Using Skills Profiling to Enable Badges and Micro-Credentials to Be Incorporated into Higher Education Courses

Autor/inn/en	Ward, Rupert; Crick, Tom; Davenport, James H.; Hanna, Paul; Hayes, Alan; Irons, Alastair; Miller, Keith; Moller, Faron; Prickett, Tom; Walters, Julie
Titel	Using Skills Profiling to Enable Badges and Micro-Credentials to Be Incorporated into Higher Education Courses
Quelle	In: Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2023 (2023) 1, Artikel 10 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ward, Rupert) ORCID (Crick, Tom) ORCID (Davenport, James H.) ORCID (Hanna, Paul) ORCID (Hayes, Alan) ORCID (Irons, Alastair) ORCID (Miller, Keith) ORCID (Moller, Faron) ORCID (Prickett, Tom) ORCID (Walters, Julie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	None
Schlagwörter	Recognition (Achievement); Job Skills; Evaluation Methods; Microcredentials; Information Technology; Technology Integration; Information Storage; Employment Potential; Employment Qualifications; Higher Education; Personnel Selection; Selection Criteria; Computer Software; Technical Occupations; Labor Market; Labor Needs; Curriculum Development; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Anerkennung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Informationstechnologie; Informationsspeicherung; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Selection criterion; Auslesekriterium; Technical occupation; Technischer Beruf; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Employers are increasingly selecting and developing employees based on skills rather than qualifications. Governments now have a growing focus on skilling, reskilling and upskilling the workforce through skills-based development rather than qualifications as a way of improving productivity. Both these changes are leading to a much stronger interest in digital badging and micro-credentialing that enables a more granular, skills-based development of learner-earners. This paper explores the use of an online skills profiling tool that can be used by designers, educators, researchers, employers and governments to understand how badges and micro-credentials can be incorporated within existing qualifications and how skills developed within learning can be compared and aligned to those sought in job roles. This work, and lessons learnt from the case study examples of computing-related degree programmes in the UK, also highlights exciting opportunities for educational providers to develop and accommodate personalised learning into existing formal education structures across a range of settings and contexts. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University. Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK. e-mail: jime@open.ac.uk; Web site: http://jime.open.ac.uk
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01