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Micro-credentials: Towards qualification recognition, mobility and stackability
Micro-credentials refer to a form of certification that is evidence of achievement of specific knowledge, skills or competencies after someone has gone through a structured learning experience. Furthermore, micro-credentials have the potential to support the mobility of qualifications across countries and allow for the stacking of many short-term training opportunities to acquire qualifications that are recognised for employment. This is especially relevant in an increasingly competitive, globalised, and technology-oriented work environment that requires employees to be lifelong learners.
In the Commonwealth, using micro-credentials is at a nascent stage. Hence, the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) recently started a Commonwealth-wide project: Developing a Commonwealth Credit Transfer Framework: Micro-credentials in a Digital Age. A consultative process has already started that will inform the framework, involving research and several regional consultation meetings.
In this context, Dr Jako Olivier, Adviser: Higher Education COL, recently interviewed Professor Rebecca Ferguson, an expert on micro-credentials, to discuss a recent publication written by her and co-author COL Chair Denise Whitelock entitled Microcredentials for Excellence: A Practical Guide.
The interview provides an overview of the concept of micro-credentials and the nature and relevance of a pedagogy of micro-credentials. Furthermore, the ways in which learning opportunities could be expanded, and employment-related training could be strengthened using micro-credentials were also covered. COL’s project around the Commonwealth Credit Transfer Framework for Micro-credentials was also discussed.
Watch the full interview (20:36) here: youtu.be/IclAjrVyuBQ
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