Building a High-Quality Microcredential Program
  • Type Learning
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Weeks
  • Cost Paid
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Building a High-Quality Microcredential Program

Issued by EDUCAUSE

Earners are able to define high-quality, academically rigorous microcredentials; understand the niche for higher education within a competitive national environment; develop microcredential policies and practices; recognize creative design options to fit institutional mission; support student persistence; attract new students; provide for strong learning pathways; respond to business and industry needs; and develop, assess, and scale the microcredential program.

  • Type Learning
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Weeks
  • Cost Paid
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Skills

  • Credentials
  • Microcredential Design
  • Microcredential Policy
  • Policy Development
  • Program Development
  • Short-Term Credentials

Earning Criteria

  • Participants can earn a Learning Lab badge by applying microcredential planning skills to develop a microcredential roadmap for an institution, addressing one or more of the following tasks: defining the institutional approach to microcredentialing, planning for a single microcredential, and/or planning to scale an institution’s microcredential array.