On 24/3/22 15:59, Stephen Loosley wrote:
Microcredentials standardised at last By David Braue on Mar 24 2022 01:53 PM https://ia.acs.org.au/content/ia/article/2022/microcredentials-standardised-at-last.html
Should be *centi* or *deci* credentials, as they are one tenth to one hundredth of a degree, not *micro* (millionth).
... enable potential students to compare short courses ...
Microcredentials are usually much longer than short courses, and have formal assessment, which short courses often do not have. The assessment is a bit under half the cost of running a course.
... ‘stack’ them to build complete qualifications ...
Yes, an lets take a whole lot of single story buildings, and stack them to make a skyscraper. What could possibly go wrong? ;-)
... whose clarity will make them more helpful for potential employers. ...
All those courses designed by different people, at different times, for different purposes, when stuck together will make a cohesive learning experience?
... more than one hour and less than a formal Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualification. ...
That is a very wide span. The smallest useful microcredenital will be more like a week of study, than an hour.
The smallest AQF qualification is a certificate (I to IV & Graduate), which requires 600 hours of learning. https://www.asqa.gov.au/standards-vac/10.5
non-credit-bearing microcredentials ...
A "non-credit-bearing" credential? More on microcredentials: https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/search/label/microcredential -- Tom Worthington _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
