Micro-credentials can help teachers expand and validate their learning experience and to receive recognition once they achieved a milestone in their professional learning trajectories. Short-term learning opportunities leading to micro-credentials can significantly contribute to shaping the lifelong learning dimension in higher education.
The project intends to tackle the deficits in the teacher professional development in UA, ALB & MNE through introducing, testing and establishing approaches/mechanisms to the creation/recognition of MOOC-based micro-credentials for the professional development of secondary schools and VET teachers. These micro-credentials will be offered to teachers without any timely or geographical boundaries with the opportunity to:
- learn and demonstrate competency in new skills,
- get feedback from an outside evaluator,
- and earn a recognition for mastery.
Thus, these micro-credentials will be supposed to be acquired and recognized as an equal alternative to the formal CPD courses. In this manner, the project will contribute to the promotion of credit-based learning pathways within the continuous professional development of teachers.
The specific project objectives are:
– to boost skills and competencies of teaching and research staff at participating institutions for the development, delivery, assessment, recognition and transferability of MOOC-based MCs;
– to develop, test and establish the national and institutional frameworks for the development, assessment, issuing and recognition of MCs in UA, ALB, MNE;
– to create and deliver pilot MOOC-based MCs for secondary school, VET & HEI teachers;
– to promote the wider adoption of MCs for professional development of teachers and other target groups.
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