Unisa's Centre for Lifelong Learning invites you to a seminar/webinar entitled "The opportunities presented by micro-credentials in the offering of Short Learning Programmes".
Micro-credentialing (and badging) is a growing area in the academic world with a bearing on the business world as it provides answers on quick upskilling as a training intervention. The reason for this webinar is to highlight the opportunities which exist in using micro-credentials as part of the Short Learning Programmes from which they can also be benchmarked.
According to RMIT (Source: https://online.rmit.edu.au/), micro-credentials are exactly what they sound like. They’re small, certification-style courses that focus on a particular area of study. Unlike a broad formal qualification, micro-credentials tend to pick one skill, one niche, and hone proficiency over the shortest possible time. Think of them like digital merit badges. A fast and practical way to upskill.
The advantages of micro-credentials are obvious. For one thing, because they’re short, bite-sized curriculums, they can be easily updated, tweaked and modernised. Micro-credentials are usually much more practical, more industry-relevant, than formal studies (RMIT Online, for example, designs each micro-credential alongside leading industry professionals like Accenture and Amazon, and these are important partnerships). Micro-credentials are also much quicker and cheaper than most formal qualifications, which means people can upskill quickly, without sacrificing their day job.
The UCL event on 13 December 2022 will be addressed by two academics from Unisa, Dr D Chetty and Ms J Nel, whose involvement in this emerging area has been intense, giving these two academics an edge to help the audience dive deep into this topic.
Please see the attached invitation for the event. You can attend either in-person at the venue or virtually online.