Invited presentation at National Micro-credential Symposium, Barcelona, Spain, 24th March 2023.

1. Professor Mark Brown
Dublin City University
Barcelona
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24th March 2023
National Symposium on Micro-credentials

2. 2023

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5. https://microlearnontario.ca
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6. Las microcredenciales son adecuadas para mi institución?
1. Qué tipo de liderazgo institucional se requiere?
2. Qué tipo de estructuras internas se requieren?
3. Qué tipo de modelos de negocio se requieren?

7. 1. Qué tipo de liderazgo institucional se requiere?
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“Poner a las personas
adecuadas en el autobús y en
los asientos correctos”
(Clayton Christensen, 2015)

8. 1. Qué tipo de liderazgo institucional se requiere?

9. “Encontramos que efectivo
los líderes escuchan,
enlace, apalancamiento y
luego dirigir,
en ese orden.”
(Fullan & Scott, 2009, p. 97).
1. Qué tipo de liderazgo institucional se requiere?

11. 2. Qué tipo de estructuras internas se requieren?

12. • Mainstreams
• Part of normal work
• Strong alignment to
macro-credentials
NEW
STRUCTURES
WEAKNESSES
ESTABLISH A PROFESSIONAL AND
CONTINUING EDUCATION UNIT
WHAT ARE
YOUR
OPTIONS?
S O
W T
CREATE A COMPLETELY SEPARATE
STANDALONE BUSINESS UNIT
INCORPORATE INTO A CENTRAL ONLINE
EDUCATION SUPPORT UNIT
INTEGRATE INTO THE NORMAL FACULTY
STRUCTURES AND DELIVERY MODEL
STRENGTHS
CURRENT
STRUCTURES
• Less flexibility
• Added workload
• Limited disruption
to normal business
• Greater coordination
• Builds on current
expertise
• Reduced burden placed
on academic staff
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
• Less flexibility
• Added workload
• Limited disruption
to normal business
• Specialist services
• Clear business owner
• Common business and
resource allocation model
WEAKNESSES
STRENGTHS
• Faculty disconnect
• Leveraging industry links
• Weaker nexus between
research and teaching
• Greater flexibility
• Adopts a commercial
business model
• Easier to establish
return on investment
WEAKNESSES
STRENGTHS
• Little cross subsidisation
• Outside of normal business
• Loss of academic
ownership
H3 Innovation
H1 Innovation
H1 Innovation
H2 Innovation
How do you decide? (Brown, 2022)
2. Qué tipo de estructuras internas se requieren?

13. 3. Qué tipo de modelos de negocio se requieren?

14. Sole Unit Sole Institution Peer Consortium NGO Led Industry Led OPM Led
Qué modelos está usando o
planea implementar y qué tan
exitosos son?
(Presant, 2020)
Other
3. Qué tipo de modelos de negocio se requieren?

15. 3. Qué tipo de modelos de negocio se requieren?

16. “Micro-credenciales
debe estar al servicio
de grandes ideas,
no como una gran idea
en si mismo”
(adapted from Barnett, 2011)