CHALLENGING
CONVENTIONAL
THINKING
Professor Mark Brown
Director, National Institute for Digital Learning
Dublin City University
28/01/2021
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2021
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9th April 2020
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“Micro-credentials
should be in the service of
big ideas,
not as a big idea
in itself”
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By Wioletta Płonkowska on Unsplash
What are the drivers?
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(AACU, 2015)
2019
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1,200+ 30/11/2020
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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
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Open for registrations…
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https://www.dcu.ie/nidl
Go raibh maith
agaibh!
Thank you

Paving the road for the micro-credentials movement