Microcredentials Explorer

City Tech Microcredentials is an innovative extension of City Tech that enhances career readiness and professional skills through its role as a digital credentials platform. City Tech Microcredentials issues digital badges that represent verified competencies and are highly valued in today’s job market. It systematically records skills at a resume-ready level, giving learners credible evidence of their achievements and simplifying the process of validating their skills, knowledge, and competencies. This initiative connects academic knowledge with practical skills, demonstrating our commitment to developing skilled, adaptable students equipped to navigate the modern economy.

Earners of this badge have:

• Attended the Prior Learning Assessment Network Workshop Microcredentials: Credit, Noncredit, and the Evolving Landscape of Learning.
• Gained an understanding of the evolving landscape of learning and the role of microcredentials in meeting workforce and learner demands.
• Explored a specific institutional model for implementing a digital badge program, including its platform, design, and taxonomy.
• Identified key benefits and practical applications of microcredentials within continuing education contexts, for both learners and the institution.