Micro-credentials: Provide Immediate Value & Elevate Students’ Academic and Co-curricular Experiences – On-Demand Training

Micro-credentials can be a gamechanger in elevating students’ academic and co-curricular experiences, especially now. The pressure is on higher education institutions to be responsive to evolving student educational needs through effective solutions — like micro-credentials — that align with their institutional goals. The benefits of high-quality, academically rigorous, micro-credentials are clear, providing both immediate value to the earner and serving as a pathway to an initial or advanced degree.  

Elevate your institution to better serve students with a flexible, high quality micro-credential program. Meet today’s changing academic and co-curricular experiences by validating students’ competencies and maintaining robust standards.

Topics Covered

Our expert presenters illustrate how to:

• Build a high-quality and rigorous micro-credential program that aligns with institutional goals. 
• Allocate adequate resources – financial, technological, and human – to support the development, implementation, and maintenance of a micro-credential program.
• Provide students with immediate recognition of learned skills and competencies that support degree attainment and ensure they are more marketable and workforce ready.
• Explore methods for developing robust assessment criteria to ensure consistent quality across different micro-credentials.
• Implement effective mechanisms for validating competencies and maintaining high standards and long-term sustainability.
  
• Engage faculty, administrators and students in fostering support and understanding of the numerous ways that micro-credentials support access, degree completion, and student success in meeting academic and career goals.
  

Presenters

Dr. Bridgette Cram currently serves as Vice President of Academic Affairs: Student Success Operations and Integrated Planning at Florida International University.
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Eliana Guzman currently serves as the Associate Director of Innovative Education and Student Success, overseeing the development and support of Micro-Credentials university wide.
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