In her doctoral dissertation, Padmasheela Kiiskilä (MS) investigates how higher education institutions and alliances can implement scalable, trusted, and strategically aligned micro-credential systems. Her research identifies the essential features of digital platforms needed for issuing micro-credentials, examines how learners and institutions perceive their value, and analyzes how centralized approaches can support large-scale coordination across universities. Micro-credentials have emerged as an important way to support lifelong learning, reskilling, and the recognition of smaller units of learning. As higher education institutions adapt to changing learner needs and labor market demands, micro-credentials provide digitally verifiable proof of specific skills, competencies, or achievements.
