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CRED4TEACH - MOOC-based micro-credentials for teacher professional development

1010828582022Capacity Building in higher educationongoing
Countries: DE|UA|EE|AL|ME|TR|PT · Grant: €700,193

Project summary

The CRED4TEACH project responds to the needs of higher education institutions and educational decision makers in countries Albania, Montenegro and Ukraine towards providing high-quality, responsive, inclusive, flexible and competence-based training provisions to in-service teachers across the educational sectors. The project’s solution is to establish the MOOC-based micro-credentials for enhancing the opportunities for teacher professional development in target countries. The project objectives are: - to boost staff skills for the development and delivery of MOOC-based Micro-credentials; - to develop and introduce national and institutional frameworks for the delivery, issuing and recognition of Micro-credentials, - to create, deliver and validate 11 pilot MOOC-based Micro-credentials, - to encourage the wider adoption of Micro-credentials for professional development of teachers and other target groups. Target groups: in-service teachers from secondary schools, VET and HEI sectors. Expected results: - 46 teaching and research staff members upskilled to micro-credentials and MOOC-designers; - 11 MOOC-based Micro-credentials in UA, ALB, MNE, each between 4-6 ECTS, delivered to at least 220 pilot teachers; - 3 national and 8 institutional frameworks on the provision and recognition of micro-credentials for teachers; - 3 national blueprints on adoption of micro-credentialing. To achieve the project objectives, CRED4TEACH will strengthen institutional capacities for the provision of MOOC-based micro-credentials through providing trainings by partners from program countries, create national and institutional guidelines for offering of micro-credentials, design, deliver and validate 11 MOOC-based micro-credentials, and promote the achieved results through a large-scale dissemination campaign. The project results will be reflected in the scope of 3 blueprints providing recommendations to educational decision makers towards a national-wide adoption of micro-credentials.

Final report summary

The CRED4TEACH project responds to the needs of higher education institutions and educational decision makers in countries Albania, Montenegro and Ukraine towards providing high-quality, responsive, inclusive, flexible and competence-based training provisions to in-service teachers across the educational sectors. The project’s solution is to establish the MOOC-based micro-credentials for enhancing the opportunities for teacher professional development in target countries. The project objectives are: - to boost staff skills for the development and delivery of MOOC-based Micro-credentials; - to develop and introduce national and institutional frameworks for the delivery, issuing and recognition of Micro-credentials, - to create, deliver and validate 11 pilot MOOC-based Micro-credentials, - to encourage the wider adoption of Micro-credentials for professional development of teachers and other target groups. Target groups: in-service teachers from secondary schools, VET and HEI sectors. Expected results: - 46 teaching and research staff members upskilled to micro-credentials and MOOC-designers; - 11 MOOC-based Micro-credentials in UA, ALB, MNE, each between 4-6 ECTS, delivered to at least 220 pilot teachers; - 3 national and 8 institutional frameworks on the provision and recognition of micro-credentials for teachers; - 3 national blueprints on adoption of micro-credentialing. To achieve the project objectives, CRED4TEACH will strengthen institutional capacities for the provision of MOOC-based micro-credentials through providing trainings by partners from program countries, create national and institutional guidelines for offering of micro-credentials, design, deliver and validate 11 MOOC-based micro-credentials, and promote the achieved results through a large-scale dissemination campaign. The project results will be reflected in the scope of 3 blueprints providing recommendations to educational decision makers towards a national-wide adoption of micro-credentials.

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