Integrate individual micro-credential learning into collaborative team learning cycles¶

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Description¶

Under the Learning Communities standard, the report recommends that educators, teams, and issuers deliberately connect individually earned micro-credentials to collective goals. Teams may "choose to achieve particular competencies, with their learning team, and submit individual examples of their own work for review," and issuers are urged to emphasize collaboration competencies and create mechanisms for sharing knowledge gained. The report acknowledges this is a challenge given the individual nature of earning micro-credentials.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Intentional design, deliberate structures, dedicated time, and leadership so educators have specific skills for effective collaboration

Constraints¶

• Aligning micro-credential learning with the Learning Communities standard may present a challenge, given the individual nature of earning micro-credentials

Target Learners¶

• grade-level and content-area teaching teams
• school and district cluster teams

Target Learning Goals¶

• collaboration, communication, and team facilitation competencies in service of collective student goals

Related Strategies¶

• Align micro-credential offerings and recognition with student and educator performance standards
• Four ecosystem recommendations: experiment with currency forms, protect time for inquiry, include everyone in team learning, and invest in adaptive platforms

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Crow, T. (contributing author Pipkin, H.). (2017). Micro-credentials for Impact: Holding Professional Learning to High Standards. Learning Forward and Digital Promise. https://www.digitalpromise.org/micro-credentials