Programming
Applied and Experiential Learning
Shining the Limelight on Soft Skills: The Importance of Adopting Common Assessment Frameworks
Gregory Fowler | President of Global Campus, Southern New Hampshire University Anthony Siciliano | Executive Director of General Education in the Global Campus, Southern New Hampshire UniversityJaymes Walker-Myers | Associate Vice President of Learning Science and Assessment, Southern New Hampshire University
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 | Senior Advisor for Credentialing and Workforce Development, 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…
The Evolving Transactional Nature of Credentialing: The Future of Alternative Credentials
Jonathan Finkelstein | Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CredlyAs the distinction between learning at colleges, universities and workplaces continues to erode, credentials are supplanting the traditional role of the degree in terms of skills verification. Unlike the degree,…
The Importance of Collaboration in Competency-Based Education Programs
Brooks Doherty | Assistant Vice President of Academic Innovation, Rasmussen CollegeCall it self-paced. Call it time-fluid. The essential characteristic of competency-based education, or CBE, is that learning and its demonstration are prioritized over time spent learning. Whether the CBE program…
The Evolving Transactional Nature of Credentialing: Alternative Credentials Today
Jonathan Finkelstein | Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CredlyAs the distinction between learning at colleges, universities and workplaces continues to erode, credentials are supplanting the traditional role of the degree in terms of skills verification. Unlike the degree,…
Designing a Mechanism to Assess CBE Quality
Charla Long | Executive Director, Competency-Based Education NetworkThough it’s not a new concept, there has been significant growth in recent years in the number of competency-based education (CBE) programs offered at colleges and universities across the United…