Global Dialogue on Micro-Credentials: Initiatives and Perspectives on Small Learning Units from around the World

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In the European Higher Education Area the discussion of micro-credentials has steadily gained momentum over the past year – culminating in the presentation of the European Commission’s proposal for a Council Recommendation on micro-credentials for lifelong learning and employability. With Europe due to take an important regulatory step to increase transparency and foster a common understanding of micro-credentials across Higher Education Institutions and across sectors, the seminar within the framework of the DAAD project bologna hub focussed on the global perspectives on Europe’s harmonization efforts and explored with HE representatives of other world regions what challenges remain for the further uptake of these small learning units.

Inspired by the Global Policy Dialogue of the Bologna Process, the event aimed at enriching the ongoing discussion on micro-credentials by taking a distinctly global approach. The panel discussions included speakers from all world regions and the breakout sessions highlighted various good practice examples and micro-credential initiatives from the Asia/Pacific region, Africa and the Americas.

Date:	23 June 2022, 10.00 – 15.00 CEST (UTC+2)
Kind of event:	Online-Seminar
Target Group:	Higher education professionals interested in micro-credentials
Programme:	Link to the programme
Documentation:	Link to event report Mark Brown: Keynote: Global Dialogue on Micro-Credentials – A Conversation With Many Threads William O’Keeffe: State of Play: Council Recommendation on a European approach to micro-credentials for lifelong learning and employability David Christie, Dudley Collinson: Australia’s Micro-Credential Marketplace Bundit Thipakorn: KMUTT for Lifelong Education (KMUTT4Life®) – on request by email: E-Mail Barbara Jones: Microcredentials and Digital Badges: Opening Higher Education in South Africa through Innovative Recognition Lourdes Guàrdia, Marcelo Maina: From academia to workplace: A micro-credentialing methodology for improved recognition of HE employability skills Cynthia Proctor, Deb G. Pernat: Micro-Credentials at the State University of New York (SUNY)