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A New Educational Ecosystem Rooted in Credentials
Higher education is shifting to meet diverse learner needs and workforce demands. Institutions are expanding beyond traditional degrees to offer flexible, career-focused credentials.
The On-Ramp to Scaling Microcredentials: Advice from the Acceleration Lane - The EvoLLLution
Depending where your institution seems to be along the continuum—from offering just a few microcredentials to offering many—there are some things to keep in mind if you want to achieve large scale with these types of offerings. Every institution is different, but there are some common principles that can determine how this sort of transformation will evolve.
A Case for Skills: Transforming the Value Proposition of Higher Education - The EvoLLLution
Higher education is on a precipice. A nation amid a global pandemic, awash in economic uncertainty, finds the long-held belief that a college education is “worth it” waning. Systemic issues related to return, relevance and equity in higher education are creating a significant breakdown of public confidence in the system and the value of college degrees. [1] Since the 1990s, the cost of college tuition and fees have skyrocketed, increasing nearly 391%.
The Stories Behind Service Matter - The EvoLLLution
The United States needs a postsecondary system that captures and validates uncounted learning to enable all individuals to earn recognition for what they know and can do. Credential As You Go is working toward that vision, embarking on a movement to inform and facilitate the development and adoption of a nationally recognized incremental credentialing system to improve education and employment outcomes for all learners.
Lessons Learned From Launching a Micro-Credential Program - The EvoLLLution
Anissa Vega | Assistant Vice President for Curriculum and Academic Innovation in Academic Affairs, Kennesaw State University Raven Malliett Developing an entirely new form of programming, like micro-credentials, requires collaboration between departments, faculty, senior leadership and even the surrounding community.
Institutions that are putting the needs of their students first are often also committing to the principles of open standards because of the strategic benefits they provide to the learner and to the institutions. Open standards have the potential to give learners greater control over their learning journey, their achievements and skills, and their future.
Meeting the Demands of a Changing Workforce: Insights Into the Wellspring Initiative
With more than 11 million current job openings, hiring managers, recruiters, and talent professionals struggle to find qualified candidates. However, many should note that a growing body of colleges, universities, and school districts are focused on developing a workforce for in-demand fields and recognizing their learner’s achievements in digital credentials based on open standards.
Wellspring: Accelerating the Learner-to-Earner Ecosystem - The EvoLLLution
The first step to giving learners control over their education history and credentials is to establish the necessary infrastructure. Wellspring is a multi-year initiative of the 1EdTech Foundation and IMS Global Learning Consortium that aims to accelerate the adoption of an education-to-work ecosystem based on open technology standards.
Clarifying Credentials to Meet Market Demands - The EvoLLLution
Higher ed institutions need to be more innovative to drive student success, and digital credentials aligned with industry needs are the key to serving the modern learner. On this week’s episode of Illumination by Modern Campus, we look at the current state of credentialing in higher education and how innovation can help drive student success, and chat about IMS Global’s upcoming Digital Credentials Summit.
The 21st-century learning reformation
“We need to reinvent higher education,” says Nelson Baker, Ph.D., dean of professional education and professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).
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