Support Learning through Microcredentialling – The Case of the MicroHe Initiative

Abstract

The MicroHE initiative is aiming to examine the scope for and impact of micro-credentials – aform of short-cycle tertiary qualification – in Higher Education. Currently, despite beingprimarily forms of formal education, micro-credentials such as micro-masters from EdX ornanodegrees from Coursera, are considered to be non-formal education. MicroHE intends toenhance the recognition of such non-formal educational opportunities by bringing them withinthe framework of existing recognition and transparency instruments for formal education. Theproject enhances skills-assessment due to the fact, that many micro-credentials are specificallydesigned to teach particular and narrow sets of transversal competences.