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Table 1

List of participants in this study

Participant	Role and significance	Implications for study
D	Canadian Government expert in the development and deployment of micro-credentials	Developed micro-credentials to train 25,000 people in the safe use of respirators during Covid-19, demonstrating that micro-credentials are highly effective in developing and recognising knowledge and skills in urgent and emergent frames of practice D also developed a digital heath and artificial intelligence competency framework for a group of research universities based in Geneva, further evidencing micro-credentials as effective in developing and recognising knowledge and skills in the emergent space, at up to doctoral level
S	A product innovation manager developing micro-credentials for the construction industry in New Zealand	The timely development of micro-credentials in the construction industry enabled just-in-time upskilling for those displaced by COVID-19
J	Former college leader in vocational education in Canada with considerable experience in micro-credential development in a community setting	Developed micro-credentials to upskill and train support workers who could support the most vulnerable who had been dying alone during COVID-19, demonstrating that micro-credentials are highly effective in developing and recognising knowledge and skills in critical and transformative areas of practice
K	Micro-credential developer and assessor based in New Zealand	Speaks of the transformational nature of micro-credentials in the critical space
T	Heads a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in New Zealand specialising in developing workplace literacy	Developed micro-credentials in Speaking up for health and safety on the construction site and Money management. These had a transformational effect (high impact) on learners in critical (high stakes) areas of practice
B	Micro-credential learner in New Zealand who undertook a micro-credential in money management	Accounts how the Money management micro-credential made a positive difference to her life
P	Former tertiary leader in New Zealand and one of the key ideators of micro-credentialing in Australasia	Comments on the power of micro-credentials in serving traditional qualifications by enabling quicker wins for learners, who upon seeing success, continue their learning journey, as well as using micro-credentials to redesign programmes where institutions are seeing low levels of participation or low levels of retention
N	Head of Business and Digital Technologies at a tertiary institution in New Zealand	Developed a series of stackable micro-credentials that learners could undertake in combination with, or between, periods of work, as well as to sample an area of study without committing to a macro programme, whereby promoting equity access and participation in education and serving traditional qualifications
A	An expert in qualification frameworks and developing awards in the health and bioscience arena in Canada	Developed a micro-credential which was required urgently, in an emergent and critical area of practice, which transformed the lives of billions, promoting equity, access and participation for many, the learnings of which were integrated into existing curricula, whereby serving traditional qualifications

Participant	Role and significance	Implications for study
D	Canadian Government expert in the development and deployment of micro-credentials	Developed micro-credentials to train 25,000 people in the safe use of respirators during Covid-19, demonstrating that micro-credentials are highly effective in developing and recognising knowledge and skills in urgent and emergent frames of practiceD also developed a digital heath and artificial intelligence competency framework for a group of research universities based in Geneva, further evidencing micro-credentials as effective in developing and recognising knowledge and skills in the emergent space, at up to doctoral level
S	A product innovation manager developing micro-credentials for the construction industry in New Zealand	The timely development of micro-credentials in the construction industry enabled just-in-time upskilling for those displaced by COVID-19
J	Former college leader in vocational education in Canada with considerable experience in micro-credential development in a community setting	Developed micro-credentials to upskill and train support workers who could support the most vulnerable who had been dying alone during COVID-19, demonstrating that micro-credentials are highly effective in developing and recognising knowledge and skills in critical and transformative areas of practice
K	Micro-credential developer and assessor based in New Zealand	Speaks of the transformational nature of micro-credentials in the critical space
T	Heads a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in New Zealand specialising in developing workplace literacy	Developed micro-credentials in Speaking up for health and safety on the construction site and Money management. These had a transformational effect (high impact) on learners in critical (high stakes) areas of practice
B	Micro-credential learner in New Zealand who undertook a micro-credential in money management	Accounts how the Money management micro-credential made a positive difference to her life
P	Former tertiary leader in New Zealand and one of the key ideators of micro-credentialing in Australasia	Comments on the power of micro-credentials in serving traditional qualifications by enabling quicker wins for learners, who upon seeing success, continue their learning journey, as well as using micro-credentials to redesign programmes where institutions are seeing low levels of participation or low levels of retention
N	Head of Business and Digital Technologies at a tertiary institution in New Zealand	Developed a series of stackable micro-credentials that learners could undertake in combination with, or between, periods of work, as well as to sample an area of study without committing to a macro programme, whereby promoting equity access and participation in education and serving traditional qualifications
A	An expert in qualification frameworks and developing awards in the health and bioscience arena in Canada	Developed a micro-credential which was required urgently, in an emergent and critical area of practice, which transformed the lives of billions, promoting equity, access and participation for many, the learnings of which were integrated into existing curricula, whereby serving traditional qualifications

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