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dc.contributor.authorWilson, Hugh
dc.contributor.authorHay, Malcolm
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-03T19:47:17Z
dc.date.available2021-05-03T19:47:17Z
dc.date.issued2019-12
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10652/5292
dc.description.abstractThis paper sets out the methodology and results of a feasibility study and the following pilot project which were implemented to investigate the use of microcredentials as an alternative learning pathway for the civil option of the New Zealand Diploma of Engineering (NZDE) programme. The NZDE is designed “to provide skilled and competent engineering technicians specialised in Civil, Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical or Fire Engineering for the New Zealand engineering sector” (NZBED, 2017). The NZDE (Civil) graduates fill a number of roles in the civil engineering industry including civil construction site engineers, infrastructure and structural designers and draftspeople, engineering surveyors and project managers for civil engineering projects (Wilson, 2014). There is a need for more civil engineering diploma graduates if New Zealand is to continue to develop at its current rate (IPENZ, 2010) but current graduate numbers are decreasing (Engineering E2E, 2017). One possible approach to increase graduate numbers is to make the programme more accessible and attractive to working people. Microcredentials are recognitions of small packages of learning. The learning and assessment resources required to undertake these small packages of learning may be presented on an online platform that allows learning to be undertaken at any time (i.e. on demand learning). Mischewski (2017) suggests that this approach could provide a more flexible approach to learning which may allow easier access to education for working people. They may also provide a low-stakes entry for people who have been away from formal learning for significant periods of time.en_NZ
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://aaee.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AAEE2019_Annual_Conference_paper_117.pdfen_NZ
dc.rightsAll rights reserveden_NZ
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_NZ
dc.subjectNew Zealand Diploma in Engineering (NZDE)en_NZ
dc.subjectengineering educationen_NZ
dc.subjectaccreditationen_NZ
dc.subjectengineering studentsen_NZ
dc.subjectmicrocredentialsen_NZ
dc.subjectNZDE (Civil)en_NZ
dc.subjectemployabilityen_NZ
dc.subjectuniversity to work transitionen_NZ
dc.subjectEngineering E2E (Firm)en_NZ
dc.titleUse of online on-demand microcredentials to provide an alternative learning pathway for an engineering diploma programmeen_NZ
dc.typeConference Contribution - Paper in Published Proceedingsen_NZ
dc.date.updated2021-04-14T14:30:31Z
dc.rights.holderAuthorsen_NZ
dc.subject.marsden130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogyen_NZ
dc.subject.marsden130303 Education Assessment and Evaluationen_NZ
dc.subject.marsden130306 Educational Technology and Computingen_NZ
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationWilson, H., & Hay, M. (2019). Use of online on-demand microcredentials to provide an alternative learning pathway for an engineering diploma programme. Proceedings of the AAEE 2019 30th Annual Conference (not yet published) (pp. 1-7).en_NZ
unitec.publication.spage1en_NZ
unitec.publication.lpage7en_NZ
unitec.conference.titleProceedings of the AAEE 2019 30th Annual Conference (not yet published)en_NZ
unitec.conference.orgAustralasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE)en_NZ
unitec.conference.locationUniversity of Southern Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australiaen_NZ
unitec.conference.sdate2019-12-08
unitec.conference.edate2019-12-11
unitec.peerreviewedyesen_NZ
dc.contributor.affiliationUnitec Institute of Technologyen_NZ
unitec.identifier.roms64877en_NZ
unitec.institution.studyareaEducationen_NZ
unitec.institution.studyareaEducation


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