2021_09_17 «Towards a European Skills & Qualifications Space: the role of Courses & Credentials». Anthony Camilleri

1. Towards a European Skills & Qualifications Space:
the role of Courses & Credentials
Anthony F. Camilleri – Senior Partner,
Knowledge Innovation Centre

2. Skills
Intelligence
Market
Fragmentation
Removing
barriers to
recognition
Why does the EC need a Skills
and Qualifications Data Space?

3. User
Ownership
Multilingual by
Default
Accreditation
&
Transparency
Tools
Why does the EC need a Digital Credential Initiative?
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4. europass.eu
European Commission 4
Europass Digital Credential – Central To EU's Skills Agenda
European Education Area
Skills &
Qualifications
Space
European Data Strategy
Europass Decision
European Skills Agenda

5. “
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The Europass Learning Model is the
connective tissue for skills and
qualifications data in Europe

6. Models allow software
to understand data

7. The Model is actually
a Suite of Services
• Directories of concepts in RDF
• Application Profiles for MS to code data
• Data Validation and Verification Services
• Directories of Learning Opportunities,
Qualifications and Accreditations
• Authority Tables to standardise concepts

8. Design Brief
for an
Effective
Learning
Standard

9. Addresses all Levels of
Education

10. Aligned with European
Recognition Instruments

11. Captures
Formal,
Non-Formal
& Informal

12. Applicable to the
whole course lifecycle

13. Interoperable

14. Free & Open Source

15. No Existing
Standard
fully reflects
lifelong
learning

16. A new Meta-Model for
Interoperability
Extend the scope, purpose and use
Qualifications Metadata Schema
(legislative basis)

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Definitions and Standards in EQF Recommendation,
Diploma Supplement, Europass Recommendation etc
supplemented by glossaries for additional terms
European Information Model
National, Regional or Sectoral extensions of the data
model & application profiles to deal with specific use
cases
Extensions
A Linked Open Data publication of concepts to be used
in educational and employment use cases throughout
Europe.
European Data Model
Specific sets of rules for publishing learning
opportuinities, qualifications, accreditations and
credentials in Europass
Application Profiles
Europass Learning Model

18. OPPORTUNITIES
Describe an offer by an
organization to direct an activity
which leads to a learning outcome
(proven by an assessment)
Examples include:
courses, apprenticeships,
voluntary experiences, etc.
SPECIFICATIONS
specify what can be learned, what can be
done and how it can be assessed.
Examples include:
occupational profiles, competence
frameworks, curricula, skill classifications
CREDENTIALS
Describe a claim about an individual
such as which activities they have done, and
their achievements proven by assessments.
Examples include: attendance certificate,
degree, diploma supplement, letter of
recommendation
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A Basic Ontology
of a Lifecycle Concepts

19. Implementation of these Concepts
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• ESCO Skill Taxonomy
• Europass Database of Qualifications
Specifications
• Europass Database of Learning
Opportunities
Opportunities
• Europass Digital Credentials
Credentials

20. Specifications
are interrelated and build on each other…
Lesson Plan
Course Curriculum
Occupational Standard
provide
vocabulary
provide
scaffold
implemented by
implemented by

21. (Learning)
Achievement
(Learning)
Activities
lead to
Assessment
(of learning)
prove
A Basic Ontology
of a Learning Process

22. (Learning)
Achievement
(Learning)
Activities
lead to
Assessment
(of learning)
prove
A Basic Ontology
of a Learning Process
(Learning)
Outcomes
(Learning)
Entitlements
knowledge | skills
autonomy & responsibility

23. Learning Opportunities
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Learning
Specification
Learning
Opportunity
Add information about offer
at a space and time, by a
specific organisation
Qualification
Special type of (achievement)
learning specification

24. Credentials
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Learning
Opportunity
Credential
Add info about (a)
individual’s specific
performance on the
learning opportunity
and (b) their grades
Qualification Award
Special type of credential

25. A Focus on Credentials

26. Design Considerations

27. Europass Claims
are
Verifiable
Credentials

28. Components of a Framework
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29. A Europass credential
DE Qualification as
a Painter
150 hours of
coursework
100 hours of
apprenticeship
Final Examination
Grade B
Recognition of
qualification in FI
A Europass credential contains information about
Metadata
(data about the
credential)
Subject
(claims about
person)
eSeal
Issuer
describes claims relates to
Activities Achievement
Assessment
Attestation
Learning
Outcomes
Entitlements
LO of skill of
painting
Entitlement to
work as a painter

30. Issue any Type of Credentials
• Degrees and Diploma Supplements
• Certificates of Attendance
• Memberships of Professional Associations
• Transcripts of Records
• School Leaving Certificates
• Mobility / Apprenticeship Records
• Validation of Non-Formal / Informal Learning

31. An end to end credentialling
Infrastructure
1. Europass learning
model
2. Interoperability
standards
Standards
1. eIdas & Europass code
libraries
2. ‚docker‘ images
3. Qualifications Dataset
Register
4. Playground
5. API libraries
6. Helpdesk
Software & support
1. Issuer
2. Wallet
3. Viewer
4. Accreditation DB
5. Course & Qualification
Search
6. Open Data Services
Services

32. Europass Learning Model

33. Issuer

34. europass.eu
European Commission 34
The EDCI Issuer allows anyone with
a digital seal to issue credentials to
students online.

35. Wallet

37. Course
Discovery

38. Search
Courses

39. Open Data
Services

40. Code
Libraries

41. Docker
Images

42. QDR

43. API
Reference

44. Developer and Issuer Playground

45. HelpDesk

46. Future Developments

47. Native Verifiable Credentials
Verifiable
Credentials
Standard
JSON
Serialisation
of Europass
Learning
Model
JADES
Signature
Standard
Europass as
Native VC

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Not controlled by
any one party

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50. Thank You
europass.eu