Micro-credentials Observatory

To learn more about Micro-credentials and why it is so important for the European Union, we recommend the following documents:

• CEDEFOP (2022) New Cedefop podcast: The value of microcredentials https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/news/new-cedefop-podcast-value-microcredentials
• Cedefop Brussels Seminar with the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union (2022) Microcredentials: are they here to stay? https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/events/microcredentials-are-they-here-stay
• Council of the European Union (2012) The Council recommendation on validation of non-formal and informal learning https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/files/Council_Recommendation_on_the_validation_20_Dece mber_2012.pdf
• Danish Technological Institute (2020) A European approach to micro-credentials, Output of the micro-credentials higher education consultation group https://education.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document-library-docs/european-approach-micro-credentials-higher-education-consultation-group-output-final-report.pdf
• ETF (2022) Mapping out ways to implement micro-credentials https://www.etf.europa.eu/en/news- and-events/news/mapping-out-ways-implement-micro-credentials
• European Digital Credential for Learning https://europa.eu/europass/en/stakeholders/european-digital-credentials
• European Digital Credential for Learning: Credential for Issuers https://europa.eu/europass/digital-credentials/issuer/#/home
• Laurie Pickard (2018) Analysis of 450 MOOC-Based Microcredentials Reveals Many Options But Little Consistency https://www.classcentral.com/report/moocs-microcredentials-analysis-2018
• National Institute for Digital Learning (2021) Micro-credential Observatory https://nidl.blog/tag/micro-credential-observatory/
• OECD (2020) The Emergence of Alternative Credentials https://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=EDU/WKP(2020)4 &docLanguage=En
• UNESCO (2022) Towards a common definition of micro-credentials https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000381668