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The Duality of Micro-credentials: A Pushmi-Pullyu Perspective
This document discusses the duality of micro-credentials within the context of education, particularly their role in upskilling and reskilling workers for future job demands. It emphasizes the shift towards a neoliberal learning economy where education is commodified and highlights the need for diverse perspectives on micro-credentials as they evolve. The document also reflects on the implications of this trend for higher education institutions and the broader workforce.
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- 1. The Duality ofMicro-credentials: A Pushmi-Pullyu Perspective Professor Mark Brown Institute of Education Dublin City University 04h October 2023
- 2. The Duality of Micro-credentials: APushmi-Pullyu Perspective 04h October 2023
- 3. Universities have allthe following characteristics: (i) they are primarily concerned with more advanced learning, the principal aim being to develop intellectual independence: (ii) their research and teaching are closely interdependent and most of their teaching is done by people who are active in advancing knowledge: (iii) they meet international standards of research and teaching: (iv) they are a repository of knowledge and expertise: (v) they accept a role as critic and conscience of society.
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- 12. “Embrace the unknownand the answers will be provided”
- 13. “It is theorythat decides what can be observed” [seen]. Albert Einstein (cited in Stachel, 2002, p. 238)
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- 20. “Microcredentials can help Australiansupskill and reskill to prepare for the jobs of the future.” https://ministers.education.gov.au/clare/new-microcredential-courses-support-demand-jobs Hon. Jason Clare, Minister for Education
- 21. “Microcredentials can help Australiansupskill and reskill to prepare for the jobs of the future.” “Our government recognizes the need for opportunities to up- skill and re-skill, and these micro-credentials will assist workers who want to transition to in-demand jobs. I’m proud of our post-secondary institutions for stepping up to the challenge and delivering these courses to help meet the needs of a rapidly changing workforce.” https://ministers.education.gov.au/clare/new-microcredential-courses-support-demand-jobs Hon. Jason Clare, Minister for Education https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021AEST0060-001869 Anne Kang, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Training, BC
- 23. Photo by BozhinKaraivanov on Unsplash https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01596306.2020.1814996 “Institutions have become reconfigured as producers of economic value and human capital leading to a global commodification of credentials in an increasingly globally competitive marketplace” (p. 2). 2020
- 24. “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). 2021
- 25. “Institutes of higher educationcontemplate the ‘unbundling’ of their offerings in order to sell only those component parts that the market desires” (p. 3). 2022
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- 38. Those whose skillsor attributes are valued most by the market will reap the greatest rewards... The skills fetish is a reified social relation that is premised on an impoverished conception of human beings, human motivation and human agency (p. 13-14). 2022
- 39. So what? • Needsa multi-focal lens • Not a single monolith entity • Lubricant for the learning economy
- 40. So what? • Needsa multi-focal lens • Not a single monolith entity • Lubricant for the learning economy “The same ‘discourse of persuasion’ is borrowed by different interest groups and stakeholders to legitimize their own hegemonic agenda”
- 41. So what? Caveat actor- Let the doer beware • Needs a multi-focal lens • Not a single monolith entity • Lubricant for the learning economy
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- 43. Photo by MorganNewnham on Unsplash “Quit complaining you oversized flamingo!” “We have no choice but to embark on this perilous journey”
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- 45. SPECIAL ISSUE Micro-credentials –The Next Generation in Open, Flexible and Distance Education Prof Mark Brown, Dr Mitchell Peters & Dr Elaine Beirne Abstracts Due 15th December 2023 2022
- 46. Thank you Professor MarkBrown Director, National Institute for Digital Learning Dublin City University Ireland mark.brown@dcu.ie LinkedIn: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/mark-brown-dcu No X (Twitter) Account by Choice