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This short post links to two outputs from the MICROBOL project: the MICROBOL Common Framework for Micro-credentials in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), and the MICROBOL Framework one-pager. According to the document, "Micro-credentials are designed to provide the learner with specific knowledge, skills, and competences that respond to societal, personal, cultural or labour market needs." Related: Doug Belshaw describes how microcredentials can be realigned with Mozilla's original Open Badges vision. "It's essential to emphasise the importance of informal and non-formal learning," he writes. They're not just intended for a commercialized qualifications framework. "Interoperability and decentralisation are crucial," he writes. "The original vision for Open Badges was to widen participation and recognise different kinds of learning."

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