Microcredentials and Skills Badging

Listen to this episode from Change-Makers in Higher Ed on Spotify. How Can We Accelerate Micro-Credentialing? Is one of the most important questions educators, and those working in higher education, can ask if they are interested in innovating teaching and learning. Campuses across the country are adding micro-credentials to their course lists, setting students up for career success once they graduate. The workforce has been quick to implement microcredentials too, as corporations partner with institutions to create alternative credentials. Also, corporations themselves are offering MCs to help students matriculate directly into their companies. Are you curious about Microcredentials?  Tune into this episode to hear from two change-makers, Jessica Dupont, Executive Director of Market Development and the Student Experience at Oregon State University and Sean Gallagher, Founder and Executive Director of Northeastern University’s Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy and Executive Professor of Educational Policy at Northeastern University to learn how microCredentials have impacted their campuses and others nationwide.

Overview and Introduction Today, we conclude the WCET blog series on microcredentials which set out to address the inception, implementation, and evaluation of microcredentialing approaches across the higher education industry. We learned that there is a wide range of reasons […]

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The WCET Steering Committee work group focused on Credentials is kicking of a blog series sharing good practices and lessons learned with microcredential initiatives. The blogs will explore various topics related to microcredential adoption, implementation, and evaluation. The blogs feature […]