EU Higher Education Micro-Certificate Project:Real Motivation,Operation System and Guarantee Mechanism
The micro-certificate project is an important policy tool for the EU to implement the digital transformation of higher education. In order to make up for the lack of skills in traditional degree education,adapt to the need for labor skill improvement and retraining,and meet the need for micro-learning achievement certification,the EU has formed an operation system in which the government,schools,and enterprises participate together. Overall,the guarantee mechanism of the EU micro-certificate project is to unify key information standards and improve the transparency of micro-certificates;improve the quality assurance system and enhance the credibility of micro-certificates;use credits to represent workload so that learning outcomes can be measured;establish a digital storage platform to support the circulation of micro-certificates. Drawing on the experience of the EU and according to China's reality,China should promote the implementation of the micro-certificate project from the following aspects:first,establish a national qualification framework and strengthen credit accumulation and conversion;second,manage the MOOC platform and promote online course certification;third,encourage enterprises to provide skills training and develop micro-certificates for employees;fourth,improve the construction of digital infrastructure and establish a micro-certificate storage platform.