The Next Big Thing: Is this the Year of the Micro-credential?
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Invited keynote presentation at the 5th International Conference on Open and Distance Education, Eskişehir, Turkey, 28th September, 2022.
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- 1. The Next Big Thing: Is this the Year of the Micro-credential? 27 September 2022 Professor Mark Brown Dublin City University @mbrownz Photo by Zayn Shah on Unsplash
- 2. Photo by Lucas Kapla on Unsplash
- 4. Growth of micro-credentials evidenced by Google search traffic Is this the Year of the Micro-credential? ?
- 5. Growth of micro-credentials evidenced by Google search traffic Is this the Year of the Micro-credential?
- 6. Photo by visuals on Unsplash https://www.menti.com The voting code 3246 9037 Is 2022, The Year of the Micro-credential?
- 7. https://www.menti.com The voting code 3246 9037
- 8. 1. Why micro-credentials? 2. What is a micro-credential? 3. Where are the important gaps? Outline… @mbrownz Photo by Zayn Shah on Unsplash https://www.menti.com The voting code 3246 9037
- 9. https://www.dcu.ie/nidl Largest repository of micro-credential literature https://www.menti.com The voting code 3246 9037
- 10. State of the Art Literature Review on Micro-credentials (Brown et al., 2021)
- 11. Photo by Almos Bechtold on Unsplash @mbrownz Photo by Zayn Shah on Unsplash 1. Why micro-credentials?
- 12. Why?
- 13. Why?
- 14. Why?
- 15. Why?
- 16. Why?
- 17. Why?
- 18. Photo by Matthew Henry on Unsplash Sheepskin Effect Why?
- 21. 21 Why?
- 22. Lifelong Learning § § Employability 65% 48% (Brown et al., 2021) Why?
- 23. Equity SDGS (Brown et al., 2021) Why? Neo-Liberal
- 24. Why?
- 25. 25 “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). Why?
- 26. Why?
- 27. Why?
- 28. @mbrownz Photo by Zayn Shah on Unsplash 2. What is a micro-credential? https://www.menti.com The voting code 3246 9037
- 29. Photo by David Marcu on Unsplash Older Newer What?
- 30. TWIG, 2021 500,000 Canadians annually seek to complete St. John’s certificates Since 1833 What?
- 31. Credit Bearing Non-Credit Bearing Bundled Unbundled Credential Ecology Macro-credentials Formal Accredited Degrees Micro-credentials Formal & Semi Formal Accredited & Stackable Nano-credentials Informal & Non-Formal Digital Badges & Certificates Non-status Awards Semi-Formal Courses Non-Accredited (Brown et al., 2020) What?
- 32. What? (Presant , 2022)
- 33. What?
- 34. “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?
- 37. (Brown et al., 2021) What?
- 38. What word best encapsulates your view? What?
- 39. Photo by Almos Bechtold on Unsplash @mbrownz Photo by Zayn Shah on Unsplash 3. Where are the important gaps? https://www.menti.com The voting code 3246 9037
- 40. Looking for lost sheep… Photo by Christian Bass on Unsplash Gaps? Photo by Ben Stein on Unsplash • Calculating the true costs • Addressing the demand-side • Understanding the real benefits • Industry • Business models • Quality assurance • Credential platforms • National frameworks https://www.menti.com The voting code 5972 7177
- 41. Photo by Sasun Bughdaryan on Unsplash Gaps? Costs Direct Indirect
- 44. (Hollands & Kazi, 2019) § Benefits… Gaps?
- 45. Gaps? Micro-credentials do help but the benefits from amassing multiple credentials diminished rapidly. After about eleven credentials, additional ones no longer made any difference at all. http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/03/01/jhr.0519-10226R3.abstract
- 48. Photo by Almos Bechtold on Unsplash @mbrownz Photo by Zayn Shah on Unsplash Final comment…
- 49. @mbrownz Photo by Zayn Shah on Unsplash Micro-credentials should be in the service of big ideas, not as a big idea in itself!
- 50. https://www.menti.com The voting code 3246 9037 Poll Results
- 51. Go raibh maith agaibh! Thank you @mbrownz mark.brown@dcu.ie