Micro-credentials are one of the hot rising ideas in the education space. To understand the basics, go look at your child's Xbox or PlayStation. For most of the major games, there is an accompanying ...
Smaller than a minor, certificate or degree program, micro-credentials allow you to meet your personalized learning needs by gaining knowledge and skills in areas that are relevant to your academic or ...
Micro-credentials provide an opportunity to expand skills to be responsive to a changing workplace. According to past recipients of University at Buffalo Clinical and Translational Science Institute ...
From left to right: Connie Yowell (MacArthur Foundation), LaVerne Srinivasan (Carnegie Corporation), Brent Madden (Relay Graduate School of Education), and Jennifer Kabaker (Digital Promise) share ...
In an age when both job specialization and constraints on our time have ramped up considerably, full-fledged degree programs don’t always fit the bill. For many looking to gain a career edge, it’s ...
Digital Promise has launched its own micro-credential platform. The service enables educators to choose a micro-credential, compile the evidence and submit it. From there, an "assessor" will evaluate ...
SANDY, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Micro-credentials and their digital representation, badges, provide a powerful way to identify, recognize, and verify an educator’s skills and competencies. Yet, tracking ...
We’ve seen the disruptive power of “micro” in the fields of finance (micro-loans and micro-savings), insurance (micro-insurance), work (micro-jobs), housing (micro-homes), and entrepreneurship ...
This article is part of the collection: What Personalized Learning Looks Like Across the Country: The 2017 Fifty States Project. For kindergarteners in Pennsylvania's Elizabeth Forward School District ...
A micro-credential is a small program that allows you to gain relevant skills that are needed in today's workforce. Micro-credentials are smaller than a degree or certificate and can be earned in as ...
The integration of digital badges and micro-credentials in higher education is transforming traditional academic credentialing by offering modular, accessible, and competency-based alternatives to ...