal & Non-Formal Digital Badges & Certificates New Credential Ecology
  • 10. Report launch in January 2021…
  • 11. “We have to be flexible and modify our approach along the way to ensure wide-scale adaptation of micro- credentials. ECIU University will stretch, test and evaluate the system.
  • 12. “We have to be flexible and modify our approach along the way to ensure wide-scale adaptation of micro- credentials. ECIU University will stretch, test and evaluate the system. We are also life-long learners. Therefore, this paper is not the final destination. You will hear from us again… because the short- and long term developments of micro-credentials cannot be fully predicted and there is still much to learn” (ECIU, 2021, p. 1).
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  • 26. Three takeaways… • All roads appear to be leading to micro- credentials • Micro-credentials still lack a commonly agreed and living European definition • ECIU is still a leader in micro-credential development, but we need to more clearly articulate what makes us distinctive
  • 27. • Are micro-credentials here to stay? • What will micro-credentials look like in Europe by 2025? • How is your university responding to the micro- credentialing movement? Three questions…