Microcredentials for Excellence

Rebecca Ferguson is Professor of Learning Futures at The Open University, where she was academic lead of the University’s microcredentials programme for two years. She has been actively involved in microcredential production, teaching, assessment, quality enhancement, and policy making – as well as completing a postgraduate microcredential as a learner. As lead academic of the FutureLearn Academic Network, she has also been involved in research, scholarship, and evaluation of this new type of credential.

Denise Whitelock is Director of the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, overseeing a curriculum that includes a well-established set of stackable microcredentials. She is a Professor of Technology Enhanced Learning and has over 25 years’ experience of designing, researching, and evaluating online and computer-based learning in Higher Education. Her work has received international recognition, including visiting chairs at the Autonoma University Barcelona, and the British University in Dubai. She is currently Vice President of Research for the European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN) and holds a Commonwealth of Learning Chair.