Description
Micro-credentials can be a game changer in meeting the changing academic and workforce needs, especially now. The pressure is on higher education institutions to be responsive to evolving student needs and provide business partners with a skilled workforce. The benefits of micro-credentials are clear, providing both immediate value to the earner and prospective employers, and serving as a pathway to an initial or advanced degree.
Our expert presenter provides the essential strategies needed to design and deliver micro-credentials that provide distinct educational value compared to conventional academic offerings, critically examining their unique advantages and benefits to overcome challenges related to access, degree completion, and success. Learn how others are ensuring credibility and academic rigor in the implementation of their micro-credentials so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel!
This training goes beyond theoretical exploration by providing practical strategies and design principles and showcasing real-world examples from institutions with well-established micro-credential initiatives. Elevate your institution to be in a better position to serve students and employers with a flexible, high-quality, micro-credential program.
Topics Covered
Gain crucial, actionable takeaways that will help you:
- Build a high-quality and academically rigorous micro-credential program.
- Deliver micro-credentials that have credibility and academic rigor to meet the changing academic and workforce needs.
- Support access, degree completion, and student success in meeting academic and career goals.
- Increase your students’ ability to distinguish themselves in a competitive marketplace and elevate your institution as a quality leader through its micro-credential offerings.
- Draw from real-world and well-established micro-credential initiatives to build and advance your own high-quality, academically rigorous micro-credential program.
Presenter
Anne Reed currently serves as the founding Director of Micro-Credentials at the University of Buffalo in Buffalo, New York.
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Included When You Purchase
- 90-minute online session with carefully selected expert(s)
- Unlimited access to view webinar recording on demand
- Materials for your team (handouts, discussion questions, etc.)
- Certificate of completion for each participant
- Weekly newsletter – What's Working on Campus
Instructions for access are available immediately upon checkout. You may share this On-Demand Training with any staff members from your campus community for unlimited viewing. For information about licensing this webinar for unlimited distribution on your institution’s internal network/server, email info@paper-clip.com.
