---
title: "What I'm Learning: Empowering Lifelong Learners through Micro-Credentials"
date: 2014-04-09
url: https://learningischange.com/2014/04/09/what-im-learning-empowering-lifelong-learners-through-micro-credentials/
author: Ben Wilkoff
categories: ["Blog", "What I’m Learning", "What I’m Using"]
tags: []
---

# What I'm Learning: Empowering Lifelong Learners through Micro-Credentials

I really like the context here for why badges and micro-credentials matter for all of us.

[Micro-Credentials: Empowering Lifelong Learners | Edutopia](http://www.edutopia.org/blog/micro-credentials-empowering-lifelong-learners-krista-moroder?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-empowering-lifelong-learners)

> My father is a former police officer who took up photography when he retired. A few months ago, I asked him when he was going to try a new hobby. “Aren’t you an expert already?”

> I joked, pointing to his overbooked calendar of professional photography appointments. “I have enough videos I still need to watch that I could fill up eight hours a day for the next four years,” he said incredulously. “I don’t have time to learn a new hobby yet.”