Privacy in the Public Sector

• This course will be taught through a combination of live online teaching and online learning.  
• A variety of approaches will be used in the course delivery including readings, videos, reflective tasks, collaborative tasks and practical exercises. 
• Each week will cover one module and include online reading and one-hour live online tutorial. These tutorials will be interactive and will focus on enhancing and providing a critical lens to the weekly reading. 
• In week 6 of the course, there will be a 3-hour live final student presentations session in lieu of live tutorial.  

All content, readings, and activities will be delivered online, equating up to 50 hours of total learning made up of online self-paced learning and 8 hours of live online workshops.

To be awarded this micro-credential you need to:

1. Complete four (out of five) weekly blog reflections on core concepts readings and online content (250-words each) 60% 
2. Complete a final presentation (10 minutes including 3 mins Q & A and feedback from class mates) 40%  

There is an expectation that learners attend all five online tutorials, however exceptions can be made by approval of the course lead.

A micro-credential is a small, stand-alone credential that recognises the achievement of specific skills, experience or knowledge. Typically micro-credentials:

1. Top up existing knowledge or skills so that people who are already qualified in an area can increase the range of their practice (e.g. work with electric vehicles), or
2. Provide stand-alone new knowledge or skills so that people who are not already qualified in an area can do a specific aspect of it (e.g. kitchen installation)

Micro-credentials were initially developed in 2015 in response to demand from industry for learners to be formally recognised for short bursts of formal learning that did not fit the model for a full qualification (either at the New Zealand Qualifications Authority threshold of 40 credits for a qualification or a university-defined qualification such as a diploma or degree).

By 2018 the New Zealand Qualifications Authority had begun to approve and register micro-credentials, and NZQA’s website now lists around 170 of them.

University micro-credentials are not the same as NZQA-registered micro-credentials. When you pass this course, instead of getting credits against your NZQA record of achievement, you will be awarded a pass against this course and 5 credits on your university academic transcript. You will be awarded a digital badge and a digital certificate.