Criteria
To earn the QGS MOOC Badge, supervisors completed these tasks in each of the modules:
Microcredential: QGS MOOC Badge
What are badges?
A badge is a microcredential that recognizes competencies or skills acquired through a variety of learning experiences. Microcredentialing offers academics, support staff and students a way to document their professional learning accomplishments.
MOOC participants who complete the learning tasks in each module can earn a microcredential. The QGS MOOC Badge is a Level 3 Microcredential that recognizes 21 hours of professional learning in graduate supervision.
Benefits
Graduate supervisors who engage in the Quality Graduate Supervision MOOC benefit from:
- Flexible, accessible, self-directed and self-paced engagement with diverse academic colleagues in an online course.
- On-demand videos of award winning supervisors who share their insights, strategies and ideas for mentoring students.
- Online discussions with colleagues from across disciplines on topics such as online supervision, enhancing academic writing, mentoring for diverse careers, and balancing excellence with wellness.
- Weekly live webinars with expert panelists from across disciplines (recorded for on-demand access).
- Hundreds of curated resources, such as articles, blogs, books, videos, guides and connections to global experts on graduate supervision.
- Estimated time commitment per week: 2-3 hours.
