Creating an Inclusive Community of Practice with Micro-Credentials

Autor/in	Jentzsch, Tracy H.
Titel	Creating an Inclusive Community of Practice with Micro-Credentials
Quelle	(2023), (294 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit D.Ed. Dissertation, University of Delaware
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	979-8-3776-4104-9
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Credentials; Communities of Practice; Technological Literacy; Graduate Study; Humanities; Minority Group Students; Instructional Design; Learner Engagement; School Holding Power; Inclusion + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Studienbuch; Community; Technisches Wissen; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Inklusion
Abstract	Digital competencies have become an essential skill set for most professions. The University of Delaware (UD) needs to recognize and give credit for the digital skills students bring to their graduate studies, and for digital skills learned while in graduate programs. The current structure of humanities graduate programs at UD does not offer this. Further, there is a gap between the number of students that express an interest in graduate-level programs in the humanities, and those who matriculate and graduate from these humanities programs. This gap is especially pronounced for underrepresented minority students. This is particularly striking since UD's students of color do show an initial interest in digital competencies, and since research shows that people of color contribute significantly to digital spaces. There is a need for UD to better support students of color to maximize and professionalize their digital competencies. In this Educational Leadership Portfolio, I justify the creation of a micro-credential module on digital competencies and describe the design of the scope and sequence of modules that can be utilized in graduate-level public humanities courses to verify personalized digital learning and mastery of discrete competencies. This module will provide graduate students with portable credentials that can be used to demonstrate their skill mastery to an external audience. The design planning for this module will address the engagement and retention of underrepresented minority students to create an intentional community of practice. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01