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Learn New Skills with Microcredentials
In today’s workplace, what you learned in the usual college courses may not be very useful later in life.
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Learn New Skills with Microcredentials
For example, in the field of information technology, workers might never use BASIC, the computer language that was taught in the 1990s.
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But they might need to know Python or SQL. The answer for students or workers is a professional certificate program, or what is called microcredential.
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UNESCO, the world’s education agency, defines microcredential as professional certification that centers on a set of learning outcomes in a narrow field.
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It is completed over a shorter time than a traditional university program, from a week to a month.
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The most popular fields in which microcredentials appear are data analytics information technology support and cybersecurity
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The courses are often developed by technology businesses like Google, Salesforce, Meta, Intuit and IBM.
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The businesses provide a certificate when a student finishes the course.
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Coursera, an online educational service, recently released a report on how microcredentials are preparing students for jobs and affecting higher education schools.
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It says that 51 percent of colleges in the United States that offer microcredentials also provide school credit and more plan to do so in the next few years.
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Some colleges include one or more courses leading to microcredentials as part of their usual programs.
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At Hawaii Pacific University, school leaders say including professional certifications in its business program has sharply increased the number of interested students.
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For students, Credential Finder offers a way to search for the right microcredential offerings by field of study or industry.
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For example, if you are studying information science, you may take Google Data Analytics or an IBM Data Analyst course.
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If you are working toward a degree in business administration, you may take a Google Project Management course.
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Your university program’s advisors should be helpful in identifying the best certificate programs for your area of study.
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Be sure to check with your country’s government for more information on special training programs.
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One example is Ukraine, which is aiming to meet its shortage of skilled workers with its ReSkill UA initiative
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It provides help with finding training and employment.
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Many of the course providers permit learners to use the materials for free, but to earn a certification, payment is required.
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Coursera has a monthly fee of $59 or a yearly fee of $399 for its Coursera Plus membership.
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For courses that universities offer for credit, the payment will depend on the price set by the school.
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The languages available in Coursera are English, German, Spanish, French, Russian and Portuguese (Brazilian).
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Other available languages include Japanese, Korean, Chinese (traditional and simplified) and Arabic.
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