Developing an ecosystem supported by a digital platform for the acquisition and assessment of digital competence.
Acquiring & Assessing Digital Competence using Micro-Credentials
Acquiring and Assessing Digital Competence using Micro-credentials, known as Digital Skills Wallet, is a project aimed at developing an ecosystem supported by a digital platform for the acquisition and assessment of digital competence with the use of micro-credentials on the 5 digital competence areas as per the DigComp framework.
Central to the project, is the analysis into learning objectives of the descriptors for the 5 competences which will be the building blocks for micro-credentials. The platform allows educators to contribute with learning content and assessment questions to the platform, where both (content and assessment questions) are linked to micro-credentials.
The system will:
- assess the quality of the contributions using a peer review methodology, statistics gathered by the system and users’ feedback;
- deliver a Micro-credentials Transcript for the assessed competence and a learning path along with suggested short courses that deliver those learning objectives still pending (micro-credentials not issued) and
- check the user’s Digital Skills Wallet, where micro-credentials already issued are stored and will provide those questions aiming to assess credentials not issued yet.
The main project deliverables are:
- The Digital Skills Wallet platform;
- A Guide for developing questions and courses with micro-credentials;
- A framework for the development of an eco-system for the Acquisition and Assessment of Digital Competence with the use of micro-credentials and
- A large-scale pilot test of the platform.
The Hincks Centre will work across all work packages and will lead 2 deliverables within work package 2 and 4. Within work package 2, a detailed and clear analysis of all descriptors and learning outcomes will be formatted electronically and within work package 4, another electronic guide will be developed on how to develop bite-sized courses and questions for the acquisition and issuance of micro-credentials.
The project is co-funded by Erasmus + and will run for 44 months.
Partner Locations
The lead partner is EDITC Limited, Nicosia, Cyprus with other partners:
- Theofanis Alexandridis Kai Sia Ee, Kallithea, Greece
- Universita Telematica Internazionale-Uninettuno, Rome, Italy
- Universitatea Dunarea De Jos Din Galati, Galati, Romania
- Munster Technological University, represented by Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence, Cork, Ireland
- Dimitra Ekpaiditiki Simvilitiki AE, Larisa, Greece
- M.M.C. Management Center Limited, Lefkosia, Cyprus
- Cyprus Computer Society, Lefkosia, Cyprus