MicroCredentials

Credit: Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels As private firms and governments struggle to fill jobs—and with the cost of college too high for many students—employers and elected officials are searching for alternative ways for people to get good jobs without having to earn a traditional college degree. Microcredentials are one such alternative. But just what…

Micro-credentials are a place to start in data science if you know how to leverage them properlyPhoto by Corinne Kutz on UnsplashNowadays, you can get micro-credentials in anything from animation to basket weaving and everything in between.Micro-credentials have taken the learning world by storm over the last 7 years, allowing people to earn badges for acquiring and demonstrating a specific skill. Some of the first micro-credentials were for programming skills, but have since grown to include skills in a variety of…