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Suggestion for adoption of new convention on academic credits
Work has been done by the MicroHE project in the direction of creating a Micro-Credential Meta-data Standard.
The logic is the following: The European Qualification Framework (EQF) enables learners, learning providers and employers to compare qualifications between different national systems. The meta-data is, therefore, an attempt to create a new or additional EQF schema within the EQF pillar in ESCO that proposes a set of standard meta-data for documenting micro-credentials, and specifically on how to record, store and transfer them via computer systems. This means interoperability is of crucial importance. The meta-data standard is therefore mapped to other frameworks in order to have a take-up and launch micro-credentials as a feasible innovation in the qualification market. With this interoperable, validated and widely acknowledged meta-data standard – adopted even by the EC through public consultations - we claim that we can build a clearinghouse for academic credentials or micro-credentials on top of a new and accepted standard, integrated and supported by ESCO.
The idea is to translate this standard into convention s ofr the 0xcert framework.
This document is very helpful as a starting point to look at this data semantics project.
Are perspectives/public statements available from any institutions that might implement the MicroCredentials?
This is the proposed schema used by Credentify.
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"$id": "http://microcredentials.eu/schemas/MicroHE_schema-1.2.json",
"title": "MicroHE Meta-Data",
"description": "MicroHE Meta-Data",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"$schema": {
"description": "A path to JSON Schema definition file",
"type": "string"
},
"$evidence": {
"description": "A URI pointing to the evidence JSON with data needed to certify this asset",
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"description": "A property that holds a name of an asset",
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"description": "A property that holds a detailed description of an asset",
"type": "string"
},
"image": {
"description": "A public property that can be a valid URI pointing to a resource with mime type image/* representing the asset to which this digital assets represents",
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
},
"identifier": {
"description": "Identifier of a qualification",
"type": "string"
},
"refLanguage": {
"description": "ISO 639-1 code of the qualification language",
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"description": "Official title of the qualification",
"type": "string"
},
"altLabel": {
"description": "Alternative name of the qualification",
"type": "string"
},
"definition": {
"description": "Short description of the qualification",
"type": "string"
},
"learningOutcomeDesc": {
"description": "Full learning outcome description of the qualification",
"type": "string"
},
"field": {
"description": "Field of Education and Training Code (ISCED FoET 2013)",
"type": "string"
},
"EQFLevel": {
"description": "European Qualification Framework level",
"type": "string"
},
"NQFLevel": {
"description": "National/Regional Qualification Framework level",
"type": "string"
},
"creditSystem": {
"description": "Name of the Credit system in use (e.g. ECTS)",
"type": "string"
},
"creditSysTitle": {
"description": "Exact and official title of the Credit system",
"type": "string"
},
"creditSysDef": {
"description": "Short and abstract description of the Credit system",
"type": "string"
},
"creditSysValue": {
"description": "Value described in terms of hours/certificates/accompl.",
"type": "string"
},
"creditSysIssuer": {
"description": "Which organization/consortium/law regulates who can issue this token",
"type": "string"
},
"canConsistOf": {
"description": "Which other credential type/credit system can be used to build this system",
"type": "string"
},
"creditSysRefNum": {
"description": "Credit system reference number",
"type": "string"
},
"numCreditPoints": {
"description": "Number of credit points assigned to the qualification following this system",
"type": "number"
},
"ECTSCreditPoints": {
"description": "Number of credit points assigned to the qualification following ECTS system",
"type": "number"
},
"volumeOfLearning": {
"description": "How many hours of learning are needed (notional learning hours)",
"type": "string"
},
"isPartialQual": {
"description": "Indicates whether a qualification is a full qualification or a part of another qualification",
"type": "boolean"
},
"consistsOf": {
"description": "Other credentials which may make up this credential, by Unique Identifer",
"type": "string"
},
"waysToAcquire": {
"description": "Whether the qualification can be acquired by validation of a formal/non-formal and/or informal learning processes",
"type": "string"
},
"eduCredType": {
"description": "Full name of the qualification type or credit system in use",
"type": "string"
},
"entryReq": {
"description": "Entry requirement of the qualification",
"type": "string"
},
"learningOutcome": {
"description": "Expresses a learning outcome of the qualification as a relation to a skill, competence or knowledge from a known framework or standard classification",
"type": "string"
},
"relatedOccupation": {
"description": "Relates the qualification to an occupation or occupational field from a known framework or standard classification",
"type": "string"
},
"recognition": {
"description": "Information related to the formal recognition of a qualification",
"type": "string"
},
"awardingBody": {
"description": "Awarding body",
"type": "string"
},
"awardingActivity": {
"description": "Activity related to the awarding of the qualification",
"type": "string"
},
"awardingMethod": {
"description": "Whether the qualification is certified through undergoing the learning activity or an assessment of acquired competence",
"type": "string"
},
"gradeScheme": {
"description": "Description of the grading scheme and what the grade means",
"type": "string"
},
"modeOfStudy": {
"description": "Online, face to face, practice, workplace, informal learning",
"type": "string"
},
"publicKey": {
"description": "Public Key the institution uses to identify itself and authenticate the credentials",
"type": "string"
},
"assesmentMethod": {
"description": "Description of the form of assessment",
"type": "string"
},
"accreditation": {
"description": "Information related to the accreditation, quality assurance and regulation of a qualification",
"type": "string"
},
"homePage": {
"description": "The homepage (a public web document) of a qualification",
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
},
"landingPage": {
"description": "A web page that can be navigated to in a web browser to gain access to the qualification and/or additional information",
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
},
"supplDoc": {
"description": "A public web document containing additional documentation about the qualification, such as a diploma or certificate supplement",
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
},
"dateIssued": {
"description": "The date when the qualification was published and the metadata about the qualification was made available",
"type": "string",
"format": "date"
},
"dateModified": {
"description": "Date when the qualification was last updated since it was published",
"type": "string",
"format": "date"
},
"changeNote": {
"description": "A property to record information about fine grained changes of the qualification",
"type": "string"
},
"historyNote": {
"description": "A property to record information about major lifecycle changes of the qualification (e.g. past state/use/meaning of a qualification)",
"type": "string"
},
"additionalNote": {
"description": "A property to record any further information about a qualification",
"type": "string"
},
"status": {
"description": "The publication status of a qualification, e.g. released, obsolete, ...",
"type": "string"
},
"replaces": {
"description": "A related qualification that was replaced, displaced or superseded by this qualification",
"type": "string"
},
"replacedBy": {
"description": "The qualification that replaces, displaces or supersedes this qualification",
"type": "string"
},
"owner": {
"description": "The organization owning rights over the qualification, e.g. an awarding body, a national or regional authority, etc.",
"type": "string"
},
"creator": {
"description": "Organisation primarily responsible for establishing, defining and managing the qualification and its curricula",
"type": "string"
},
"publisher": {
"description": "Agent responsible for making the information about the qualification available",
"type": "string"
},
"holder": {
"description": "Name of the person receiving the credential",
"type": "string"
},
"dateOfBirth": {
"description": "Date of birth of the person receiving the credential",
"type": "string",
"format": "date"
},
"studentId": {
"description": "Student identification number or code or public key used to authenticate student",
"type": "string"
},
"grade": {
"description": "Grade achieved",
"type": "string"
},
"creditsAwarded": {
"description": "Number of credits awarded",
"type": "number"
},
"uniqueId": {
"description": "Automatically generated for each credential",
"type": "string"
},
"credential": {
"description": "The credential which is being awarded to the student",
"type": "string"
},
"expiryPeriod": {
"description": "Date on which the credential will expire",
"type": "string",
"format": "date"
},
"cheating": {
"description": "Methods for cheating prevention",
"type": "string"
}
}
}
Schema ID: ce224f0701d3e426c04328e6aebd394547882d34b288565725772220f13c7d22
