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Microcredentials: designing lifelong learning at scale

  • by sambrenton
  • Posted on 2 March 202611 March 2026

How do you design lifelong learning at scale? This post explores how stackable credit, flexible student journeys, digital infrastructure and a federal model combine to turn microcredentials from policy aspiration into institutional practice.

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Microcredentials: reimagining higher education for lifelong learners

  • by sambrenton
  • Posted on 23 February 202611 March 2026

With lifelong learning back on the policy agenda, we are introducing stackable microcredentials designed for flexible access, low-friction entry, supportive assessment and credit accumulation across working lives.

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A B.F.Skinner teaching machine
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Instructional design and the theory-practice gap

  • by sambrenton
  • Posted on 3 February 20223 February 2022

Thoughts on the theory-practice gap in online education collaborations.

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Clapperboard
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Getting back down to earth…

  • by sambrenton
  • Posted on 3 February 20223 February 2022

Thoughts on returning to filming on campus…

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Challenging the Consensus in Online Learning Pedagogy

  • by sambrenton
  • Posted on 24 January 2022

I had the pleasure of presenting on this subject recently at the university’s Research In…

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New short course: Explore Management Concepts through Metaphor and Music

  • by sambrenton
  • Posted on 15 June 202123 June 2021

We are pleased to introduce a new short course on the Coursera platform: Explore Management…

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Panel discussion for THE Digital Education Week

  • by sambrenton
  • Posted on 2 June 202123 June 2021

On 28th May 2021 I had the great pleasure of joining a panel for the…

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How digital collaboration is changing the roles of teachers and students

  • by sambrenton
  • Posted on 21 December 202023 June 2021

I enjoyed participating in a panel about how digital collaboration is changing roles in HE. …

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The Future of Digital Learning – panel discussion

  • by sambrenton
  • Posted on 22 July 202022 July 2020

I recently had the pleasure of participating in a panel discussion where we speculated about…

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Good practice by design

  • by sambrenton
  • Posted on 8 June 202022 July 2020

An overview of our approach to learning design, by Jonathon Thomas, our Associate Director, Learning Solutions

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