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Free web modules from the ICoBC catalogue. Filter by series, level, stage, audience or format. The catalogue shows the courses that are online now.

63 courses available as free web modules.

Advanced · ICB-A01Free
Credential Portfolio Strategy
Architecture, governance and funding for a growing credential portfolio.
- Ability
- L4 Assure
- Credential strategy and value
12 hoursBlended cohortStart
Advanced · ICB-A02Free
Assessment Integrity in the Age of Generative AI
Keeping assessment evidence trustworthy when AI can produce the work.
- Ability
- L4 Assure
- Assessment and evidence
8 hoursBlended cohortStart
Advanced · ICB-A03Free
Workplace-Based Competency Assessment
Assessing competency in context, against a level-based framework.
- Ability
- L4 Assure
- Assessment and evidence
10 hoursBlended cohortStart
Advanced · ICB-A04Free
Framework Crosswalks and Levelling
Where corporate and education alignment meet.
- Ability
- L4 Assure
- Skills taxonomies and alignment
10 hoursBlended cohortStart
Advanced · ICB-A05Free
Internal Quality Assurance for Credential Issuers
Quality between reviews: approval, monitoring and periodic review.
- Ability
- L4 Assure
- Quality assurance and accreditation
12 hoursBlended cohortStart
Advanced · ICB-A06Free
Issuing into the EUDI Wallet: Technical Readiness
Formats, protocols, trust and onboarding for issuers of education and employment credentials.
- Ability
- L4 Assure
- Digital identity and wallets
10 hoursHands-on labStart
Advanced · ICB-A07Free
Accepting Wallet Credentials as a Relying Party
For employers, universities and professional bodies that will request wallet credentials.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Digital identity and wallets
6 hoursWorkshopStart
Advanced · ICB-A08Free
Credential Fraud, Credential Mills and Security Threats
Threat modelling and controls for credential systems.
- Ability
- L4 Assure
- Security, privacy and data protection
8 hoursWorkshopStart
Advanced · ICB-A09Free
Impact Assessment with Labour-Market Data
Showing what a credential is worth in the labour market.
- Ability
- L4 Assure
- Impact and evidence of value
10 hoursBlended cohortStart
Advanced · ICB-A10Free
Governing AI in Assessment and Skills Inference
Preparing for the AI Act's high-risk duties in education and employment.
- Ability
- L4 Assure
- Trustworthy AI in recognition
10 hoursBlended cohortStart
Advanced · ICB-A11Free
Recognition Agreements Across Borders and Sectors
Structured methods for mutual recognition of credentials.
- Ability
- L4 Assure
- Ecosystem and recognition partnerships
8 hoursBlended cohortStart
Advanced · ICB-A12Free
Workforce Planning with Skills and Credential Data
From credential data to workforce decisions.
- Ability
- L4 Assure
- Skills-based talent practice
10 hoursBlended cohortStart
Advanced · ICB-A13Free
Scaling Credential Programmes: Governance and Operations
From a successful pilot to a permanent service.
- Ability
- L4 Assure
- Adoption and change leadership
8 hoursBlended cohortStart
Foundation · ICB-F01Free
Digital Badges and Credentials Essentials
What badges, micro-credentials and verifiable credentials are, and what makes one worth trusting.
- Knowledge
- L1 Contribute
- Credential design
3 hoursSelf-pacedStart
Foundation · ICB-F02Free
Micro-credentials in Europe: the Council Recommendation in Practice
The European approach to micro-credentials and what it asks of issuers.
- Knowledge
- L2 Operate
- Policy and regulatory navigation
3 hoursSelf-pacedStart
Foundation · ICB-F03Free
Earn, Claim and Share Your Credentials
A practical guide for earners, from accepting a badge to using it in an application.
- Ability
- L1 Contribute
- Earner experience and agency
1.5 hoursSelf-pacedStart
Foundation · ICB-F04Free
Checking a Digital Credential: What Verification Proves
For recruiters, admissions officers and anyone who receives credentials.
- Ability
- L1 Contribute
- Standards and interoperability
2 hoursSelf-pacedStart
Foundation · ICB-F05Free
Skills Language 101: Frameworks, Taxonomies and Levels
How skills are named and levelled, and why shared language makes credentials portable.
- Knowledge
- L1 Contribute
- Skills taxonomies and alignment
2.5 hoursSelf-pacedStart
Foundation · ICB-F06Free
Digital Identity and the EUDI Wallet: Essentials
What the European Digital Identity Wallet is, what it changes for credentials, and what it leaves unchanged.
- Knowledge
- L1 Contribute
- Digital identity and wallets
2 hoursSelf-pacedStart
Foundation · ICB-F07Free
AI Literacy for Recognition Work
What staff who design, assess or verify credentials need to know about AI.
- Knowledge
- L1 Contribute
- Trustworthy AI in recognition
2 hoursSelf-pacedStart
Foundation · ICB-F08Free
Accessible and Inclusive Credentials: the Basics
Small design choices that decide who can earn, read and use a credential.
- Knowledge
- L1 Contribute
- Inclusion and accessibility
1.5 hoursSelf-pacedStart
Foundation · ICB-F09Free
Quality in Credentialing: How Trust Is Built
An introduction to quality assurance for credentials and to the VRITE criteria.
- Knowledge
- L1 Contribute
- Quality assurance and accreditation
2 hoursSelf-pacedStart
Foundation · ICB-F10Free
Data Protection Basics for Credential Issuers
The personal data inside a credential and the duties that come with it.
- Knowledge
- L1 Contribute
- Security, privacy and data protection
2 hoursSelf-pacedStart
Horizon · ICB-H01Free
European Business Wallets: What They Could Mean for Credentials
A short briefing on a proposal still in negotiation.
- Knowledge
- L3 Enable
- Digital identity and wallets
1.5 hoursSelf-pacedStart
Horizon · ICB-H02Free
Agentic AI in Learning and Recognition: What Could Go Wrong
Agents that request, hold and present credentials, and the controls they need.
- Ability
- L4 Assure
- Trustworthy AI in recognition
4 hoursWorkshopStart
Horizon · ICB-H03Free
Selective Disclosure and Privacy-Preserving Proofs
What wallet privacy promises rest on.
- Knowledge
- L4 Assure
- Security, privacy and data protection
3 hoursSelf-pacedStart
Horizon · ICB-H04Free
AI Skills Inference: Evidence or Guesswork?
Inferred skill profiles compared with credentialed skills.
- Knowledge
- L3 Enable
- Trustworthy AI in recognition
2 hoursSelf-pacedStart
Horizon · ICB-H05Free
Learning and Employment Records
From single badges to comprehensive, learner-held records.
- Knowledge
- L3 Enable
- Standards and interoperability
2 hoursSelf-pacedStart
Horizon · ICB-H06Free
Long-Lived Credentials and Post-Quantum Cryptography
Planning for signatures that must outlast their algorithms.
- Knowledge
- L4 Assure
- Security, privacy and data protection
1.5 hoursSelf-pacedStart
Leadership · ICB-L01Free
Executive Briefing: Credentials as Strategic Infrastructure
Two hours for leaders who must decide whether, when and how.
- Knowledge
- L5 Shape
- Credential strategy and value
2 hoursWorkshopStart
Leadership · ICB-L02Free
Designing Recognition Ecosystems for Sectors and Regions
Governance, standards, quality and funding for recognition at scale.
- Ability
- L5 Shape
- Ecosystem and recognition partnerships
16 hoursBlended cohortStart
Leadership · ICB-L03Free
Regulatory Horizon for Credential Leaders
Wallets, AI, data and micro-credential rules on one timeline.
- Ability
- L5 Shape
- Policy and regulatory navigation
4 hoursWorkshopStart
Practitioner · ICB-P01Free
Designing a Credential: Claim, Criteria, Evidence and Metadata
Turn a learning or work activity into a credential that means something to a reader.
- Ability
- L2 Operate
- Credential design
10 hoursBlended cohortStart
Practitioner · ICB-P02Free
Assessment Design for Credentials: Valid, Reliable, Fair
Assessment that produces evidence for the claim, and holds up when someone checks.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Assessment and evidence
12 hoursBlended cohortStart
Practitioner · ICB-P03Free
Pathways and Stackable Credentials
Connecting credentials into routes that lead to roles and qualifications.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Credential design
8 hoursBlended cohortStart
Practitioner · ICB-P04Free
Visual Design Systems for Badges
Badge images that carry meaning consistently across a portfolio.
- Ability
- L2 Operate
- Credential design
4 hoursWorkshopStart
Practitioner · ICB-P05Free
Aligning Credentials to Skills Frameworks
Practical alignment to ESCO, SFIA and the EQF.
- Ability
- L2 Operate
- Skills taxonomies and alignment
8 hoursBlended cohortStart
Practitioner · ICB-P06Free
Recognising Prior and Non-formal Learning with Credentials
Routes that credential what people already know.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Assessment and evidence
8 hoursBlended cohortStart
Practitioner · ICB-P07Free
Open Badges 3.0 and Verifiable Credentials: Hands-on Lab
Issue, inspect, verify and revoke standard credentials in a sandbox.
- Ability
- L2 Operate
- Standards and interoperability
8 hoursHands-on labStart
Practitioner · ICB-P08Free
European Learning Model and European Digital Credentials
The European way to describe and issue learning achievements.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Standards and interoperability
6 hoursBlended cohortStart
Practitioner · ICB-P09Free
Choosing a Credential Platform Without Lock-in
Vendor-neutral requirements, scoring and contracts.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Platforms and integration
6 hoursWorkshopStart
Practitioner · ICB-P10Free
Integrating Credentials with Learning and HR Systems
Data flows from completion to credential to talent record.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Platforms and integration
8 hoursHands-on labStart
Practitioner · ICB-P11Free
Running Credential Operations
Issuing, correcting, expiring and revoking credentials day to day.
- Ability
- L2 Operate
- Platforms and integration
5 hoursSelf-paced + liveStart
Practitioner · ICB-P12Free
Privacy by Design for Credential Programmes
A data protection impact assessment, done properly.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Security, privacy and data protection
6 hoursWorkshopStart
Practitioner · ICB-P13Free
Designing the Earner Experience
From claim rates to career use.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Earner experience and agency
6 hoursWorkshopStart
Practitioner · ICB-P14Free
Inclusive Credential Programmes
Universal Design for Learning, accessibility and fair outcomes.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Inclusion and accessibility
6 hoursWorkshopStart
Practitioner · ICB-P15Free
Measuring What Credentials Change
Evaluation basics for credential programmes.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Impact and evidence of value
8 hoursBlended cohortStart
Practitioner · ICB-P16Free
Skills-Based Hiring and Internal Mobility with Credentials
Using credentials as evidence in selection and career moves.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Skills-based talent practice
8 hoursBlended cohortStart
Practitioner · ICB-P17Free
Engaging Verifiers and Employers
Making credentials count outside the issuing organisation.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Ecosystem and recognition partnerships
6 hoursWorkshopStart
Practitioner · ICB-P18Free
Preparing for Quality Review: the VRITE Self-Assessment
The Maturity Check, evidence and improvement plan before applying for the Global Quality Seal.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Quality assurance and accreditation
10 hoursBlended cohortStart
Practitioner · ICB-P19Free
Using AI to Draft Outcomes, Rubrics and Metadata Responsibly
A documented method for AI-assisted credential design.
- Ability
- L2 Operate
- Trustworthy AI in recognition
4 hoursSelf-paced + liveStart
Practitioner · ICB-P20Free
Credential Champions: Getting Adoption Inside Your Organisation
Stakeholders, champions and the move from pilot to routine.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Adoption and change leadership
6 hoursBlended cohortStart
Practitioner · ICB-P21Free
Building the Business Case for a Credential Programme
Purpose, value, costs and success measures that a sponsor will approve.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Credential strategy and value
6 hoursWorkshopStart
Quality network · ICB-R01Free
Global Quality Seal: Lead Reviewer Training
Applying VRITE consistently in desk review and interview.
- Ability
- L4 Assure
- Quality assurance and accreditation
16 hoursBlended cohortStart
Quality network · ICB-R02Free
Reviewer Calibration Workshop
Annual calibration of Lead Reviewers on shared cases.
- Ability
- L4 Assure
- Quality assurance and accreditation
4 hoursWorkshopStart
Quality network · ICB-R03Free
Accredited Partner Programme: Running the Maturity Check
Preparing clients for the Seal without crossing into review.
- Ability
- L3 Enable
- Quality assurance and accreditation
10 hoursBlended cohortStart
Quality network · ICB-R04Free
Independence and Conflicts of Interest in the Quality Network
The firewall between consulting and review.
- Knowledge
- L3 Enable
- Quality assurance and accreditation
1.5 hoursSelf-pacedStart
Validation · ICB-V01Free
Competency Validation: Credential Designer
Proof that you design credentials to standard in live work.
- Competency
- L3 Enable
- Credential design
15 hoursWork-based validationStart
Validation · ICB-V02Free
Competency Validation: Assessment Lead
Proof that you lead assessment to standard in live work.
- Competency
- L4 Assure
- Assessment and evidence
18 hoursWork-based validationStart
Validation · ICB-V03Free
Competency Validation: Credential Programme Lead
Proof that you lead a credential programme to standard.
- Competency
- L4 Assure
- Credential strategy and value
18 hoursWork-based validationStart
Validation · ICB-V04Free
Competency Validation: Credential Technologist
Proof that you run standard-conformant credential technology in live work.
- Competency
- L3 Enable
- Standards and interoperability
15 hoursWork-based validationStart
Validation · ICB-V05Free
ICoBC Certified Lead Reviewer
Certification for reviewers who conduct Global Quality Seal reviews.
- Competency
- L4 Assure
- Quality assurance and accreditation
20 hoursWork-based validationStart
Validation · ICB-V06Free
ICoBC Accredited Partner
Accreditation for consultants who prepare clients for the Seal.
- Competency
- L3 Enable
- Quality assurance and accreditation
15 hoursWork-based validationStart

Course series

The catalogue groups courses into seven series, from first steps to work-based validation.

Foundation

Short self-paced courses that give every audience the same vocabulary. Most pathways start here.

Practitioner

Courses for people who design, assess, issue and run credentials day to day.

Advanced

In-depth courses for programme leads, architects and quality leads who carry responsibility.

Leadership

Briefings and workshops for sponsors and leaders who decide on strategy and investment.

Quality network

Training for ICoBC Lead Reviewers and Accredited Partners in the Global Seal of Quality.

Horizon

Dated briefings on emerging topics such as wallets, regulation and AI. Reviewed on a fixed cycle.

Validation

Work-based validations that award a Competency credential. These are assessed in practice, not as web modules.