Ah yes, “microcredentials.” What used to be called “taking a class” before the neoliberalization of education demanded we convert every learning experience into an entrepreneurial opportunity.
I keep seeing higher ed commentators saying that students and employers are demanding short-term certificates and other credentials but where's the evidence?
August 19, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Ah yes, “microcredentials.” What used to be called “taking a class” before the neoliberalization of education demanded we convert every learning experience into an entrepreneurial opportunity.
cursèd business speak of the day: “microcredentials”
March 24, 2026 at 8:10 PM
cursèd business speak of the day: “microcredentials”
Badges. Microcredentials. Stacks. Certs. We’ve seen it all.
July 22, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Badges. Microcredentials. Stacks. Certs. We’ve seen it all.
@gosuilleabhain.bsky.social presenting recommendations for successful implementation of microcredentials at today’s @ntutorr.ie showcase #NTUTORRShowcase
November 26, 2024 at 11:35 AM
@gosuilleabhain.bsky.social presenting recommendations for successful implementation of microcredentials at today’s @ntutorr.ie showcase #NTUTORRShowcase
New book: 'Microcredentials for Excellence – A Practical Guide' Creation, pedagogy, assessment and evaluation of microcredentials, creating #microcredentials, supporting learners, and innovation in production. Download free or buy the paperback www.ubiquitypress.com/site/books/m...
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<p>Institutions all over the world are setting up microcredentials in responses to calls from governments and industry. These are short courses, usually offered online, with an emphasis on the needs o...
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September 20, 2024 at 8:36 AM
New book: 'Microcredentials for Excellence – A Practical Guide' Creation, pedagogy, assessment and evaluation of microcredentials, creating #microcredentials, supporting learners, and innovation in production. Download free or buy the paperback www.ubiquitypress.com/site/books/m...
Thrilled to be a @TxASL All Star again for 24-25! @TXLA #txasl #library #librarian #schoollibrarian #schoollibrarians #badge #microcredentials #badges #librarians #tlsky #skybrarians
January 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Thrilled to be a @TxASL All Star again for 24-25! @TXLA #txasl #library #librarian #schoollibrarian #schoollibrarians #badge #microcredentials #badges #librarians #tlsky #skybrarians
Great panel discussion on #microcredentials following overview of reports and institutions' policy work in this area. #NTUTORRShowcase #NextGenerationEU
November 26, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Great panel discussion on #microcredentials following overview of reports and institutions' policy work in this area. #NTUTORRShowcase #NextGenerationEU
Just thought of something and got hit with a flash of anger at the whole learning tech hype cycle. The MOOC revolution, microcredentials (which are coming back?), teaching machines, NFT crap. But you know what did silently hit critical mass and genuinely change how ged ed classes are built? OER.
February 21, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Just thought of something and got hit with a flash of anger at the whole learning tech hype cycle. The MOOC revolution, microcredentials (which are coming back?), teaching machines, NFT crap. But you know what did silently hit critical mass and genuinely change how ged ed classes are built? OER.
Something to read to the "but the library should just offer microcredentials " crowd.
New research from Burning Glass concludes that only one in eight nondegree credentials yielded meaningful gains in earnings a year later. Given that returns to short-term certificates typically fade over time, this is not a great outcome. (gift link)
More Workers Are Getting Job-Skill Certificates. They Often Don’t Pay Off.
Many of the thousands of online courses and other credentials employees pursue to boost careers fall short in delivering, a new study finds.
www.wsj.com
August 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Something to read to the "but the library should just offer microcredentials " crowd.
What's happening with microcredentials?
Here's our full Future Trends Forum conversation with Noah Geisel, Microcredentials Program Manager at the University of Colorado Boulder:
youtu.be/QxulWaSwftA
Here's our full Future Trends Forum conversation with Noah Geisel, Microcredentials Program Manager at the University of Colorado Boulder:
youtu.be/QxulWaSwftA
June 2, 2026 at 12:41 AM
What's happening with microcredentials?
Here's our full Future Trends Forum conversation with Noah Geisel, Microcredentials Program Manager at the University of Colorado Boulder:
youtu.be/QxulWaSwftA
Here's our full Future Trends Forum conversation with Noah Geisel, Microcredentials Program Manager at the University of Colorado Boulder:
youtu.be/QxulWaSwftA
Y’know, @bradduplessis.bsky.social, @convergingriskslab.bsky.social, and/or @kschake.bsky.social this year’s DePuy competition is about the future of PME and I *know* they’re hoping for a lot of AI/holographic professors/microcredentials dreck, but there’s a great angle to work from the perspective…
www.armyupress.army.mil
March 15, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Y’know, @bradduplessis.bsky.social, @convergingriskslab.bsky.social, and/or @kschake.bsky.social this year’s DePuy competition is about the future of PME and I *know* they’re hoping for a lot of AI/holographic professors/microcredentials dreck, but there’s a great angle to work from the perspective…
🧩 Neue Folge "Update Hochschule": Microcredentials – modulare on-demand-Bildung oder Fast-Food-Lernen?"
@vergoehl.bsky.social & @ronnyroewert.bsky.social diskutieren die Potenziale für die Hochschulbildung.
🎧 Jetzt auf allen Podcast-Playern
update-hochschule.de
#Microcredentials #Hochschule
@vergoehl.bsky.social & @ronnyroewert.bsky.social diskutieren die Potenziale für die Hochschulbildung.
🎧 Jetzt auf allen Podcast-Playern
update-hochschule.de
#Microcredentials #Hochschule
July 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🧩 Neue Folge "Update Hochschule": Microcredentials – modulare on-demand-Bildung oder Fast-Food-Lernen?"
@vergoehl.bsky.social & @ronnyroewert.bsky.social diskutieren die Potenziale für die Hochschulbildung.
🎧 Jetzt auf allen Podcast-Playern
update-hochschule.de
#Microcredentials #Hochschule
@vergoehl.bsky.social & @ronnyroewert.bsky.social diskutieren die Potenziale für die Hochschulbildung.
🎧 Jetzt auf allen Podcast-Playern
update-hochschule.de
#Microcredentials #Hochschule
Microcredentials! Nanocredentials! Picocredentials!
Fifteen years and i have never seen good evidence of this.
I keep seeing higher ed commentators saying that students and employers are demanding short-term certificates and other credentials but where's the evidence?
August 19, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Microcredentials! Nanocredentials! Picocredentials!
Looking forward to reading @r3beccaf.bsky.social and Denise Whitelock #openaccess book on #microcredentials:
"Microcredentials for Excellence: A Practical Guide"
www.ubiquitypress.com/site/books/m...
"Microcredentials for Excellence: A Practical Guide"
www.ubiquitypress.com/site/books/m...
September 19, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Looking forward to reading @r3beccaf.bsky.social and Denise Whitelock #openaccess book on #microcredentials:
"Microcredentials for Excellence: A Practical Guide"
www.ubiquitypress.com/site/books/m...
"Microcredentials for Excellence: A Practical Guide"
www.ubiquitypress.com/site/books/m...
The life sciences industry is projected to need thousands more workers over the next decade. Microcredentials are the newest way some educators and business leaders are looking to fill in-demand jobs that require specialized skills.
With thousands of life sciences workers needed, some say 'microcredentials' could revolutionize hiring
The life sciences industry is projected to need thousands more workers over the next decade. Microcredentials are the newest way some educators and business leaders are looking to fill in-demand jobs ...
www.wbur.org
July 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The life sciences industry is projected to need thousands more workers over the next decade. Microcredentials are the newest way some educators and business leaders are looking to fill in-demand jobs that require specialized skills.
I just saw a program description for a show on our local PBS station.
“Roadtrippers use programs to help them upskill …”.
They meet others who use microcredentials to level up…”
😩 “upskill”????
“microcredentials to level up”???
“Roadtrippers use programs to help them upskill …”.
They meet others who use microcredentials to level up…”
😩 “upskill”????
“microcredentials to level up”???
March 30, 2026 at 1:35 AM
I just saw a program description for a show on our local PBS station.
“Roadtrippers use programs to help them upskill …”.
They meet others who use microcredentials to level up…”
😩 “upskill”????
“microcredentials to level up”???
“Roadtrippers use programs to help them upskill …”.
They meet others who use microcredentials to level up…”
😩 “upskill”????
“microcredentials to level up”???
Would love to know more about the microcredentials!
November 19, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Would love to know more about the microcredentials!
Was interviewed today about microcredentials. To me, we do not have just a climate crisis, we have an experience crisis.
What we need is literally a marshall plan that unlocks a hands-on revolution for the coming renovation wave.
(If you all do not vote for fascism/extinction that is.)
What we need is literally a marshall plan that unlocks a hands-on revolution for the coming renovation wave.
(If you all do not vote for fascism/extinction that is.)
Friends and family of the Baugruppe helping to insulate the 6-family home in 1 day with local secondary materials from food agriculture. I never see this on non-climate conscious construction sites?
November 5, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Was interviewed today about microcredentials. To me, we do not have just a climate crisis, we have an experience crisis.
What we need is literally a marshall plan that unlocks a hands-on revolution for the coming renovation wave.
(If you all do not vote for fascism/extinction that is.)
What we need is literally a marshall plan that unlocks a hands-on revolution for the coming renovation wave.
(If you all do not vote for fascism/extinction that is.)
Nope. Neither is cutting the full time instructional faculty out of the decision making process.
My current “you have to be kidding me” is the return of efforts to sell institutions on badges and microcredentials.
My current “you have to be kidding me” is the return of efforts to sell institutions on badges and microcredentials.
March 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Nope. Neither is cutting the full time instructional faculty out of the decision making process.
My current “you have to be kidding me” is the return of efforts to sell institutions on badges and microcredentials.
My current “you have to be kidding me” is the return of efforts to sell institutions on badges and microcredentials.
🚨 Exciting news!! I’ve received a National Science Foundation CAREER award! Over the next 5 years, I’ll be focusing on ways to better connect STEM #microcredentials to education and employment pathways. More below 🧵 #NSFCAREER #STEM #EdTech
July 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🚨 Exciting news!! I’ve received a National Science Foundation CAREER award! Over the next 5 years, I’ll be focusing on ways to better connect STEM #microcredentials to education and employment pathways. More below 🧵 #NSFCAREER #STEM #EdTech
Part 3 of our seven(!) part series introducing a new report on digital and micro credentials for the NDLN is now out:
blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-re...
@ntutorr.ie #VerifiableCredentials #OpenBadges #OpenRecognition #Microcredentials #DigitalBadges
blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-re...
@ntutorr.ie #VerifiableCredentials #OpenBadges #OpenRecognition #Microcredentials #DigitalBadges
Reframing Recognition: Part 3
Demystifying Microcredentials
blog.weareopen.coop
March 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Part 3 of our seven(!) part series introducing a new report on digital and micro credentials for the NDLN is now out:
blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-re...
@ntutorr.ie #VerifiableCredentials #OpenBadges #OpenRecognition #Microcredentials #DigitalBadges
blog.weareopen.coop/reframing-re...
@ntutorr.ie #VerifiableCredentials #OpenBadges #OpenRecognition #Microcredentials #DigitalBadges
microcredentials? what in the flying tech hell is this
April 2, 2024 at 8:23 PM
microcredentials? what in the flying tech hell is this
"Macrobureacracy for microcredentials!" would be the honest pitch here but somehow no one is saying it.
March 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"Macrobureacracy for microcredentials!" would be the honest pitch here but somehow no one is saying it.
Substitute literally any computer skill for "AI literacy" and you'll quickly see how fucking nonsensical it is.
We need to have Excel microcredentials across the curriculum!
I have a $5,000 grant opportunity for people to incorporate typing into their class!
Stop it. You're embarrassing yourself.
We need to have Excel microcredentials across the curriculum!
I have a $5,000 grant opportunity for people to incorporate typing into their class!
Stop it. You're embarrassing yourself.
Teaching students “AI prompt engineering” is such an offensive perversion of inquiry based education it makes me breathe fire.
genuinely what the fuck is an "ai skill" that isn't basic reading comprehension, skepticism, the ability to evaluate sources, and, like, typing?
October 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Substitute literally any computer skill for "AI literacy" and you'll quickly see how fucking nonsensical it is.
We need to have Excel microcredentials across the curriculum!
I have a $5,000 grant opportunity for people to incorporate typing into their class!
Stop it. You're embarrassing yourself.
We need to have Excel microcredentials across the curriculum!
I have a $5,000 grant opportunity for people to incorporate typing into their class!
Stop it. You're embarrassing yourself.
New open access book - Microcredentials for Excellence: A Practical Guide - by Rebecca Ferguson & Denise Whitelock.
www.ubiquitypress.com/site/books/m...
#Microcredentials
www.ubiquitypress.com/site/books/m...
#Microcredentials
Ubiquity Press
<p>Institutions all over the world are setting up microcredentials in responses to calls from governments and industry. These are short courses, usually offered online, with an emphasis on the needs o...
www.ubiquitypress.com
September 23, 2024 at 2:35 PM
New open access book - Microcredentials for Excellence: A Practical Guide - by Rebecca Ferguson & Denise Whitelock.
www.ubiquitypress.com/site/books/m...
#Microcredentials
www.ubiquitypress.com/site/books/m...
#Microcredentials