Articles

University of Maine System (UMS) Micro-Credential Reports

Articles and reports:

Adult learners:

• Equipping Adult Learners to Attain Market-Valued Postsecondary Credentials, Connecting Credentials Work Group Report, November 2017 (External PDF)

Best practices/quality:

• Best Practices in the Implementation of Digital Badging, June 2018, Hanover Research (External PDF)
• Expanding Opportunities: Defining Quality Non-Degree Credentials for States, National Skills Coalition, September 2019 (External PDF)
• What Counts as Learning: Open Digital Badges for New Opportunities, August 2014, by Sheryl Grant, Digital Media and Learning Research Hub. Irvine, CA (External PDF)
• Micro-credentials for Impact: Holding Professional Learning to High Standards; Learning Forward and Digital Promise, 2017 (External PDF)

Value of micro-credentials:

• Building Credential Currency: Resources to Drive attainment across K-12, Higher Education, and Workforce Development, June 2019, Education Strategy Group (External PDF)
• Educational Credentials Come of Age: A Survey on the Use and Value of Educational Credentials in Hiring, December 2018, Sean R. Gallagher, Ed.D., Executive Director, Center for the Future of Higher Education & Talent Strategy, Executive Professor of Educational Policy (External PDF)

Employability/competencies/inclusivity/economic recovery:

• Skills for an Inclusive Economic Recovery, National Skills Coalition (External PDF)
• Workplace Basics: The Competencies Employers Want, 2020, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (External PDF)
• Credential Engine (External PDF)
• UMS Board of Trustees Report (External PDF)