2000-1-17Micro-Credentialing
Responsible Executive:
Senior Vice-President, Academic & Student Success
Senior Vice-President, Academic & Student Success
Issue Date:
April 01, 2021
Upon request, the college will provide a copy of this policy in an alternate format.
Lambton College is committed to providing a range of credentials that meet the needs of students and employers, and align with the Ontario Qualifications Framework and the Minister’s Binding Policy Directive - Framework for Programs of Instruction.
Micro-credentials and micro-certificates are a component of that overall suite of credential offerings:
- Micro-credentials recognize assessed skill mastery of one or more focused competencies.
- Micro-certificates recognize the mastery of complementary competencies that allow one to complete a more complex task within contextual limitations.
Micro-credentials may be stand-alone, or they may stack into micro-certificates and/or traditional Lambton College credential offers.
Policy
- Micro-credentials will recognize competencies – defined as some combination of observable and measurable knowledge, skills, abilities and attributes that when combined contribute to an individual’s ability to perform a task or achieve a practical
outcome.
- Achievement of competency will be assessed, and credentialed based on mastery (pass/no pass).
- Approval of a new micro-credential offering is delegated to the Senior Vice-President, Academic & Student Success by the Lambton College Board of Governors.
- Admission into a micro-credential will be governed by the Minister’s Binding Policy Directive - Admissions Criteria. Micro-credentials that map directly to a post-secondary program will follow the admissions criteria of that program.
- Achievement of a micro-credential will be verified and recognized on the post-secondary transcript. Additionally, a badge (a digital representation of a micro-credential) may be awarded.
- Each micro-credential will be quality assured at the point of launch and on an annual basis. A thorough review will be conducted every six years.
- A detailed framework, including procedural steps related to governance, creation, promotion, implementation, execution, quality assurance and nomenclature will be published by the Innovation Institute on the College staff portal.