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ERIC Number: EJ1294416
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 3
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1838-3815
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The Move to Micro-Credentials Exposes the Deficiencies of Existing Credentials
Boud, David; Jorre de St Jorre, Trina
Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, v12 n1 p18-20 2021
The rush to short courses and use of micro-credentials prompted by responses to the pandemic has greatly accelerated a trend already underway. However, few studies have examined the impact of short courses or micro-credentials on skills or employment outcomes, and this hasty move draws attention to major problems in the ways in which higher education credentials - macro and micro - are designed and assessed. Micro-credentials cannot be simply added into the mix. If assessment of current course units does not enable a determination that learning outcomes have been met, how will anyone know if the mixture of micro-credentials and normal course units adds up to meeting the requirement for a qualification when the learning outcomes of all parts cannot be assured? If existing course units do not assure learning outcomes then they cannot become micro-credentials because they do not meet the minimum requirements of adequacy. The increasingly common repackaging of existing units into micro-credentials must be regarded with suspicion. This article provides four suggestions on what can be done about problems posed by the use of micro-credentials.
Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability. Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3125. Web site: https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/jtlge/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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