{"id":5000,"date":"2020-06-08T01:55:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T01:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/pmkt101\/?page_id=5000"},"modified":"2020-06-08T01:55:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T01:55:20","slug":"about-stackable-micro-credentials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/pmkt101\/assessment\/about-stackable-micro-credentials\/","title":{"rendered":"About stackable micro-credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Duplo-building-blocks.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Duplo-building-blocks.jpg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/a\/a7\/Duplo-building-blocks.jpg\/320px-Duplo-building-blocks.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Micro-credentials enable you to submit evidence of your skills acquired on this micro-course, and for these skills to be assessed and recognised.<br style=\"clear:both;\"><\/p>\n<p>The OERu exists to help learners like you reach their goals in professional development and\/or higher education.\n<\/p>\n<p>So, as well as offering free online courses, we also work with an international network of higher education institutions to provide opportunities for formal assessment to gain micro-credentials:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> for professional development purposes, and\n<\/li>\n<li> providing pathways to qualify for academic credit that can contribute towards an undergraduate degree.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This process of using small qualifications to build up to larger ones is often called \u2018stackable micro-credentials\u2019. It allows for a flexible approach to learning which fits in with your aims, time and resources.\n<\/p>\n<p>Micro-credentials also provide opportunities for learners trialing higher education for the first-time. Learners do not need to pay tuition fees for a full course, and only pay the assessment fee for the micro-credential thus providing an affordable way for these learners to see if university study is suitable for them.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Three_steps_to_achieve_your_qualification\">Three steps to achieve your qualification<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Here is how you could work towards your own undergraduate qualification using Core Foundations of Successful Marketing (PMKT101) as your first stackable micro-credential:\n<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Step_1\">Step 1<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Earn one \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/edubits.nz\/edubits\/oeru\/\">EduBit<\/a>\u2019 micro-credential from Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand, for Core Foundations of Successful Marketing (PMKT101).\n<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Step_2\">Step 2<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Earn the additional EduBits by completing the assessments for the remaining micro-courses associated with the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oeru.org\/principles-of-marketing\">Principles of marketing<\/a> course for the following qualification(s):\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/pmkt101\/assessment\/certificate-in-business\" title=\"Principles of marketing\/PMKT101\/Assessment\/CERTHE\">Certificate Higher Education Business (OERu)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Micro-courses\">Micro-courses<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The following micro-courses for <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oeru.org\/principles-of-marketing\">Principles of marketing<\/a> have associated &#8216;EduBit&#8217; micro-credentials:\n<\/p>\n<table class=\"oeru1 table table-striped\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Course description\n<\/th>\n<th>Micro-course learning materials\n<\/th>\n<th>EduBit links\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oeru.org\/oeru-partners\/oer-foundation\/core-foundations-of-successful-marketing\">PMKT101<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/pmkt101\/\">Core foundations of successful marketing<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/edubits.nz\/eduassessmentcriteria\/124\">EduBit micro-credential<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oeru.org\/oeru-partners\/oer-foundation\/market-research-and-customer-insights\">PMKT102<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/pmkt102\/\">Marketing research and customer insights<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/edubits.nz\/eduassessmentcriteria\/125\">EduBit micro-credential<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oeru.org\/oeru-partners\/oer-foundation\/launching-products-and-generating-market-demand\/\">PMKT103<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/pmkt103\/\">Launching products and generating market demand<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/edubits.nz\/eduassessmentcriteria\/126\">EduBit micro-credential<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Step_3\">Step 3<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li> Use your EduBits to request a transcript from Otago Polytechnic.\n<\/li>\n<li> Use your transcript to show achievement towards your chosen qualification that is pre-approved for credit transfer at designated OERu partners.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>(Note that there may be an administrative fee payable to the institution for issuing a transcript for your credit.)\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.021 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.026 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 41\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 198\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 4501\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1186\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 3\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:186009-0!*!0!!*!2!* and timestamp 20200608015517 and revision id 1070258\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/pmkt101\/assessment\/how-to-certify-participation\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/pmkt101\/assessment\/certificate-in-business\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Micro-credentials enable you to submit evidence of your skills acquired on this micro-course, and for these skills to be assessed and recognised. 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