Higher education microcredentials in Australia and India: Challenges, opportunities and change
The Australia India Institute at the University of Melbourne hosted the webinar – Higher education microcredentials in Australia and India: Challenges, opportunities and change on Tuesday, 20 September 2022. -- Time stamps 00:00 Opening remarks by Dr Brigid Freeman, Senior Researcher (Education), Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne (Moderator) 03:10 Opening remarks by Dr David Atkins, Assistant Secretary, International Quality, Department of Education, Australian Government 08:04 Introduction to the National Microcredentials Framework. Speaker: Professor Pip Pattison, former Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education) at the University of Sydney and member of the Microcredentials Working Group 14:57 Opportunities arising from the introduction of the National Microcredentials Framework. Speaker: Professor Belinda Tynan, Principal Advisor, Education, Deloitte and member of the Microcredentials Working Group 21:16 Microcredentials in Australian universities: Cross-border opportunities. Speakers: Professor Michael Sankey, Director Learning Futures and Lead Education Architect, Charles Darwin University, and President, Australasian Council on Open, Distance and eLearning (ACODE) and Dr Ratna Malar Selvaratnam, Manager, Learning Technologies & Innovation, Edith Cowan University 31:30 Microcredentials Marketplace. Speaker: Josh Donnelly, Director, Student Projects Team, Australian Government Department of Education 39:30 Microcredentials in India’s higher education sector Speaker: Professor Vineeta Sirohi, National Institute of Education Planning & Administration (NIEPA) 47:18 The Indian regulatory framework: Microcredentials and credit transfer. Speaker: Dr Manju Singh, Joint Secretary, University Grants Commission (UGC) 1:01:06 MOOCs in India. Speaker: Professor R Srivastava, Additional Director, Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) 1:09:44 Audience Q&A 1:13:58 Panel discussion: Opportunities and challenges for collaboration between Australia and India -- Description As education technology advances and higher education institutions continue to transform teaching and learning in the face of COVID disruptions, the place of higher education microcredentials is rapidly changing in Australia and India. Policymakers, institutional leaders and educators in both countries are interested in opportunities for shorter-form courses to encourage lifelong learning in quality education, position students to transition successfully to employment, and rapidly upskill workers. Complementing other webinars on education technology and opportunities in the school education, coaching and test preparation sectors, this webinar explored the emerging regulatory frameworks, platforms and practices around higher education microcredentials. We heard about innovations encouraging increased participation in quality higher education, lifelong learning, upskilling and articulation to further education. We explored opportunities and challenges associated with collaboration between India and Australia on higher education microcredentials. For more details, including links to the presentations, visit https://aii.unimelb.edu.au/webinar-hi....
