In the frame of the #OEWeek 2019 we devoted a 60 minute webinar to introduce and discuss the developments and latest achievements of 2 of its Erasmus+ co-funded projects, namely OEPass and MicroHE, focusing particularly on the Learning Passport (https://oepass.eu/outputs/learningpassport/) and the Credentials Clearinghouse (under construction). The full recording of the webinar is available at https://gofile.me/6AA3s/QiwqiBXDY
1. Open Credentials for
Open Education
Moving the Needle Forward
Ildiko Mazar
Knowledge Innovation Centre
Open EducationWeek – 8 March 2019
2. Education is a Public Good
This means
Open Access to Educational Opportunities
Use of Open Educational Resources
Empowerement of Students through Open Educational Practices
3. A typical
process model
for Open
Education
Open
Educational
Resources
Open
Educational
Practices
?
Educational
Credentials
4. Credentials are still not digital
Limited Access to Underlying Information
Not valid currencies on job market
Lack of (Technical) Standards for
Credential Information
Closed Standards for Security & Verification
No Aggregation of Credential Data
What’s
wrong with
(digital)
credentials?
7. Not valid
currencies on
job market
Source: Career Arc
If it costs an employer more to verify a credential than
to test the skills,
the credential is effectively worthless.
11. Closed
Credentials
expensive and time consuming to
acquire
hard to use and share
hinder Open Education by failing to
evidence flexible learning pathways
in a transparent manner
exclude the people who need them
most
can be abused by networks of
intermediaries
do not inform policy
12. We have all the pieces for an
Open Credential System
13. EU Standards
for
Qualifications
EU standards for qualifications
European Qualifications Framework: gives an indication as to
the level of various qualifications
European Diploma Supplement: provides a standardised
template to give additional information about a degree
European Credit Transfer System: allows for individual
learning units to be described in terms of knowledge, skills,
responsibility and autonomy
European Skill, Competences, Qualifications and
Occupations database provides a standard terminology
14. EU Standards
for
Qualifications
EU standards for qualifications
European Qualifications Framework: gives an indication as to
the level of various qualifications
Not for non-formal education or microcredentials
European Diploma Supplement: provides a standardised
template to give additional information about a degree
Only for degrees
European Credit Transfer System: allows for individual
learning units to be described in terms of knowledge, skills,
responsibility and autonomy
Only for Higher Education - not included fully in qualification
European Skill, Competences, Qualifications and
Occupations database provides a standard terminology
Not used by the tools above
20. Working on
open
solutions...
Create a digital standard format
for documenting open education
credentials based on ECTS
oepass.eu
Open Education Passport
22. Working on
open
solutions...
Support Future Learning Excellence through
Micro-Credentialling in Higher Education
Create a model blockchain
infrastructure for storing and
automatically verifying credentials
microcredentials.eu
27. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION
You can download this presentation at:
Ildiko Mazar
ildiko@knowledgeinnovation.eu
https://www.slideshare.net/ildikomazar
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Notas del editor
There are no technical standards – employers do simple keyword search
No Aggregation of Credential Data: no data available on what skills are driving the job market in Europe
Even official transcripts (supporting ’digital’ credentials) are paper based and closed. Cost a lot of time and money to prove credentials (to employers).
What does UCI mean by Project Management Principles and Practices?
Paper certificates – many believe – are harder to forge if they are printed on special paper/plastic with a watermark, stamp etc.
Digital equivalent (e.g. digital signatures, stamp) requires proprietary standards and vendors that is expensive.
It is possible to check the average hotel rating in any European country, but not the job market’s demand for skills and qualifications (or supply of skills and qualifications by education providers).
No indication of level, learning outcomes, etc. Universities need the details and standards.
Should one company have global monopoly on skills data?
Until a comprehensive solution emerges:
Use learning outcomes in certificates
Use secure certificates
Stay away from proprietary certificate software
A harmonised European approach to recognizing and transferring open education credentials will enable virtual student mobility, empowering students to adapt their learning portfolio to changing labour market demands and new technological trends.
In order to make an informed and consistent decision on recognizing open learning as ECTS credits towards a degree programme, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) need sufficient information about a credential. Online education providers on portals such as iversity, edX, Coursera, FUN, etc. already provide in-demand skills to the labour market, but to contribute their offerings in the higher education sector as equals to accredited coursed/modules, they need to know which information they should provide and which formal requirements exist regarding workload, learning outcomes, assessment, ID verification, EQF level, quality of learning etc. to make their credentials recognizable.