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Engaging Verifiers and Employers

Making credentials count outside the issuing organisation.

  • Ability
  • L3 Enable
  • Practitioner
  • Ecosystem and recognition partnerships
  • ICB-P17
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Why this course

Connecting the dots for verifiers was the 2023 symposium theme and is part of ICoBC consulting. Issuers often skip this step and then wonder why their credentials are ignored.

What you will be able to do

  1. Identify and prioritise verifiers for a credential.
  2. Run verifier interviews to find out what evidence they need.
  3. Co-design or adapt credentials with verifiers.
  4. Set up a pilot recognition arrangement with clear terms.

Modules

  1. Mapping verifiers
  2. Verifier research
  3. Co-design
  4. Pilot agreements

Assessment

Verifier map, interview summary and pilot proposal.

Badge evidence: Verifier map; interview summary; pilot proposal.

Prerequisites: ICB-F04

Who it is for

  • Education and providers
  • Associations and policy
  • Companies and employers

Framework alignment

ICSFframeworkECOSskillL3levelAstage

Ecosystem and recognition partnerships (ECOS, VRITE pillar Value)

Related skills: Skills-based talent practice, Adoption and change leadership. About the framework

Use in your organisation

In corporate training

Workshop module for L&D and corporate academy leads. Badge aligns to ICSF ECOS L3 (SFIA 4) and can be referenced in role profiles. Counts as skill evidence; competency on the job needs a V-series validation.

In education

Micro-credential of 6 h notional workload (about 0.2 ECTS), indicative EQF 5 to 6, assessed by assessed practical task with rubric. Stacks into pathway PW07.

EU micro-credential elements

Awarding body ICoBC e.V. or licensed issuer. Learning outcomes: see column. Notional workload: 6 h (about 0.2 ECTS). Level: ICSF L3, EQF 5 to 6 (indicative). Type of assessment: assessed practical task with rubric. Form of participation: In person or live online workshop with online pre-work. Type of quality assurance: ICoBC internal QA against VRITE. Prerequisites: ICB-F04.

Elements following the Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on a European approach to micro-credentials.

Part of these pathways

Quality and AI

Quality focus: VRITE Value.

AI dimension: General rules only.

Improve this course

The course is open on GitHub in LiaScript format under CC BY 4.0. View the source or read how to suggest a change.