Re: Data Elements for Microcredentials (Europe and Australia)

Super useful, thanks for the handy comparison table Simone!

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On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 4:27 PM Simone Ravaioli <
simone.ravaioli@parchment.com> wrote:

> *Europe*
>
> Today June 16th, the CoE recommended
> <https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/06/16/council-recommends-european-approach-to-micro-credentials/>(formal
> endorsement) the EU Approach To micro-credentials
> <https://education.ec.europa.eu/education-levels/higher-education/micro-credentials>
> .
>
> Beside a lot of blah-blah-blah (still useful for context), the document
> specifies *A number of standard elements to describe a micro-credential. *
>
> These standard elements (mandatory and optionals) will be included in a
> European data model that specifies a common format for describing
> micro-credentials. The data model will be available as an open standard to
> be used by providers of micro-credentials, where relevant, and could
> support interoperability and easier exchange of data on micro-credentials
>
> Find the table of these data elements in Annex I of the official document
> (pag. 27)
> <https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-9237-2022-INIT/en/pdf>
>
> 🚨 The EU is currently the only one region that provides guidance for
> technical specifications and data models of microcredentials.  One example
> could be found in the documentation of the European Blockchain Service
> Infrastructure Data Models and Schemas
> <https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/wikis/display/EBSIDOC/Data+Models+and+Schemas>
>
>
> *Australia*
>
> In Nov. 2021 the Australian government published its National
> Microcredentials Framework
> <https://www.dese.gov.au/higher-education-publications/resources/national-microcredentials-framework> which
> includes guidance on Critical Information Requirements (p.12)
>
>
> —
>
> HERE
> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wCNoCXIgSvMHCW_itoHPXmO_NWAloAg3PZlxuXdTsq8/edit?usp=sharing> is
> a sheet with the Data Elements for convenience.
>
> While these are not technical data models, they should provide guidance
> to extend current payloads of existing technical specification for learner
> records.
>
>
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