Earning a microcredential
The DataLab is where you learn and practise. When you want your skills formally recognised, EURIDICE provides the certification layer.
What is a microcredential?
Section titled “What is a microcredential?”A small, stand-alone, certified learning unit — defined by the EU Council Recommendation on a European Approach to Microcredentials (2022/C 243/02). Each one records what you learned (learning outcomes), how much work it took (ECTS credits — 1 ECTS ≈ 25–28 hours), and how it was assessed.
How EURIDICE certifies
Section titled “How EURIDICE certifies”EURIDICE’s Microcredential Review and Certification Board — senior academics and education experts appointed by the project’s General Assembly — awards a Quality-Assured MicroCredential stamp to courses whose design, outcomes and assessment meet the EU standard.
How the DataLab fits in
Section titled “How the DataLab fits in”| Stage | Where it happens |
|---|---|
| Learning & practice | Here — free, open, no account |
| Self-checked exercises | Here — instant feedback in your browser |
| Formal assessment (graded submissions, projects) | Moodle at a EURIDICE partner institution |
| Credential issuance | EURIDICE partner, compatible with European Digital Credentials for Learning |
The DataLab’s tracks are designed as the hands-on backbone of EURIDICE’s professional training microcredentials (Work Package 4), including Applied AI and Machine Learning Fundamentals (1 ECTS). The open learning here and the formal assessment there use the same materials — so nothing you learn is wasted.
Your portfolio: the bridge between the two
Section titled “Your portfolio: the bridge between the two”Every ethics lab ends with a written judgment, and the
capstone adds a model card for a model you
built and audited yourself. The DataLab saves all of it as you go, and
export_portfolio() turns it into a single file containing:
- your six written judgments, each labelled with the lesson it came from
- your model card — features, accuracy against the baseline, per-group results and your four written sections
- a machine-readable copy of the same record, for platforms that import it
It is self-reported evidence, not a credential in itself. You submit it to a EURIDICE partner institution, where it can be assessed as part of a microcredential’s portfolio component. Nothing is uploaded from the DataLab: the file is built on your device and you decide where it goes.
I just want to learn
Section titled “I just want to learn”Then everything on this site is yours, free, forever — no registration, no paywall, no expiry. The credential path is optional.
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