2021_09_17 «Towards a European Skills & Qualifications Space: the role of Courses & Credentials»
1. Towards a European Skills & Qualifications Space:
the role of Courses & Credentials
Anthony F. Camilleri – Senior Partner,
Knowledge Innovation Centre
4. europass.eu
European Commission 4
Europass Digital Credential – Central To EU's Skills Agenda
European Education Area
Skills &
Qualifications
Space
European Data Strategy
Europass Decision
European Skills Agenda
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The Europass Learning Model is the
connective tissue for skills and
qualifications data in Europe
7. The Model is actually
a Suite of Services
• Directories of concepts in RDF
• Application Profiles for MS to code data
• Data Validation and Verification Services
• Directories of Learning Opportunities,
Qualifications and Accreditations
• Authority Tables to standardise concepts
16. A new Meta-Model for
Interoperability
Extend the scope, purpose and use
Qualifications Metadata Schema
(legislative basis)
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Definitions and Standards in EQF Recommendation,
Diploma Supplement, Europass Recommendation etc
supplemented by glossaries for additional terms
European Information Model
National, Regional or Sectoral extensions of the data
model & application profiles to deal with specific use
cases
Extensions
A Linked Open Data publication of concepts to be used
in educational and employment use cases throughout
Europe.
European Data Model
Specific sets of rules for publishing learning
opportuinities, qualifications, accreditations and
credentials in Europass
Application Profiles
Europass Learning Model
18. OPPORTUNITIES
Describe an offer by an
organization to direct an activity
which leads to a learning outcome
(proven by an assessment)
Examples include:
courses, apprenticeships,
voluntary experiences, etc.
SPECIFICATIONS
specify what can be learned, what can be
done and how it can be assessed.
Examples include:
occupational profiles, competence
frameworks, curricula, skill classifications
CREDENTIALS
Describe a claim about an individual
such as which activities they have done, and
their achievements proven by assessments.
Examples include: attendance certificate,
degree, diploma supplement, letter of
recommendation
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A Basic Ontology
of a Lifecycle Concepts
19. Implementation of these Concepts
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• ESCO Skill Taxonomy
• Europass Database of Qualifications
Specifications
• Europass Database of Learning
Opportunities
Opportunities
• Europass Digital Credentials
Credentials
20. Specifications
are interrelated and build on each other…
Lesson Plan
Course Curriculum
Occupational Standard
provide
vocabulary
provide
scaffold
implemented by
implemented by
29. A Europass credential
DE Qualification as
a Painter
150 hours of
coursework
100 hours of
apprenticeship
Final Examination
Grade B
Recognition of
qualification in FI
A Europass credential contains information about
Metadata
(data about the
credential)
Subject
(claims about
person)
eSeal
Issuer
describes claims relates to
Activities Achievement
Assessment
Attestation
Learning
Outcomes
Entitlements
LO of skill of
painting
Entitlement to
work as a painter
30. Issue any Type of Credentials
• Degrees and Diploma Supplements
• Certificates of Attendance
• Memberships of Professional Associations
• Transcripts of Records
• School Leaving Certificates
• Mobility / Apprenticeship Records
• Validation of Non-Formal / Informal Learning
31. An end to end credentialling
Infrastructure
1. Europass learning
model
2. Interoperability
standards
Standards
1. eIdas & Europass code
libraries
2. ‚docker‘ images
3. Qualifications Dataset
Register
4. Playground
5. API libraries
6. Helpdesk
Software & support
1. Issuer
2. Wallet
3. Viewer
4. Accreditation DB
5. Course & Qualification
Search
6. Open Data Services
Services