Programming
Measuring the Value of Digital Credentials (Part One): The Shared Benefits of Microcredentialing
Jonathan Lehrich | Associate Dean of Executive Education in the Questrom School of Business, Boston UniversityWith their increased granularity, transparency and portability, digital credentials are quickly supplanting the paper certificate as a means of non-degree skills verification in leading-edge continuing and professional education units. They…
Enabling an Opportunity Ecosystem: Recognizing Learner KSAs in a Digital World
Mark Leuba | Vice President of Product Management, IMS Global Learning ConsortiumThis is a great time to be in education. We are at the early stages of a transformation that will place learners at its center. Technology that has been used…
Stackable Credentials: Defining Their Value
Joann Kozyrev | Vice President of Design and Development, Western Governors UniversityDiana stopped at her mother’s house to pick up her infant son. After a full day of classes followed by being on her feet at her convenience store job all…
Experiential Learning: Not Just for Residential Undergraduates
Joshua Steele | Senior Director of UA Online, University of ArizonaConversations on, and a focus around, experiential learning are experiencing a resurgence in higher education. Northeastern University and its President, Dr. Joseph E. Aoun, have been recent proponents of the…
Microcredentials: On the Outside Looking In
Philip DiSalvio | Dean of the College of Advancing and Professional Studies, University of Massachusetts BostonMicrocredentials are rising in popularity among higher education institutions. Once considered leading-edge, micro-credentialing is becoming more commonplace despite some cautious skepticism. Microcredentialing presents a significant opportunity for institutions and their key stakeholders. This article…
It’s Time to Revise Our Approach to Program Design
Brian Gerber | Faculty Coordinator of STEAM Center for Applied Creativity and Innovation, Valdosta State UniversityThe rapidly shifting landscape of higher education is well documented; fewer traditional 18- to 24-year-olds but increasing numbers of non-traditional-age students, decreasing state allocation causing an increasing dependence on tuition,…
Establishing Intra- and Cross-Departmental Collaboration within a School of Continuing Education: Promoting Interprofessionalism
Ana Abad-Jorge | Program Director for Health Sciences Management Programs in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, University of VirginiaTo meet the needs of the evolving 21st-century workplace, current trends in higher education focus on training students in interdisciplinary or interprofessional education through fostering collaborative experiences in programs from…
The Four Reasons Your Campus Should be Offering Prior Learning Assessment Credit
Matt Bergman | Program Director and Research Faculty Member, University of LouisvillePrior Learning Assessment (PLA) is an interdisciplinary complement to a wide array of degree or certificate programs. PLA acknowledges and honors the college-level learning that is accrued outside the confines…