Empowering African Students in Computer Sciences with Online Micro-Credentials
"Explore the innovative project aiming to empower African students in computer sciences through a portal aggregating 150 micro-credentialed courses from IBM and FutureLearn. Offering free enrollment, blockchain-based certificates, and a user-centric experience, this initiative seeks to bridge skills gaps and promote lifelong learning. Discover key findings, achievements, and future potential for ecosystem development."
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Aims of the project Build a portal that aggregated 150 micro-credentialed online courses from both the IBM and FutureLearn platforms focused on computer sciences. Facilitate student access (from 6 African Centres of Excellence: Moi University, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ahmadu Bello University, Covenant University, University of Rwanda, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)) to the portal, learn-anything.io. Allow free enrolment onto the courses on both IBM and FutureLearn platforms to complete additional micro-credentialed learning opportunities filling perceived skills gaps. Issue blockchain-based, immutable, educational certificates that can be aggregated from both providers on a single lifelong learning ledger, VerifyEd.io. Evaluate the experience of the users and identify key areas for further development
Findings 18% of registrations were female, whereas the percentage of females completing courses was actually 50%, as opposed to the male completion rate of 50% from the remaining 82% of registrations. Access to the platforms occurred 24/7 as opposed to synchronous learning experiences. Mobile devices were the most common way of accessing the platforms. Top 3 courses by completion were: Cybersecurity, Coding and Data Science Top 3 courses by registrations were: Introduction to Cyber Security, Object-oriented Programming in Python, Begin Programming: Build Your First Mobile Game Two students aggregated blockchain credentials from both IBM and FutureLearn and another requested their degree certificate be issued on VerifyEd too.
Potentials for the Future: Ecosystem Development Approach for the learning, recruitment and private sector participation
