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A Strategic Institutional Response to Micro-Credentials: Key Questions for Educational Leaders

Journal of Interactive Media in Education
Volume 2023 (2023): Issue 1
By: Mark Brown,  Rory McGreal and  Mitchell Peters  
Open Access
|May 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.801 | Journal eISSN: 1365-893X
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Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 29, 2022
Accepted on: Feb 17, 2023
Published on: May 24, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Micro-credentials,
Higher Education Leadership,
Educational Change Management

© 2023 Mark Brown, Rory McGreal, Mitchell Peters, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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