MCS2 - Digital Storytelling for Education and Culture

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World Alliance for Microcredentials

Description

This microcredential suite validates the ability to plan, create and promote engaging digital content for educational, cultural and creative contexts. Learners progressively develop audience-focused planning, digital storytelling, smartphone video production and accessible post-production skills. Through hands-on activities and project-based assessment, they produce a coherent, publication-ready digital project adapted to a defined audience and platform.

Learn-and-Earn Microcredentials

Learn-and-earn microcredentials require completing a structured learning experience, such as a course, workshop, or learning path. Afterward, you must demonstrate mastery of the acquired skills through assessments or evaluations. This type ensures your knowledge is both acquired and validated, making it ideal for those seeking to enhance their expertise while earning a recognized credential. It combines education and skill validation, offering a clear pathway to professional growth.

Non-Formal Learning

This microcredential supports non-formal learning experiences. It recognizes skills gained through workshops, online courses, or workplace training, offering a flexible way to validate targeted learning outcomes. It's perfect for those seeking recognition for practical, hands-on learning outside traditional institutions.

Details

Microcredential

Non-Formal

Learn & Earn

English

3 years

Learning Hours: 20

Intermediate

EQF - Europe: Level 4

Skills you will earn

Content Ideation

Develop creative content ideas that respond to a defined audience, purpose and promotional objective.

Content Planning

Produce a structured content plan, including a content brief, storyboard, production timeline, promotional channels and simple success indicators.

Content Strategy

Make justified planning decisions by considering feasibility, audience relevance, platform choice, personal branding and promotional impact.

Storytelling

Apply key storytelling techniques and narrative structures to develop a clear, engaging and audience-centred story.

Storytelling Planning

Create a storytelling plan, including a central message, audience persona, narrative arc, storyboard or content sequence, and platform adaptation.

Story Adaptation

Adapt a creative, cultural or educational story to different digital formats and social media platforms, considering tone, emotional connection and audience engagement.

Mobile Videography

Use a smartphone or mobile camera to record clear, stable and usable video footage for a short creative content project.

Filming Techniques

Apply basic filming techniques related to framing, composition, lighting, sound, focus, exposure and shot variety.

Video Production

Organise and manage a simple video shoot, from preparation and role distribution to clip selection and file organisation for editing.

Video Editing

Edit raw video footage using Canva Video or another accessible editing tool to produce a short creative, cultural or educational video.

Post-Production

Apply basic post-production techniques, including trimming, sequencing, transitions, text, captions, audio balance, simple visual adjustments and export settings.

Video Publishing

Produce a coherent final video adapted to a defined audience and platform, making informed decisions about narrative structure, accessibility, responsible use of assets and final publication format.

Our approach

We are driving a step change in qualitative microcredentialing and the issuance of microcertifications.

Certifications are awarded based on demonstrated skills, ensuring that competencies are validated through evidence.

With activity-based assessments and certified assessors, microcredentials can be earned significantly faster than through traditional methods, while maintaining high standards of quality and reliability.