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Casadesus, Marti; Huertas, Esther; Edo, Carme – Industry and Higher Education, 2023
In higher education, micro-credentials -- that is, proof of the learning results a student has acquired after a short learning programme (SLP) -- are gaining in importance. In general, SLPs are formative programs addressed to professionals in a specific area of knowledge. Despite the various characteristics of this type of training, delivered in a…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Program Length, Microcredentials, Higher Education
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Perla, Loredana; Vinci, Viviana; Scarinci, Alessia – Research on Education and Media, 2023
The experience of the COVID-19 lockdown has suddenly accelerated the awareness process of the entire university faculty about the need to hybridise their teaching with digital tools (Trentin, Bocconi 2015; Perla, Scarinci, Amati 2021) transforming traditional scholarship of the Italian University in a gigantic field of experimentation of…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Microcredentials, Foreign Countries
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Francisco Iniesto; Rebecca Ferguson; Martin Weller; Rob Farrow; Rebecca Pitt – OTESSA Journal, 2022
Assessment and recognition are key aspects of microcredentials, and other courses offered on massive open online course (MOOC) platforms. Microcredentials are designed to address the needs of employers and learners looking for units of study at a higher education level aligned with the requirements of labour markets. This paper reviews current…
Descriptors: Microcredentials, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, MOOCs
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Michele Jacobsen; Hawazen Alharbi; Lisa M. Taylor; Les Bairstow; Verena Roberts – OTESSA Journal, 2021
This design-based research aims to improve the quality of graduate supervision using a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). The Quality Graduate Supervision MOOC brings interdisciplinary faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and expert supervisors together in an online learning community to discuss and consider effective supervision practice, strategies…
Descriptors: Program Design, Program Evaluation, MOOCs, Graduate School Faculty