PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

What Are Micro Credentials?

Acquire a competitive edge in your career with our micro credentials, offering targeted and industry-relevant certifications that can be earned efficiently, empowering you to stand out in today's fast-paced job market.

Upskill, reskill and continue your professional and personal growth.

Workshops and micro-credentials are designed for learners interested in increasing their proficiencies with no obligations, pre-requisites or minimum requirements needed. Specialized training or re-training allows learners the opportunity to remain confident and better prepared for industry demands and changes. Increase your skillsets with professionally recognized learning opportunities supported by Extended Learning Nipissing University.

Micro Credential Opportunities

Hands-on, engaging camps will take place during Professional Development (PD) Days, March Break, Summer and select weekends throughout the year. We look forward to welcoming children to campus to meet new friends, explore enriched learning opportunities and get active with our qualified camp leaders.

Digital Badges

Extended Learning has teamed up with CanCred, a Canadian-based service that supports the distribution, management, storing and sharing of digital credentials. Badges outline the skills achieved and make it easy for the learner to share them. These digital badges are earned for successfully participating and/or completing specific Learning Opportunities such as micro-credentials and professional workshops.


Learners can share skills and achievements that may be challenging to convey on a resume or academic transcript and highlight the evidence of learning accomplished for employers and organizations. Badges can be shared on social networks (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter), digital portfolios/resumes and learners can also take advantage of their free access to eCampus Ontario’s Digital Badge Passport. 

What is Stacking?

 As our library continues to expand offerings will naturally start to fit into various categories (e.g., education, health services, business, etc.) and in some cases offerings will be grouped together from the launch date. When multiple micro-credentials fall into the same category it provides an opportunity for the learner to stack their micro-credential badges to earn a Macro-Badge. 


A macro-badge holds higher prestige in completion because it outlines that the learner had to complete multiple micro-credentials to achieve it. For example, we will be offering three individual micro-credentials on GPS, compass, and mapping navigation. A learner could choose to take one, two or all three micro-credentials and earn individual badges; however, if they chose to complete all three, they would be awarded with a macro-badge for “Survival Navigation” which outlines their extended efforts in completing all three.


When a micro-credential qualifies for a macro-badge, Extended Learning will include the details of that opportunity on the description pages. 

What is an Endorsement?

Some learning opportunities may be professionally recognized by individuals, other educational institutions, businesses, and organizations.

When a learning opportunity is supported in this way, the information on a digital badge will include a brief write-up from the endorser to validate their public declaration of support toward the offering. 


Extended Learning Nipissing University has proudly been endorsed several eCampus Ontario Extend offerings and encourages professionals to contact us if they are interested in endorsement.

extendedlearning@nipissingu.ca

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