TRAINING PROGRAMME: DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MICROCREDENTIALS IN LATIN AMERICA

Scope
This programme is developed within the framework of a cooperation agreement between INQAAHE and REALCUP.

Objective
Develop a training module aimed at enhancing Latin American Higher Education community capacity in development, implementation, and quality assurance of microcredentials.

Registration
Registration will be available from November 4th, 2024.

ENROLLMENT FORM

DIRECTORS OF THE PROGRAMME

Dr. Susanna Karakhanyan

INQAAHE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY & REGULATION DIRECTOR AT THE ABU DHABI DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Dr. Anna Prades

INQAAHE TREASURER AND HEAD OF INTERNATIONALISATION AND KNOWLEDGE GENERATION DEPARTMENT OF AQU CATALUNYA, SPAIN.

Dr. Ariana de Vincenzi

INQAAHE BOARD DIRECTOR AND ACADEMIC VICE-RECTOR AT THE UNIVERSIDAD ABIERTA INTERAMERICANA OF ARGENTINA, ARGENTINA.

PROFESSORS

Dr. Anna Prades

INQAAHE BOARD DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT AT AQU CATALUNYA, SPAIN

Dr. Romita Iucu

PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST, COORDINATOR OF UNICA EDULAB, CO-CHAIR OF THE FOREU SUBGROUP ON EUROPEAN DEGREES

Dr. Susanna Karakhanyan

INQAAHE 7^th (PAST) PRESIDENT (2016-2021). DIRECTOR AT THE ABU DHABI DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Dr. Martí Casadesús Fa

FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE CATALAN AGENCY FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE (AQU), SPAIN FORMER INQAAHE SECRETARY. FULL PROFESSOR AT THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA

VISITING PROFESSOR

Magister Alexandru CARȚIȘ

COORDINATOR OF THE UNIT OF CIVIS EUROPE

(CIVIC UNIVERSITY ALLIANCE)

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Module 1: Exploring the Potential of Microcredentials in Higher Education

Analyze the diversity of short-term training programs and define the specificities of microcredentials.
Evaluate the use of microcredentials in various contexts.
Analyze necessary adaptations to contextualize international experiences in national contexts.
Identify the use of microcredentials as flexible learning structures that can articulate with macrocredentials.
Design a microcredential strategy for a higher education institution aligned with the key components for its design.

Module 2: Designing Robust, Credible, and Portable Microcredentials

Design and validate a framework for integrating flexible learning paths into a specific context.
Generate critical elements of policies and procedures to ensure the development and implementation of robust, agile, credible, transferable, portable, stackable, and interoperable microcredentials.
Analyze relevant systems for issuing reliable and robust microcredentials.

Module 3: Efficient Management of Microcredentials: Internal and External QA

Design an efficient plan for managing microcredentials that ensures their relevance to labor market needs and added value.
Design a model for continuously improving internal quality assurance mechanisms that comprehensively cover all parties involved in the development, issuance, and review of a microcredential.
According to INQAAHE International Standards (ISG).
- Prepare the institution for an external review of the microcredential management process.
- Carry out a self-evaluation of the institutional process for managing microcredentials.

MODALITY OF DELIVERY

Language of the program: Spanish and English.

Workload per module: 50 hours (2 credits).

For learning activities: 12 hours with pedagogical mediation, divided into 6 hours for asynchronous learning activities and 6 hours for synchronous learning activities, plus 24 self-managed hours.

For evaluation: 14 hours for the design of a final project. Participants will have two weeks after each module to complete the project, and they may work in teams of up to 3 members.

Methodology:

The program is developed through an active methodology focused on participants’ actions. Instructors act as facilitators, guiding collaborative achievement of the proposed learning outcomes.

The entire program is delivered through the flipped classroom model, which involves prior analysis of readings, videos, and the completion of activities before the start of each week (whether synchronous or asynchronous), mediated by instructors.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE FOLLOWING FILES:

Microcredentials Training Programme - Second Edition (English)

Microcredentials Training Programme - Second Edition (Spanish)

Microcredentials Programme – 2nd edition