Invited keynote presentation at EdMedia + Innovate, Vienna, 14th July 2023

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Mark Brown
14th July 2023

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Outline…

7. “It is theory that
decides what we can
observe [see]…”
Albert Einstein
(cited in Stachel, 2002, p. 238)

8. https://portlandpress.com/pages/volume_88_from_books_to_mooc_emerging_models_of_learning_and_teaching_in_higher_education?
2016

11. Education
in
Change
Education
for
Change
Navigating Through Entangled Narratives
COMPETING
DIGITAL
FUTURES

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How successful have we been at cultivating
transformative mindsets amongst our educators?

13. https://olc.worldbank.org/about-olc/education-meets-the-metaverse-reimagining-the-future-of-learning

14. https://olc.worldbank.org/about-olc/education-meets-the-metaverse-reimagining-the-future-of-learning
1993
Teachers College Record

15. 2021

17. Project
Plato 1960s

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More things change, the more they stay the same!

19. History Repeats!

20. We need to
challenge the old
pump, pump, DUMP
model of technology-enhanced
teaching, learning and assessment

22. https://theboar.org/2023/01/australian-universities-to-return-to-pen-and-paper-exams-after-student-ai-use/

23. High Road Transfer
Low Road Transfer
Academic
World
Authentic
World
Learning
Transfer
Transfer to
Highly Similar
Academic Tasks
Transfer to
Highly Similar
Authentic Tasks
(Brown, 2021)
Transfer to
Highly Dissimilar
Academic Tasks
Transfer to
Highly Dissimilar
Authentic Tasks

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How fit-for-purpose are our traditional credentials
in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence?

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Loss of the
Sheepskin Effect

34. “Microcredentialing is an outgrowth of
the neoliberal learning economy. In
this economy, education resembles a
commodity, a product, or service
marketed and sold like any other
commodity” (p. 2).
Learning
Wallet

36. (Brown et al., 2021)
The positioning of micro-credentials in the literature…
(Brown et al., 2021)

37. • complement existing qualifications
• while not replacing traditional qualifications
• while not undermining the core principle of full degree
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.C_.2022.243.01.0010.01.ENG

38. 30/05/2023
https://microcreds.ie/
Formally launched
this week

40. https://jime.open.ac.uk/articles/10.5334/jime.801
2023

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How successful have we been at developing critical
thinkers, critical consumers and critical citizens?

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46. Chewing
gum has a
dirty little
secret…
A sticky problem!

48. https://ospreydc.com
Stains 85% of our streets

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52. Beyond
participation
in
society
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC128415

53. 1969

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14th July 2023