Using Skills Profiling to Enable Badges and Micro-Credentials to be Incorporated into Higher Education Courses Cover

Using Skills Profiling to Enable Badges and Micro-Credentials to be Incorporated into Higher Education Courses

Journal of Interactive Media in Education

Volume 2023 (2023): Issue 1

By: Rupert Ward , Tom Crick , James H. Davenport , Paul Hanna , Alan Hayes , Alastair Irons , Keith Miller , Faron Moller , Tom Prickett and Julie Walters

Open Access

|May 2023

Figures & Tables

Professor Sue Reece’s five potential models for UK micro-credentialing (QAA 2021: 7).

Ward et al.’s (2021) skills categories.

Example showing subject-specific skills profiling.

Example showing transferable skills profiling.

Subject-specific skills.

Subject-specific skills difference.

Transferable skills.

Transferable skills difference.

Table 1

Subject-specific skills.

CIS2201 CYBER SECURITY			MODULE LEARNING HOURS			200
ASST	1A	2B	3C	4D	5E	6F
1	67					33
2				67		33
Total	67			67		67

Table 2

Subject-specific skills for External Learning Resources (ELRs).

ELR	1A	2B	3C	4D	5E	6F
1	5		10	5
2	10	5		10		10
3	5			10		5
4	10			5		5
5	5			10		10
Total	35	5	10	40		30
Remainder	32	–5	–10	27		37

Table 3

A stackable version of the Cyber Security module.

CIS2201E CYBER SECURITY (ELR)			INTERNAL LEARNING HOURS			80
CIS2201E CYBER SECURITY (ELR)			EXTERNAL LEARNING HOURS			120
ASST	1A	2B	3C	4D	5E	6F
1	28			22		30
ELRs
1	5		10	5
2	10	5		10		10
3	5			10		5
4	10			5		5
5	5			10		10
Total	63	5	10	62	0	60

Table 4

A reduced learning hours version of the Cyber Security module.

CIS2201P CYBER SECURITY (PL)			MODULE LEARNING HOURS			140
ASST	1A	2B	3C	4D	5E	6F
1	47					23
2				47		23
Total	47			47		46

Table 5

Two examples of ELR combinations.

ELR	1A	2B	3C	4D	5E	6F
2	10	5		10		10	35
5	5			10		10	25
Total	15	5		20		20	60
ELR	1A	2B	3C	4D	5E	6F
1	5		10	5			20
3	5			10		5	20
4	10			5		5	20
Total	20		10	20		10	60

Table 6

An example of a personalised learning approach to a module.

CIS2201PL CYBER SECURITY (PL)			INTERNAL LEARNING HOURS			140
CIS2201PL CYBER SECURITY (PL)			EXTERNAL LEARNING HOURS			60
ASST	1A	2B	3C	4D	5E	6F
1	47					23
2				47		23
ELRs
2	10	5		10		10
5	5			10		10
Total	62	5	0	67	0	66

Table 7

A second example of a personalised learning approach to a module.

CIS2201PL CYBER SECURITY (PL)			INTERNAL LEARNING HOURS			140
CIS2201PL CYBER SECURITY (PL)			EXTERNAL LEARNING HOURS			60
ASST	1A	2B	3C	4D	5E	6F
1	47					23
2				47		23
ELRs
1	5		10	5
3	5			10		5
4	10			5		5
Total	67	0	10	67	0	56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.807 | Journal eISSN: 1365-893X

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Language: English

Submitted on: Dec 5, 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,

skills profiling,

skills-based hiring,

higher education,

© 2023 Rupert Ward, Tom Crick, James H. Davenport, Paul Hanna, Alan Hayes, Alastair Irons, Keith Miller, Faron Moller, Tom Prickett, Julie Walters, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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