When I first heard about microcredentials (usually micro-credentials), my first thought was, “Huh?” I’ll admit, I had to look it up! According to the National Education Association, “Micro-credentials are a digital form of certification indicating demonstrated competency/mastery in a specific skill or set of skills.”
NHTI’s ten microcredential areas target skills that are in demand by employers and were developed to improve professional practice and career advancement. As an added bonus, all of NHTI’s microcredentials earn college credit and may be applied toward a certificate or degree program. Whether in the Homeschool Early Childhood Pedagogy, Teaching for All Learners, Basic Toolkit for Teaching, Math for Engineers, Math for Business, Business Leadership, IT Help Desk Technical (A+ Certification Alignment), Understanding Addiction, The Four Domains of the Certified Recovery Support Worker (CRSW), or the newly added Python Certification Preparation Microcredential, the Library has the resources students need!
Videatives Streaming Service, which is sortable by subject and age, for the Early Childhood Education Homeschool Early Childhood Pedagogy Microcredential provides text to accompany videos. We also have many great eBooks, such as Teaching STEM in the Early Years: Activities for Integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
For those pursuing one of the two microcredentials in Education, a search in one of my favorite Library databases, Films on Demand, brought up 558 films for “elementary education,” such as Winning Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms! A search in the same database for “leadership” resulted in over 5,000 results, including by respected sources such as the BBC and Harvard Business School! These can be narrowed down by refining the search terms, or filtered by copyright date, language, or producer.
Microcredentials are a great way to keep skills current and relevant to the changing needs of the job market. Interested in learning more about whether microcredentials sound right for you? Email The Business & Industry Training Center.
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