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Beyond Counting Sheep: The (re)Spinning of the Micro-credential
The document discusses the rise of micro-credentials within the neoliberal education framework, emphasizing their relevance to lifelong learning and employability. It highlights key questions such as the reasons for adopting micro-credentials, their development process, and existing knowledge gaps in the field. Additionally, the author calls for more research into the relationship between micro-credentials and labor market outcomes.
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- 19. @mbrownz 1. Why micro-credentials? Photoby Sam Carter on Unsplash
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- 29. Lifelong Learning § § Employability 65% 48% (Brown etal., 2021) Why?
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- 32. 32 “Microcredentialing is an outgrowthof 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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- 35. Why? There are manythreads to the micro-credential movement Photo by Mel Poole on Unsplash
- 36. @mbrownz 2. How doyou develop them? Photo by Sam Carter on Unsplash
- 37. How? “Just as watercan’t mix with oil, don’t expect new micro-credentials to easily mesh with trusted macro-credentials from traditional institutions without getting your hands dirty!” (Mark Brown, 2022) Photo by Fulvio Ciccolo on Unsplash
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- 39. Photo by MyriamJessier on Unsplash Sole Institution (Brown et al., 2021) How?
- 40. Discounts for students from developing countries Bursaries forstudents from developing countries How?
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- 52. @mbrownz 3. Where arethe knowledge gaps? Photo by Sam Carter on Unsplash
- 53. • Calculating thetrue costs • Addressing the demand-side • Understanding the real benefits Looking for lost sheep… Photo by Christian Bass on Unsplash Where?
- 54. Costs… Where? Photo bySasun Bughdaryan on Unsplash
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- 58. OECD (2017) Educationat a Glance Ireland Australia Where?
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- 60. Studying “...the relationshipbetween MOOCs and labour market outcomes is an almost uncharted research area” (p.2). Where?
- 61. Where? Nothing to count! Photoby Delfino Barboza on Unsplash
- 62. @mbrownz Final remarks… Photo bySam Carter on Unsplash
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