Casey Hopkins
ABSTRACT
From October 2021 to July 2022, the Institute of Coding in Wales carried out a pilot project which involved every university in Wales delivering digital skills bootcamps that could conceivably – if not in practice – result in the awarding of university credits: so-called micro-credentials. We describe here the outcomes of this project.
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Index Terms
- Institute of Coding in Wales Digital Skills Bootcamps - A Model for Stackable Micro-credentials
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