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Autor/inn/en | Boud, David; Jorre de St Jorre, Trina |
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Titel | The Move to Micro-Credentials Exposes the Deficiencies of Existing Credentials |
Quelle | In: Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 12 (2021) 1, S.18-20 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Boud, David) ORCID (Jorre de St Jorre, Trina) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1838-3815 |
Schlagwörter | Credentials; Minicourses; Higher Education; Outcomes of Education; Employment Potential; Foreign Countries; Academic Standards; Quality Assurance; Educational Quality; Australia |
Abstract | 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. (ERIC). |
Anmerkungen | 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/ |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2024/1/01 |