How can micro credentials become an element of personalized computerized learning dovetailing with competency based education?
[gview file=”https://publicservicesalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Education-Micro-Credentials-101-Why-Do-We-Need-Badges.pdf”]Micro-credentials are one of the hot rising ideas in the education space. To understand the basics, go look at your child’s Xbox or PlayStation.
For most of the major games, there is an accompanying set of achievements, or badges. Every time a player achieves a particular task (kill 50 zombies without reloading, drive over every tree in the enchanted forest, smash every Lego fire hydrant, etc.) they get a small digital badge on their big page of achievements.Micro-credentials take a similar approach to education. The root of the idea is
you demonstrate a very specific skill, and a badge certifying that micro-credential becomes part of your personal digital file. Some of the earliest micro-credentialing involved computer programming skills, but it has grown far beyond that. To see just how many types of micro-credentials are out there, take a look at Digital Promise.