Online graduate micro-credentials are promoted both as flexible learning pathways for working professionals and as portable signals of capability for employers and professional communities. Yet, scholarship on these credentials is dispersed across po...
Navigating the complexities of establishing sustainable micro-credentialing programs in European higher education requires a tailored approach for providers. The goal of this research is to develop an assessment tool that enhances the implementation...
Teachers play a critical role in supporting the early literacy development of students; however, keeping up with evidence-based practice while performing a busy teaching role can be challenging. Micro-credentials are one potential route for keeping t...
As a new generation of mobile communication networks, 6G security faces many new security challenges. Vehicle to Everything (V2X) will be an important part of 6G. In V2X, connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) need to frequently share data with othe...
A secure temporal credential-based authenticated key agreement scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) enables a user, a sensor node and a gateway node to realize mutual authentication using temporal credentials. The user and the sensor node then...
The Dubai Government has made significant investments in digital learning through platforms such as Al Mawrid and Bayanati, enabling widespread access to employee training and upskilling. However, there remains a major gap in translating accumulated...
Trustworthy digital credential management is increasingly important in LMS-connected higher-education information systems, yet institutions still lack controlled implementation-oriented evidence on how cloud-native service decomposition and blockchai...
Cross-border travel often presents challenges in document storage, which can burden travelers. This study addresses the issue by designing a credential bag that enhances safety, convenience, and environmental sustainability. Utilizing design research...
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) can be quickly and randomly deployed in any harsh and unattended environment and only authorized users are allowed to access reliable sensor nodes in WSNs with the aid of gateways (GWNs). Secure authentication models a...
Anonymous credential (AC) systems are privacy-preserving authentication mech-anisms that allow users to prove that they have valid credentials anonymously. These systems provide a powerful tool for several practical applications, such as anonymous pa...
Across numerous industries and occupations, professional associations are contributing to knowledge and skills for sustainability by offering new credentials. This represents an opportunity to increase students’ career preparedness for clean ec...
Attribute-based credentials (ABCs) provide an efficient way to transfer custody of personal and private data to the final user, while minimizing the risk of sensitive data revelation and thus granting anonymity. Nevertheless, this method cannot detec...
An important aspect of sustaining higher education is to produce graduates prepared for careers with the expertise and experiences desired by prospective employers. Micro-credentials delivered by higher education can confirm the students’ maste...
Attribute-Based Credentials (ABCs) are cryptographic credential systems that enable holders to selectively disclose certified attributes or prove predicates over them, thereby supporting privacy-preserving identity verification while limiting unneces...
24 February 2023
The public health workforce (PHW) counts a great variety of professionals, and how services are delivered differs in every country. The complexity and the diversity of PHW professions also reflect structural problems of supply and demand of PHW in va...
Verifiable Credentials (VCs) are a core component of decentralized identity systems, enabling individuals to prove claims without centralized intermediaries. However, managing VC revocation across segregated blockchain networks remains a key interope...
Micro-credentials (MCs) emerged as a powerful tool to advance employability and lifelong learning while opening opportunities for diverse career directions for individuals. They are generally short programmes and have a specific focus on developing c...
Micro-credentials are reshaping higher education credentialing, yet existing models mostly link their components through one-way causality, while systems thinking pedagogy has developed largely around STEM and sustainability rather than higher educat...
This study presents one of the most extensive analyses of the lifecycle of leaked authentication credentials to date, bridging the gap between database breaches and real-world cyberattacks. We analyze over 27 billion leaked credentials—nearly 4...
A secure and sustainable building access control system plays a vital role in protecting organisational assets worldwide. Physical access management at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) is still primarily done through traditional card-based aut...
Heterogeneous cross-domain networks are plagued by fragmented trust, data silos, and privacy risks, while conventional single-chain architectures fail to reconcile cross-chain interoperability, regulatory compliance, and commercial privacy. To addres...
Mobile industrial devices increasingly cross administrative domains. A maintenance terminal certified in one factory can be dispatched to another, while autonomous vehicles cross fog domains while reaching cloud digital twins. Existing solutions forc...
This study explores the potential of micro-credentialing and digital badges in developing and validating the knowledge, skills, and other attributes (KSaOs) required for diverse Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) operations. The rapid prolifera...
This qualitative research project seeks to examine the obstacles faced by educators who come to the U.S. as refugees. The three participants in this study are from Iraq, Sudan, and Turkey. While there are similarities between them, there are also dif...
This essay is based on a case study of international medical graduates (IMGs) in Canada who migrated from sub-Saharan Africa. The chapter examines how narratives of race are situated and deployed in the field of medicine and can produce some aversive...
The European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI) is a major policy initiative of the EU and European Blockchain Partnership, to leverage blockchain to create cross-border services for public administrations, businesses, citizens, and their ecos...
Due to the openness of communication channels and the sensitivity of the data being collected and transmitted, securing data access and communication in IoT systems requires robust ECC-based authentication and key agreement (AKA) protocols. However,...
Drones have become a significant threat in both modern warfare and civilian environments, presenting unprecedented security challenges. While hard kill (physical destruction) defense methods exist to counter threat drones, they remain prohibitively e...
This paper explores the concept of digital identity in the evolving landscape of Web 3.0, focusing on the development and implications of a novel authentication scheme using verifiable credentials. The background sets the stage by placing digital ide...
This study explores how artificial intelligence (AI)-driven labour market analytics can support the alignment of university curricula with emerging skill demands and inform the development of targeted micro-credentials. A mixed-methods approach was a...
Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) technology has the capability to enhance road safety by enabling wireless exchange of telematics and spatiotemporal information between connected vehicles (CVs). Effective V2X communication depends on rapid information sha...
Background/Objectives: In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement is essential—especially within a nursing association that leads individual and organizational credential...
Security is critical in the deployment and maintenance of novel IoT and 5G networks. The process of bootstrapping is required to establish a secure data exchange between IoT devices and data-driven platforms. It entails, among other steps, authentica...
2 May 2025
As global migration continues to expand, the diversity of migrant populations increases. This includes a growing number of highly educated individuals from lower-income countries who face significant economic and mental health challenges in attemptin...
Artificial intelligence (AI) agents increasingly need credentials such as application programming interface (API) keys and Secure Shell (SSH) credentials, but placing those secrets in the agent process exposes them to prompt injection, tool misuse, a...
This article proposes a novel method for managing usage counters within an anonymous credential system, addressing the limitation of traditional anonymous credentials in tracking repeated use. The method takes advantage of blockchain technology throu...
This paper proposes a novel and secure blockchain hyperledger sawtooth-enabled consortium analytical model for smart educational accreditation credential evaluation. Indeed, candidate academic credentials are generated, verified, and validated by the...
To log in to a mobile social network service (SNS) server, users must enter their ID and password to get through the authentication process. At that time, if the user sets up the automatic login option on the app, a sort of security token is created...
In recent times, electronic portfolios (e-portfolios) are being increasingly used by students and lifelong learners as digital online multimedia résumés that showcase their skill sets and achievements. E-portfolios require secure, relia...
Traditional academic degrees often fail to capture the full range of competencies students acquire throughout their university education, particularly those developed through laboratory activities, internships, volunteering, and other extra-curricula...
In digital identity authentication, credentials are typically stored in a digital wallet and authenticated through a single key-based signature and public key verification. However, ensuring compatibility between systems and credentials can be challe...
Academic credential fraud presents a significant challenge to the global academic and labor markets, undermining the credibility of legitimate qualifications. In this paper, we introduce ZKBAR-V, a Zero-Knowledge Proof-Enabled Blockchain-Based Academ...
Across the globe, as countries implement policies and programs to increase college enrollment of youth to increase their workforce outcomes, a recently implemented education policy in Texas instead centers the student in selecting career pathways rig...
IoT deployments handle credential hygiene reactively: cloned, replayed, or stale credentials are typically discovered only after misuse, and revocation state is often propagated through centralized lists whose integrity cannot be independently verifi...
Blockchain-based infrastructures have increasingly been adopted for secure and tamper-resistant management of academic credentials. Despite the advantages offered by blockchain technology, existing blockchain-based credential management systems conti...
This paper develops a dynamic signaling framework to analyze how educational investment evolves under imperfect information and how the informational value of credentials changes over time. It addresses a central question: under what conditions do si...
Anonymous single sign-on systems allow users to use a single credential to access multiple services protected by verifiers without revealing their personal information, which is especially important due to privacy regulations such as GDPR. In this pa...
Micro-credentials have attracted intense scholarly and policy attention, yet recent practitioner evidence, most notably the 2026 UPCEA survey of US institutions, the catalyst for this review, suggests that institutional commitment has plateaued even...
The educational system manages extensive documentation and paperwork, which can lead to human errors and sometimes abuse or fraud, such as the falsification of diplomas, certificates or other credentials. In fact, in recent years, multiple cases of f...
The growing need for secure and privacy-preserving identity management in industrial environments has exposed the limitations of traditional, centralized authentication systems. In this context, SIBERIA was developed as a modular solution that empowe...
of 11