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Micro-credential Designer (education)

The core design and assessment route for providers who build micro-credentials that meet the European standard elements.

Start with Digital Badges and Credentials Essentials
Steps
8
Workload
61.5 hours
ECTS equivalent
about 2.5
Online now
8 of 8

The steps

Micro-credential Designer (education): 8 stepsSteps in order: ICB-F01 Digital Badges and Credentials Essentials, ICB-F02 Micro-credentials in Europe: the Council Recommendation in Practice, ICB-F05 Skills Language 101: Frameworks, Taxonomies and Levels, ICB-P01 Designing a Credential: Claim, Criteria, Evidence and Metadata, ICB-P02 Assessment Design for Credentials: Valid, Reliable, Fair, ICB-P05 Aligning Credentials to Skills Frameworks, ICB-P03 Pathways and Stackable Credentials, ICB-V01 Competency Validation: Credential Designer. Ring colour shows the stage: cyan Knowledge, orange Ability, lime Competency. Filled circles are online.1F012F023F054P015P026P057P038V01
  • Knowledge
  • Ability
  • Competency
  • Online
  • In preparation

  1. Digital Badges and Credentials Essentials

    What badges, micro-credentials and verifiable credentials are, and what makes one worth trusting.

    Available
    ICB-F01 · Knowledge · L1 · 3 hours

  2. Micro-credentials in Europe: the Council Recommendation in Practice

    The European approach to micro-credentials and what it asks of issuers.

    Available
    ICB-F02 · Knowledge · L2 · 3 hours

  3. Skills Language 101: Frameworks, Taxonomies and Levels

    How skills are named and levelled, and why shared language makes credentials portable.

    Available
    ICB-F05 · Knowledge · L1 · 2.5 hours

  4. Designing a Credential: Claim, Criteria, Evidence and Metadata

    Turn a learning or work activity into a credential that means something to a reader.

    Available
    ICB-P01 · Ability · L2 · 10 hours

  5. Assessment Design for Credentials: Valid, Reliable, Fair

    Assessment that produces evidence for the claim, and holds up when someone checks.

    Available
    ICB-P02 · Ability · L3 · 12 hours

  6. Aligning Credentials to Skills Frameworks

    Practical alignment to ESCO, SFIA and the EQF.

    Available
    ICB-P05 · Ability · L2 · 8 hours

  7. Pathways and Stackable Credentials

    Connecting credentials into routes that lead to roles and qualifications.

    Available
    ICB-P03 · Ability · L3 · 8 hours

  8. Competency Validation: Credential Designer

    Proof that you design credentials to standard in live work.

    Available
    ICB-V01 · Competency · L3 · 15 hours

End credential

ICB-V01 Credential Designer (CRDS L3 Competency)

Who it is for

Programme and micro-credential leads, Learning designers and teaching staff (Education and providers)