A quick blog post from the air on the way to The Badge Summit @ CU Boulder using a couple metaphors to explain differences between #microcredentials and #OpenRecognition

https://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2023/07/22/the-unseen-threads-of-open-recognition/

#OpenBadges #VerifiableCredentials #DigitalBadges

New short courses platform will allow Limerick workers to upskill

Find out more about our MicroCreds programme, which offers short, flexible and accredited courses:
https://www.limerickpost.ie/2023/07/20/new-short-courses-platform-will-allow-limerick-workers-to-upskill/

#StudyatUL #Business #MicroCredentials #Learning #Education #University

🔗 https://tinyurl.com/mr4aubbx
❓ #Microcredentials are seen as an innovation with various uses and benefits, but what real value do they bring for #learners, workers and the #labourmarket?
📖 Read more to find out about what Cedefop's research reveals. 🔽
#EuropeanYearOfSkills

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Cedefop/status/1681936991729127424

RT Kostas Pouliakas
Is skill bias in #onlinelearning and earning #digital #microcredentials compromising their potential for breaking through traditional labour market barriers? We draw on novel @Cedefop
evidence #ESJS2 #Crowdlearn @natasapouliou @anoush @ViliLe
https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/news/labour-market-value-microcredentials-conduit-better-work?utm_campaign=d-20230712&utm_term=daily&mtm_source=notifications&mtm_medium=email&utm_content=title&mtm_placement=content&mtm_group=ced_news

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/K_Pouliakas/status/1679035225769164800

🔸🔹 Out now! Cedefop June newsletter 🌞
🤝 Cedefop-@OECD symposium on #DigitalApprenticeships
🛠️ The updated #SkillsOvate tool
🪪 #Microcredentials conference
🎤 2⃣ new #SkillsetMatch podcasts
#Publications, future events and more! 👇

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Cedefop/status/1675772558518435840

🔶🔷 Microcredentials
🗣️ 'An important tool to make #upskilling and #reskilling the norm'
❌ Not a threat
👩‍🏫 An opportunity for #education systems & the world of work
🤝 Able to respond to #labourmarket #skill needs
Conclusions from Cedefop's #Microcredentials conference ⬇️

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Cedefop/status/1674357037218635778

Cedefop's @zalouk and @natasapouliou open Day 2 of the conference on #microcredentials.
Session 1 focuses on global perspective of microcredentials
#EuropeanYearOfSkills https://t.co/1W1LLO26Cf

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Cedefop/status/1672146434613825536

❓ Is globalisation of credentials a threat or an opportunity for national #vocational education and training systems?
🗣️What do you think?
Cedefop conference on #microcredentials
#EuropeanYearOfSkills https://t.co/PDlLAs4UBe

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Cedefop/status/1672148014549303298

RT Lore Schmid
Re People use microcredentials to upskill while in a job
@MikeFeerick
@Cedefop #microcredentials #Microcredentials4LabourMarket #EUSkillsAgenda #lifelonglearning #YearofSkills

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/smid00/status/1672152756683960320

🔸🔹Cedefop conference on #microcredentials
@UNESCO's @WesleyTeter presents #microcredentials in #Asia and the #Pacific
#EuropeanYearOfSkills https://t.co/gkyoqXCsBc

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Cedefop/status/1672153683440664579

RT Lore Schmid
We need not just to improve education and training but to think it new; as the current systems do not work
@WesleyTeter @UNESCO
@Cedefop #microcredentials EuropeanYearOfSkills https://n.respublicae.eu/Cedefop/status/1672153683440664579
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@UNESCO's @WesleyTeter presents #microcredentials in #Asia and the #Pacific
#EuropeanYearOfSkills https://t.co/gkyoqXCsBc
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/smid00/status/1672155621754388482

🗣️ Where you graduate from matters less and less. It's really about what you know! Learning and teaching is becoming much more democratic.
@MikeFeerick at the Cedefop conference on #microcredentials
#EuropeanYearOfSkills https://t.co/GAqdAdQWLx

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Cedefop/status/1672156667515924480

RT George Kostakis
Re @MikeFeerick argues that the relevance of national systems will decline if employers continue looking for alternatives. It is time for national VET systems to innovate! #microcredentials @Cedefop https://t.co/H2NVr9JK78

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GKostakisEU/status/1672160827229581313

🔸🔹 Cedefop conference on #microcredentials
Day 2 - Session 2: A digitally enabled ecosystem of microcredentials
#EuropeanYearOfSkills https://t.co/xYYJvuvhIj

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Cedefop/status/1672162451071156224

🔸🔹Cedefop conference on #Microcredentials
Cedefop's @K_Pouliakas presents evidence from the #Crowdlearn project and the European skills and jobs survey
#EuropeanYearOfSkills #ESJS #ESJS2 https://t.co/CEFFWn6AKF

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Cedefop/status/1672172300064391169

#Microcredentials and the #digitaltransition. Participants' views on how to make the most of it.
#EuropeanYearofSkills https://t.co/JyXx47imTv

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Cedefop/status/1672178568955146240

📈 Looking into future research on #microcredentials:
❓ Achievements so far
❓ What is still missing
❓ How can we support uptake of microcredentials
@JETEdServices's @jameskeevy, @ucl's Paul Grainger, Sequel IEC's John Hart with Cedefop's @natasapouliou
#EuropeanYearofSkills https://t.co/WqMkuWlpqH

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Cedefop/status/1672179551919546371

🗣 Participants spoke out by majority:
❗️ #Microcredentials ought to be linked to #NQFs.
#EuropeanYearofSkills https://t.co/bDJEtCK6QF

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Cedefop/status/1672184165045813250

🔸🔹 The priorities for future research on #microcredentials – what experts believe.
1️⃣ Quality assurance tops the list.
#EuropeanYearofSkills https://t.co/EjjZAYNFO6

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Cedefop/status/1672187013787729920

➡️Are #microcredentials ‘the new black’
❓A Trojan horse for #qualifications?
❓Support or hinder equity in #learning?
🎛Discussion
@zalouk with:
@UNEVOC's @BorheneC
@OECD's @ShizukaKatoEDU
@etfeuropa's @manuprin
@ilo's Takaaki Kizu
Cedefop's @natasapouliou
#EuropeanYearofSkills https://t.co/7Mi26UKJOw

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Cedefop/status/1672196296747233281