State of Continuing Education 2022: Why Institutions Are Hesitant to Adopt Micro-Credential Programming - Sheila LeBlanc, Evolllution

I suggest it’s not just the institutional willingness to adopt—it’s actually government funders, it’s employers, it’s creating a shared understanding of what micro-credentials are. My opinion is that it’s rooted in the lack of a credentials or qualifications framework. We don’t have a common language to discuss our alternative credentials, in terms of the depth and breadth of learning taking place or what it is that we’re measuring. Across the higher education system, people have a sense of what a bachelor’s or master’s degree is, or even what a graduate certificate is to a certain extent. But when we start talking about alternative credentials and micro-credentials, we haven’t created enough common understanding within higher education institutions to encourage the rest of the academy and our colleagues in various faculties and disciplines to work in that space actively.

https://evolllution.com/programming/program_planning/state-of-continuing-education-2022-why-institutions-are-hesitant-to-adopt-micro-credential-programming/