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Microlearning involves short learning activities to acquire knowledge in mini units. Stackable credentials are credits earned that individually credential skills but also contribute to further qualifications. Implementing a microlearning and stackable credentials program would provide flexible, affordable education meeting student and workforce needs. Challenges include ensuring credential value and affordability, which could be addressed through clear standards and financial support.

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Microlearning and Stackable Credentials Program 1

Microlearning involves short learning activities to acquire knowledge in mini units. Stackable credentials are credits earned that individually credential skills but also contribute to further qualifications. Implementing a microlearning and stackable credentials program would provide flexible, affordable education meeting student and workforce needs. Challenges include ensuring credential value and affordability, which could be addressed through clear standards and financial support.

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MicroLearning and Stackable

Credentials Program
By Jennifer Moreno Calix
What is Microlearning?
Microlearning is the process of acquiring learning in the form of mini units that involve short-
term learning activities (Andriotis, 2018).

Its benefits include:


● Speed of delivery
● Flexibility
● Affordability
● Student-Centered concept
● Knowledge retention rates
What are Stackable Credentials?
What are Stackable Credentials?

Credits earned that have an individual value for


which a badge or credential is earned, yet also
contribute to a collective achievement that leads to a
career path (degree, mastery completion, etc.)
(Quigley, 2021)
Types of Stackable Credentials
● Vertical
● Horizontal
● Hybrid (Value -Added)
Rationale: Implementing a MicroLeaning and Stackable Credentials Program
would allow us to provide an education that meets the needs of both students
and the current workforce.

Students
Institution’s Vision
Seek to acquire skills necessary
To Prepare and Transform to be successful in their field and
the Next Generation of advance in their respective
Leaders careers
Meeting the
Accomplish to offer Needs to Achieve Things to Consider:
education of the future that Success Work part or full-time jobs
Need Flexibility in Scheduling
is flexible and affordable for
Need to acquire skills that can be
all
used in present time

Workforce

Competitiveness
21st Century skills
What are some challenges and potential solutions to adopting a microlearning and stackable credential program?

Challenges

Not all credentials have the same value.


Solutions
Financial Aid does not always cover the cost of
microlearning and stackable credential programs. Determine a clear criteria of what determines the
value of credentials in terms of credits.
Fear: Stackable credentials will not work if these are
“made-up” by institutions but offer no recognizable Develop a catalog of credentials that offer clear
value (Forbes, Craig, 2021) career mapping pathways.

Offer financial aid initiatives to support students’


tuition.

Understand the purpose of stackable credential


Example of Stackable Credentials in other Educational Institutions
Ivy Tech Community College (Indiana):

● Implemented the Next Level Jobs Workforce Ready Grant to help


students pay for tuition towards stackable credentials in high demand
job industries.
● Eligible programs include business, logistics, supply chain,
technology, manufacturing, engineering, applied sciences, and health
science
Miami Dade College (Florida):

● Part of the Right Signals Initiative


● Follows a career pathway focus stackable credential mapping
● Stackable Credentials program leads to industry certification, career
technical certificate, college credit certificate, associate in science
degree, advanced technical certificate, and bachelor degrees

Rochester Institute of Technology (New York):

● Part of RIT’s School of Individualized Study


● Partnered with edX to offer courses to earn stackable credentials
towards a graduate degree
● Academic Advisors make the determination of whether certain skills
would be applicable to credit towards a degree
Example of Stackable Credentials in other Educational Institutions

edX:

● Offers MicroBachelors and MicroMasters programs


● Developed by Harvard and MIT
● Completely Online
● Affordable Cost for Students
● Partnered with number of institutions around the world include Rice
University (Houston), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain),
and University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

Centennial college (Canada):

● Stackable credentials program is called the Specialized Academic


Certificate program
● Students must complete 3 general mandatory education courses plus
a GNED-50 to be eligible for a specialized academic certificate
● Students must take 4 courses listed for their pathway with no
possibility of substitution
Conclusion
Establishing a microlearning and stackable credential program in our campus will
not only attract more students, but it will also meet their needs by offering them
with flexibility and affordability, while at the same time providing a quality
education that gives them the employability and competitiveness needed even while
they are still working towards a degree. By adopting this program, we would be
meeting the needs of our students, campus, and the workforce.

“Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity- not as a threat” -Steve


Jobs
References
Andriotis, N. (2021, May 12). What is microlearning: A complete guide for beginners. eLearning Industry. Retrieved October 3, 2021,
from https://elearningindustry.com/what-is-microlearning-benefits-best-practices.

Craig, R. (2021, June 11). Credentials must be stackable, not sleestak-able. Forbes. Retrieved October 3, 2021, from
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryancraig/2021/06/11/credentials-must-be-stackable-not-sleestak-able/?sh=6d4821e83e89.

Quigley, J. (2021, January 12). What are stacked credentials? Retrieved October 3, 2021, from https://www.accredible.com/blog/what-
are-stacked-credentials.

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