- Title
- A maturity model for micro-credentialing and shorter forms of learning practice in Australasian universities
- Creator
- Selvaratnam, Ratna Malar; Warburton, Steven; Parrish, Dominique; Crew, Suzanne
- Relation
- Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management Vol. 46, Issue 4, p. 409-424
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2023.2299150
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2024
- Description
- As education and training providers grapple with increasing demand for micro-credentials, guidance on how to improve providers’ capacity and capability to deliver a high standard of learning along with profitable outcomes is needed. This study sought to develop a maturity model that could assist higher education providers in distinguishing their stage of development for delivering micro-credentials and provide guidance on activities to advance micro-credential maturity. A survey of Australasian higher education providers validated the developed model and provided an indicator of the sector’s maturity and ability to meet the increasing demand for micro-credentials. The model’s domains of quality, resourcing, standards and strategy were identified as least mature across the sector. Technical infrastructure, namely a shopfront, credentialing system and platform for delivering micro-credentials was found to be the most mature. There is future scope to refine and extend the validity of the model through testing and standardisation with comparable international sectors.
- Subject
- micro-credential; Australasia; maturity model; policy; highere education; short form learning
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1510490
- Identifier
- uon:56415
- Identifier
- ISSN:1360-080X
- Rights
- x
- Language
- eng
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