MicroCredentials SUNY Oswego Faculty Assembly August 26 2019

Micro-Credentials @ SUNY Oswego Faculty Assembly August 26, 2019

§ Deploy micro credential / badging capability to make skills and certifications that learners earn in our programs more discoverable by employers, to motivate learners and provide them additional value in the job search process. The Proposal § In deploying these credentials, SUNY Oswego’s standard of academic quality will be maintained by ensuring that the credentials consistently represent skill achievement from learners.

§ Small educational program that allows students to gain relevant skills that are needed in today’s workforce § Students are able to § Earn stackable skills that differentiate them academically What Are They? and professionally § Personalize their learning through credit and non-credit bearing opportunities to meet unique goals § Gain skills to keep them at the leading edge of a discipline throughout their career § Display badges that contain achievements and competencies to employers, colleagues and others

§ Skill Competencies are needed for emerging duties § Smaller chunks than Traditional Degree § Stackable with degrees Why Are They Important? § Motivate students § Support academic/industry partnerships § Clearly represent skills & competencies § Supplement degree programs with aligned skill sets § Ladder from stand-alone credential to degree program § Professional Development for new skills

§ Non-Credit or Credit, Undergraduate or Graduate level § Licensure, Certificates, Badges, MOOC § Be specifically recognized by certain industries Characteristics § Highlight competencies earned within a credit program § Be an introduction / entry point to a degree program § Be a stand-alone credential &/or aligned with a degree § Build to larger credentials and/or degrees § Designed to meet market needs & industry standards

The Learning Ladder William Ryan

§ Meeting #1 (8. 30. 18) § Definition of Micro Credentials § Distinctions between Micro Credentials & Badges § Credly Badging Software Contract 6. 18 § Meeting #2 (10. 9. 18) SUNY Oswego Task Group § Micro Credentials in Development @ SUNY Oswego § Need for Catalog Language, Governance Process & Badging Imagery § Employer Focus Group (10. 24. 18) § School of Business Advisory Group (11. 2. 18) § Meeting #3 (2. 11. 19) § Learning Ladder & SUNY wide adoption to date § Proposed SUNY Oswego Types, Guiding Principles, Governance Process, Draft Catalog Language & Imagery

§ Provide meaningful, high quality learning experiences with @ SUNY Oswego validated student learning outcomes developed through governance process currently § May be earned in any field of study and may be interdisciplinary, resulting in a mini-concentration § Intentionally designed as smaller and more flexible

§ Academic Micro Credentials (Credit based) § Require governance process for new Minors § Will not exceed 17 credits § Require a minimum GPA of 2. 0 of all credit courses Governance § Receive a notation on their academic transcript & digital badge § Badges (Non Credit based) § Require evidence of validated learning outcomes § Receive a digital badge & entry on a co-curricular transcript*

§ Visual Representation of mastery of a specific skill or set of skills SUNY Oswego Badge § Icon which may be clicked § Issuing Institution § Date of Issuance § Criteria Required § Evidence § Dynamic, Student Owned

Strategic Digital Media Design Micro Credential § Requested by Alumni / Advisory Board / Employers § Existing Students, Alumni, General Public Example #1 § Credit & Non Credit options § Weekend, in person seminar to launch program § 4 courses Offered in Syracuse, in Oswego and Online § Testimonials by Employers

§ Applied Sciences of Grain Grading and Analysis Micro Credential § Significant Applied Learning Experience Example #2 § At least 2 courses, offered in Oswego § Existing Students § Validated by Testimonials by Purdue & Port of Oswego for specific career: Grain Grading & Analysis Services

§ GIS (Geographic Information System) Micro Credential § 4 Credit Courses Example #3 § Existing Students, Alumni, General Public § CNY APG (Assoc. of Professional Geologist) endorsement § Application to various career fields

§ Superintendent Development N/C Program § Career Oriented Credential Example #4 § Public, Alumni, Student § 9 month program, syllabus, significant mentoring § Assessed for Graduate Credit, able to be applied to CAS

§ Global Learning N/C Micro Credential § Interdisciplinary § SUNY-wide Standards § Financial Planning Advisor Soft Skills N/C Micro Leads Credential § Supplementary to SUNY Oswego degree § Employer driven

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