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Home > Resources > Elevate your diabetes expertise with ADEA’s Insulin Pump Therapy microcredential > ADEA Microcredentials: Frequently Asked Questions Microcredentials are succinct, targeted certifications that validate specific competencies or skills. Unlike traditional qualifications, which require extensive study over prolonged periods, microcredentials are flexible, time-efficient alternatives. These short, stackable courses (like Lego blocks) can be completed in as little as a few hours, fitting into the busy schedules of health professionals. They are designed to provide industry-relevant education that bridges skill gaps, complements existing qualifications, and serve as standalone credentials for professional development.
Microcredentials offer significant advantages, including flexibility and customisation. They can be pursued as individual units or stacked to build comprehensive knowledge. This modular approach allows professionals to select courses aligned with their career goals and needs, unlike traditional qualifications that may include irrelevant units. Additionally, microcredentials are cost-effective and time-efficient, allowing for self-paced learning that fits around work and personal commitments, making them ideal for busy professionals.
Diabetes management is rapidly evolving with new technologies and medications. Our microcredentials provide adaptable learning modules to help CDEs and healthcare professionals quickly upskill and stay current in diabetes care.
In 2022, ADEA and the Australian Diabetes Society highlighted the importance of preparing the next generation of diabetes health professionals. Data revealed an ageing workforce and the need to double it to support the increasing number of people living with diabetes. This need mirrors the trend in Australia’s broader health workforce, which is expected to expand significantly due to an ageing population and increasing chronic conditions. Strategic planning and investment in training are crucial to meet future demands, making ADEA’s microcredentials essential for rapid upskilling to keep pace with rising needs.
Microcredentials reflect a changing global education environment where consumers seek small, cost-effective educational units they can build upon over time. A key element of ADEA’s education and training strategy (2023–26) is the development of microcredentials and digital badging. As an industry leader, ADEA is introducing these innovative qualifications to diabetes education, providing you with the latest flexible, targeted learning opportunities. This ensures your position as a leader in diabetes education, with skills and competencies that are easily recognised and validated.
Our microcredentials provide targeted, efficient knowledge acquisition and are cost-effective, allowing for affordable education. They are stackable, enabling progressive expertise building. Ultimately, they will help you stay current with the latest advancements in diabetes care, offering formal recognition that enhances professional credibility and career opportunities. Developed by diabetes experts, the content is highly relevant, evidence-based, and aligned with best practices.
This microcredential is for ADEA members, recently credentialled CDEs, and CDEs wanting to update their knowledge. Completing this microcredential will equip you with a stronger understanding of insulin pump therapy, significantly enhancing your ability to support people living with diabetes. You will learn about the currently available insulin pumps in Australia, including their functions and components, and how to help clients choose the right pump. The course also covers data management, interpretation, and troubleshooting common issues, as well as the roles of healthcare teams in supporting diabetes management and staying updated with the latest research. This microcredential will not only expand your knowledge and enhance your professional practice but also enable you to effectively support and care for people living with diabetes who use insulin pumps. Additionally, it can serve as a building block in your professional development, allowing you to build towards further education in insulin pump technology and care. This microcredential builds on the successful 2022 Continuous Glucose Monitoring Technology Microcredential.
Here’s why our microcredentials are different and why they carry costs:
ADEA microcredentials provide a deeper dive into specific subjects with flexible learning experiences that go beyond typical webinars or podcasts. The design of our microcredentials includes learning outcomes and curriculum development, and they are meticulously designed in collaboration with experienced CDEs and diabetes and education experts. This collaboration ensures that the content is high-quality, relevant, and up to date.
Microcredentials include formal assessments to validate your skills and knowledge. Completing each course earns you a verifiable digital badge, demonstrating your expertise in specific areas. These badges enhance your resume and professional profile, making you more attractive to clients and employers.
The microcredentials offered via our learning management system are designed to be highly interactive and engaging, incorporating various multimedia elements such as animations, videos, quizzes, downloadable PDFs, audio content, and case studies. Exercises and scenarios help you apply what you’ve learned, ensuring a rich learning experience. Integrated assessments evaluate knowledge gain and ensure that learners have attained the required competencies.
Developing high-quality microcredentials involves costs related to instructional design, content creation, platform maintenance, and updates. Charging a fee for each course helps ADEA sustain these educational resources and continue providing valuable learning opportunities. This approach guarantees that content stays up-to-date, relevant, and of the highest quality for all learners. Charging a fee helps cover the costs of issuing digital badges, which include detailed metadata on skills and competencies. This transparency enables employers to clearly recognise the learner’s abilities.
• Depth and breadth of content: Microcredentials offer a more focused and extensive exploration of specific subjects.
• Flexible learning path: Designed with a flexible learning path, these courses include assessments to test your understanding and provide feedback.
• Certification and professional recognition: Upon completion of each microcredential, you receive a verifiable digital badge that enhances your professional profile, LinkedIn, or resume, offering formal recognition of your expertise.
• Interactive components: Microcredentials include interactive elements and focus on applying knowledge to improve client outcomes.
By investing in microcredentials, you enhance your knowledge and skills while earning formal recognition that sets you apart in your field. This investment in your professional development provides long-term benefits and high returns on your career growth.
You can secure your new credential in insulin pump therapy by enrolling through the ADEA Learning Management System here. Once you log in, click on the ‘Microcredentialling’ tab where you can follow the links to enrol.
Our first microcredential about insulin pump therapy is coming soon and we will keep you updated on the date. The launch of this microcredential will build on NDW’s focus on diabetes technology and better access, amplifying our collective voices for better support. Delivered on Moodle, the course offers comprehensive information, tracks progress, and awards digital badges upon completion.
Following the Insulin Pump Therapy microcredential, we’ll launch the Diabetes Medications and Professional Practice microcredentials on the TopClass LMS in late 2024 as part of broader upgrades to the ADEA digital platform for members. These upgrades will enhance the digital badging process, improve recognition of achievements, and offer a more dynamic, user-friendly learning experience. Our move to TopClass marks a significant advancement in delivering education, providing better navigation, access to resources, and flexible, tailored learning paths.
Verifiable digital badges are online symbols that indicate you have completed a specific microcredential or achieved a particular skill. They function like electronic certificates that you can earn and share. What sets them apart is their embedded metadata; anyone can click on the badge to see detailed information about what you did to earn it, the issuing organisation, and the skills or knowledge you acquired. This metadata ensures that the badge is authentic and accurately represents your genuine achievements, making it a trusted validation of your expertise. Below is an example of the badge for the insulin pump therapy microcredential.
Showcasing your achievements is made easy with ADEA’s digital badges. Partnering with Credly, we transform your demonstrated learning outcomes into verifiable, easily shareable badges that enhance your professional profile on LinkedIn, resumes, and social media. These badges contain metadata verifying the skills or knowledge attained. Credly’s platform, based on Open Badge Standards by 1EdTech, allows you to manage, share, and verify your competencies digitally. These badges not only represent your achievements but also link back to ADEA, increasing visibility and engagement.
For the Insulin Pump Therapy microcredential on Moodle, you will receive your badge within seven days of completion. The new learning management system for future microcredentials will provide a more streamlined digital badging experience.
Metadata is data that provides information about other data. It helps describe the content, context, and structure of data, making it easier to find and use. For example, in a digital photo, metadata includes information like date, time, location, and camera settings. In verifiable digital badges for microcredentials, metadata is crucial. It includes:
This metadata ensures the badge is verifiable and trustworthy, allowing clients and employers to understand its significance and verify its authenticity, adding value to the credential.
Displaying your skills as a badge allows you to share your abilities online in a simple, trusted, and easily verifiable way. Unlike self-reported information, badges offer a trusted method for real-time verification of your achievements and capabilities. Employers and peers receive concrete evidence of your skills, ensuring authenticity. Additionally, Credly provides labour market insights based on your skills, showing direct connections between skills and job opportunities. This allows you to search for and apply for relevant jobs directly through their platform.
We have partnered with Credly to develop and issue verifiable digital badges. Credly is an end-to-end solution for issuing and managing digital credentials. They partner with credible organisations worldwide to provide digital credentials to individuals.
No, this service is provided to you at no cost.
Although badges are digital image files, they are uniquely linked to data hosted on Credly. This link to verified data makes them more secure than paper-based certificates and prevents others from claiming your credential and identity.
You can share your badge directly from Credly to LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook; via email; or embed it in a website or your email signature.
Microcredentials are succinct, targeted certifications that validate specific competencies or skills. Unlike traditional qualifications, which require extensive study over prolonged periods, microcredentials are flexible, time-efficient alternatives. These short, stackable courses (like Lego blocks) can be completed in as little as a few hours, fitting into the busy schedules of health professionals. They are designed to provide industry-relevant education that bridges skill gaps, complements existing qualifications, and serve as standalone credentials for professional development.
Microcredentials offer significant advantages, including flexibility and customisation. They can be pursued as individual units or stacked to build comprehensive knowledge. This modular approach allows professionals to select courses aligned with their career goals and needs, unlike traditional qualifications that may include irrelevant units. Additionally, microcredentials are cost-effective and time-efficient, allowing for self-paced learning that fits around work and personal commitments, making them ideal for busy professionals.
Diabetes management is rapidly evolving with new technologies and medications. Our microcredentials provide adaptable learning modules to help CDEs and healthcare professionals quickly upskill and stay current in diabetes care.
In 2022, ADEA and the Australian Diabetes Society highlighted the importance of preparing the next generation of diabetes health professionals. Data revealed an ageing workforce and the need to double it to support the increasing number of people living with diabetes. This need mirrors the trend in Australia’s broader health workforce, which is expected to expand significantly due to an ageing population and increasing chronic conditions. Strategic planning and investment in training are crucial to meet future demands, making ADEA’s microcredentials essential for rapid upskilling to keep pace with rising needs.
Microcredentials reflect a changing global education environment where consumers seek small, cost-effective educational units they can build upon over time. A key element of ADEA’s education and training strategy (2023–26) is the development of microcredentials and digital badging. As an industry leader, ADEA is introducing these innovative qualifications to diabetes education, providing you with the latest flexible, targeted learning opportunities. This ensures your position as a leader in diabetes education, with skills and competencies that are easily recognised and validated.
Our microcredentials provide targeted, efficient knowledge acquisition and are cost-effective, allowing for affordable education. They are stackable, enabling progressive expertise building. Ultimately, they will help you stay current with the latest advancements in diabetes care, offering formal recognition that enhances professional credibility and career opportunities. Developed by diabetes experts, the content is highly relevant, evidence-based, and aligned with best practices.
This microcredential is for ADEA members, recently credentialled CDEs, and CDEs wanting to update their knowledge. Completing this microcredential will equip you with a stronger understanding of insulin pump therapy, significantly enhancing your ability to support people living with diabetes. You will learn about the currently available insulin pumps in Australia, including their functions and components, and how to help clients choose the right pump. The course also covers data management, interpretation, and troubleshooting common issues, as well as the roles of healthcare teams in supporting diabetes management and staying updated with the latest research. This microcredential will not only expand your knowledge and enhance your professional practice but also enable you to effectively support and care for people living with diabetes who use insulin pumps. Additionally, it can serve as a building block in your professional development, allowing you to build towards further education in insulin pump technology and care. This microcredential builds on the successful 2022 Continuous Glucose Monitoring Technology Microcredential.
Here’s why our microcredentials are different and why they carry costs:
ADEA microcredentials provide a deeper dive into specific subjects with flexible learning experiences that go beyond typical webinars or podcasts. The design of our microcredentials includes learning outcomes and curriculum development, and they are meticulously designed in collaboration with experienced CDEs and diabetes and education experts. This collaboration ensures that the content is high-quality, relevant, and up to date.
Microcredentials include formal assessments to validate your skills and knowledge. Completing each course earns you a verifiable digital badge, demonstrating your expertise in specific areas. These badges enhance your resume and professional profile, making you more attractive to clients and employers.
The microcredentials offered via our learning management system are designed to be highly interactive and engaging, incorporating various multimedia elements such as animations, videos, quizzes, downloadable PDFs, audio content, and case studies. Exercises and scenarios help you apply what you’ve learned, ensuring a rich learning experience. Integrated assessments evaluate knowledge gain and ensure that learners have attained the required competencies.
Developing high-quality microcredentials involves costs related to instructional design, content creation, platform maintenance, and updates. Charging a fee for each course helps ADEA sustain these educational resources and continue providing valuable learning opportunities. This approach guarantees that content stays up-to-date, relevant, and of the highest quality for all learners. Charging a fee helps cover the costs of issuing digital badges, which include detailed metadata on skills and competencies. This transparency enables employers to clearly recognise the learner’s abilities.
• Depth and breadth of content: Microcredentials offer a more focused and extensive exploration of specific subjects.
• Flexible learning path: Designed with a flexible learning path, these courses include assessments to test your understanding and provide feedback.
• Certification and professional recognition: Upon completion of each microcredential, you receive a verifiable digital badge that enhances your professional profile, LinkedIn, or resume, offering formal recognition of your expertise.
• Interactive components: Microcredentials include interactive elements and focus on applying knowledge to improve client outcomes.
By investing in microcredentials, you enhance your knowledge and skills while earning formal recognition that sets you apart in your field. This investment in your professional development provides long-term benefits and high returns on your career growth.
You can secure your new credential in insulin pump therapy by enrolling through the ADEA Learning Management System here. Once you log in, click on the ‘Microcredentialling’ tab where you can follow the links to enrol.
Our first microcredential about insulin pump therapy is coming soon and we will keep you updated on the date. The launch of this microcredential will build on NDW’s focus on diabetes technology and better access, amplifying our collective voices for better support. Delivered on Moodle, the course offers comprehensive information, tracks progress, and awards digital badges upon completion.
Following the Insulin Pump Therapy microcredential, we’ll launch the Diabetes Medications and Professional Practice microcredentials on the TopClass LMS in late 2024 as part of broader upgrades to the ADEA digital platform for members. These upgrades will enhance the digital badging process, improve recognition of achievements, and offer a more dynamic, user-friendly learning experience. Our move to TopClass marks a significant advancement in delivering education, providing better navigation, access to resources, and flexible, tailored learning paths.
Verifiable digital badges are online symbols that indicate you have completed a specific microcredential or achieved a particular skill. They function like electronic certificates that you can earn and share. What sets them apart is their embedded metadata; anyone can click on the badge to see detailed information about what you did to earn it, the issuing organisation, and the skills or knowledge you acquired. This metadata ensures that the badge is authentic and accurately represents your genuine achievements, making it a trusted validation of your expertise. Below is an example of the badge for the insulin pump therapy microcredential.
Showcasing your achievements is made easy with ADEA’s digital badges. Partnering with Credly, we transform your demonstrated learning outcomes into verifiable, easily shareable badges that enhance your professional profile on LinkedIn, resumes, and social media. These badges contain metadata verifying the skills or knowledge attained. Credly’s platform, based on Open Badge Standards by 1EdTech, allows you to manage, share, and verify your competencies digitally. These badges not only represent your achievements but also link back to ADEA, increasing visibility and engagement.
For the Insulin Pump Therapy microcredential on Moodle, you will receive your badge within seven days of completion. The new learning management system for future microcredentials will provide a more streamlined digital badging experience.
Metadata is data that provides information about other data. It helps describe the content, context, and structure of data, making it easier to find and use. For example, in a digital photo, metadata includes information like date, time, location, and camera settings. In verifiable digital badges for microcredentials, metadata is crucial. It includes:
This metadata ensures the badge is verifiable and trustworthy, allowing clients and employers to understand its significance and verify its authenticity, adding value to the credential.
Displaying your skills as a badge allows you to share your abilities online in a simple, trusted, and easily verifiable way. Unlike self-reported information, badges offer a trusted method for real-time verification of your achievements and capabilities. Employers and peers receive concrete evidence of your skills, ensuring authenticity. Additionally, Credly provides labour market insights based on your skills, showing direct connections between skills and job opportunities. This allows you to search for and apply for relevant jobs directly through their platform.
We have partnered with Credly to develop and issue verifiable digital badges. Credly is an end-to-end solution for issuing and managing digital credentials. They partner with credible organisations worldwide to provide digital credentials to individuals.
No, this service is provided to you at no cost.
Although badges are digital image files, they are uniquely linked to data hosted on Credly. This link to verified data makes them more secure than paper-based certificates and prevents others from claiming your credential and identity.
You can share your badge directly from Credly to LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook; via email; or embed it in a website or your email signature.