This guide distinguishes between:
Recognition of micro-credentials for education and training purposes: the formal acknowledgement of micro-credentials by a competent recognition entity for providing an applicant with the right to apply for admission to an education or training programme, to transfer credit within it, or to exempt part or all of it.
Recognition of micro-credentials for employment purposes: the acknowledgement of micro-credentials by an employer for providing an applicant with the possibility of employment or job progression.
Micro-credentials can be considered as doorways to utilise recognition processes in two new ways.
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One is related to the fact that they represent, in many cases, a new form of recognition of learning outcomes acquired both inside and also outside education and training institutions. While the term micro-credential may be novel, the activities it encompasses may refer to long-standing practices. The second door opens to the increased need for more flexible learner-centred bodies providing education and training from a lifelong learning perspective. Source: Cedefop (2022). |
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