Programming
When Funders Call For A Map of Credential Transparency Initiatives, We Should Pay Attention
Holly Zanville | Strategy Director for the Future of Learning & Work, Lumina FoundationToday’s credential marketplace is confusing and chaotic for job seekers, employers and policymakers alike, with hundreds of thousands of credentials available in the U.S. alone, and little data available about…
Finding Balance: Blended Learning for Practitioners and Researchers
Rob Kadel | Senior Research Fellow, Strada Education NetworkSince the earliest days of distance learning, educators have debated whether delivering instruction electronically actually works. Whether through VHS tapes in the earliest correspondence courses or today’s complex and adaptable…
A Common Language for College Credit
Jacqueline Arnold | Manager of Strategic Communications and Relationships, Saylor Academy Marie Cini | President, CAELMarc Singer | Dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies, Golden Gate UniversityWhile attending an international conference recently, I was struck that all of the attendees—who came from Africa, Southeastern Asia and Europe—used English as the lingua franca of the event. (Those…
Sharing the Competency-Based Student’s Experience
Jill Loveless | Vice President of Academic Affairs, West Virginia Northern Community CollegeWhat do students really say about competency-based education? That was the underlying question I pondered while completing my dissertation at Capella University. When I began my research, CBE programs were…
What Is A Diploma Mill?
Bernard Bull | President, Goddard CollegeWhat is a diploma mill? Scan the web and you will find a range of answers. Some think of them as scams posing as legitimate schools, taking money in exchange…
Best of Both Worlds: Establishing and Rolling Out Best Practices for a CBE Offering
Donna Diller | Dean of the School of Business and Information Technology, Central New Mexico Community CollegeTrying to fit non-traditional programming into the structure of a traditional organization is difficult, but not impossible—just ask Central New Mexico Community College (CNM), whose Retail Management Certificate, developed in…
Reflections on Credentialing: Past, Present and Future
Holly Zanville | Strategy Director for the Future of Learning & Work, Lumina FoundationFor 10 years, Lumina Foundation has been guided by a goal—and to be frank, we want to influence others to join us in our mission. The goal is this: By…
Building the Future of ‘New Collar’ Jobs with Digital Badging
David Leaser | Senior Program Executive of Innovation and Growth Initiatives, IBMIn July 2018, IBM—a corporate leader in digital badging—announced The Zero to Blockchain capstone course, an industry-leading collaboration with Wake Technical Community College that provides students with a keen understanding…