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56 www.grooveproject.eu This project has been funded with support from the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Programme. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. [Project Number: 2021-1-CY01-KA220-VET-000033254] European Digital Credentials have various benefits over paper-based certificates: they can reduce administration work, they can decrease the impact of credential fraud and contribute toward paperless workflows. 1. SELFIE for work-based learning (WBL) A free online tool that supports Vocational Education and Training (VET) schools and companies to make the most of digital technologies for teaching, learning and training. By answering a series of questions VET professionals will get a tailored report that can be used to create a digital action plan. If you are a VET school and you’d like to use the new SELFIE WBL module you should: • Log in to SELFIE (first-time users can see how to register) • Set up a new self-reflection exercise • Choose “Upper secondary vocational level” when selecting your education level • Click the checkbox “Will companies take part in this survey?” Pedagogies and instructional strategies for promoting learners’ digital literacy 2. European Digital Credentials for Learning Digital Credentials are multilingual and signed with a unique electronic seal (that is the digital equivalent of an institution’s rubber stamp). This allows education and training institutions to easily authenticate, validate and recognize credentials of any size, shape or form. European Digital Credentials for learning can describe and certify: qualifications (e.g. professional certificates, university diplomas and other learning achievements), activities (e.g. participation in classes and non-formal learning events), assessments (e.g. transcripts of records), and entitlements (e.g. right to enrol in learning opportunities or to undertake an occupation. By using digital credentials Individuals can build an online portfolio to track all of their learning can reuse their credentials to get a job or apply for further training all across Europe and also can present and have their credentials verified at any point in their career, even if the institution who issued them closes, or if the data used to create them is lost. On the other side, the employers are able to reduce the time and cost of verifying credentials and processing job applications can better understand the credentials of candidates, especially from the other Member States as they will be translated into their own language, and can trust tamper-proof credentials.