Presentation and Workshop on Micro-credentials for the ProcToGo project, Italy, 14th June 2021.

1. ProToGo Workshop on
Micro-credentials
Hosted by
Dublin City University
14th June 2021

2. Professor Mark Brown
Dublin City University
14th June 2021
Workshop Outline…
14:05 Micro-credentials: What, Why and How?
- Prof. Mark Brown
14:30 Designing for Micro-credentials
- Prof. Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichil & Conchúr Mac Lochlainn
15:00 Break
15:10 Key Insights and Questions from Industry
- Dr. Elaine Beirne
15:30 Wrap up

3. Micro-credentials:
What, Why and How?
Professor Mark Brown
Dublin City University
14th June 2021
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• What is a micro-credential?
• Why such an increasing focus on them?
• How is Europe responding to micro-credentials?
Framing Questions…

7. I have heard of
the term micro-
credential.
I am knowledgeable
about micro-
credentials.
Micro-credentials are
a field I am
interested in learning
more about.
Micro-credentials are
something I
encounter frequently
at present as part of
my work.
Your response….

8. Micro-credentials
are something that I
expect to encounter
more frequently in
the future as part of
my work.
Micro-credentials are
something my
institution has already
implemented.
Micro-credentials
are something
those at my
institution are
interested in
implementing.
I expect that my
institution will
adopt micro-
credentials in
the next five
years.
Your response….

12. 1. What is a micro-credential?
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13. What?

14. What?

15. What?

16. What?

17. “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?

18. Beyond “Warm Body” Badges
What?

19. Credit Bearing
Non Credit Bearing
Bundled Unbundled
Credential
Ecology
Macro-credentials
Formal Accredited
Degrees
What?
(Brown et al., 2020)

20. 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
What?
(Brown et al., 2020)

21. y Axis
Vertical
Career focused
Life-Long Learning
Formal & Semi-formal
Stackable
Credit-bearing
What?

22. x axis
Horizontal
Interest focused
Life-wide Learning
Informal & Non-formal
What?
Non Stackable
Non Credit-bearing

23. Diagonal
Career Focus
Non-formal & Informal
What?

24. 2. Why such a focus on them?
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25. 25
Why?
11.1%

26. 26
Pre
COVID
Why?

27. (AACU, 2015)
Why?

28. Why?

29. Why?

30. Why?

31. Why?

32. 32
Why?

33. Why?
(Duklas, 2020)
Access

34. Why?

35. 35
“The so-called ‘microcredentialing
craze’ could be no more than a
fad, marketing hype, or another
case of ‘learning innovation
theater.’
New Learning Economy
Why?

36. 3. How is Europe responding to
micro-credentials?
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37. How?
(Presant, 2020)

38. 1,200+ 30/11/2020
How?

39. How?

40. How?

41. How?
2021
22
EU Countries

42. How?
2021
only 2

43. How?
2021
Labour
Market

44. How?

45. 2021
Report launch in January 2021…
How?

46. How?

47. How?

48. How?

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Final remarks…

50. “Micro-credentials
should be in the service of
big ideas,
not as a big idea
in itself”

52. 52
https://www.dcu.ie/nidl
https://www.dcu.ie/nidl

53. Go raibh maith
agaibh!
Thank you