The University of Texas at Dallas’ Microcredentials Initiative includes partnering with Coursera, a leading online learning platform. Through the partnership, all UTD Students, Faculty, and Staff have free access to Coursera’s Career Academy.
Coursera’s Career Academy, offering over 35 Professional Certificates, provides co-curricular embedded experiences, and specialized and competitive knowledge. Completing any of the Professional Certificates currently available allows students to increase their skillsets ensuring agility and adaptability in a rapidly changing workforce.
The Coursera Career Academy offers content for a variety of on-demand subjects including:
According to one study (EMSI, Burning Glass, 2020), students from various diverse fields may increase their salaries by supplementing their education with professional certificates. Some increases include:
With all these benefits readily available, we are inviting all UTD Faculty to explore the utilization of this new resource. With varying levels of adoption, faculty have full control to decide the most suitable approach based on their programs’ goals and student needs.
Faculty can choose between assigning or embedding a Coursera Career Academy course by itself or assigning or embedding a whole Coursera Career Academy Professional Certificate. The chosen content can be directly aligned with their UTD courses or provide supplemental skills in independent areas.
Faculty can start embedding Coursera’s Career Academy content within any of their existing UTD courses today.
You can request 1-1 or group workshops to discuss what content to assign/embed, how to use the LTI, additional eLearning integrations, or other topics. To request an appointment, please email: microcredentials@utdallas.edu.