Micro-credential Magic Fairy-dust or Star-dust?

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Mark Brown

Invited presentation [Online] at Munster Technological University, 3rd March 2021.

Education

Micro-credential Magic
Fairy-dust or Star-dust?
Professor Mark Brown
Dublin City University
3 March 2021
Photo by Almos Bechtold on Unsplash

https://dteach.deakin.edu.au/2019/08/02/microcredentials/

• What is a micro-credential?
• Why such an increasing focus on them?
• How are they being used around the globe?
Framing Questions…

https://www.futurelearn.com/info/thefutureoflearning

“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?

Credit Bearing
Non Credit Bearing
Bundled Unbundled
Credential
Ecology
Macro-credentials
Formal Accredited
Degrees
What?

Credit Bearing
Non Credit Bearing
Bundled Unbundled
Credential
Ecology
Macro-credentials
Formal Accredited
Degrees
Micro-credentials
Formal & Semi Formal
Accredited & Stackable
Badges & Awards
Informal & Non-Formal
Non-Accredited
Short Courses
Non-Formal & Semi-Formal
Non-Stackable
What?

y Axis
Vertical
Life-Long Learning
Formal & Semi-formal
Stackable
Credit-bearing
What?

x axis
Horizontal
Life-wide Learning
Informal & Non-formal
What?

Diagonal
Professional
Non-formal & Informal
What?

“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom”
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
What?

40
“The so-called ‘microcredentialing
craze’ could be no more than a
fad, marketing hype, or another
case of ‘learning innovation
theater.’
New Learning Economy
Why?

Francis Bacon
Why?
“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom”
Francis Bacon

3. How are they being used around
the globe?

“Micro-credentials
should be in the service of
big ideas,
not as a big idea
in itself”

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Micro-credential Magic Fairy-dust or Star-dust?

1. Micro-credential Magic Fairy-dust or Star-dust? Professor Mark Brown Dublin City University 3 March 2021 Photo by Almos Bechtold on Unsplash

2. @mbrownz

4. https://dteach.deakin.edu.au/2019/08/02/microcredentials/

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