Credentials
The world of credentials no longer begins and ends with degrees. Though degrees are still sought-after credentials, demand for certificates, professional certifications and other awards is rising. Being able to provide students a rich tapestry of offerings and outcomes is critical for the modern institution.
How Everyone Benefits from Badging: A Guide to Mainstreaming Digital Credentials
Elisabeth Rees-Johnstone | Executive Director of Continuing Education and Professional Learning at OISE, University of TorontoDigital badging has been on our radar in one form or another since the mid 2000s. Think about your first Xbox experience years ago, when you’d gleefully collect digital badges for…
Clearer Distinctions Between Traditional Programs and Microcredentials Will Improve Outcomes for Both
Scott Greenberg | Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, Framingham State UniversityIn an age of instant communication, immediate gratification, accelerated learning, industry partnerships, and a predilection for awards, higher education and its academic partners have turned to the delivery of micro-programs…
With the Growth in the Number of Short-Term Credential Programs, Why is Stackability and Employer Engagement Critical?
Darlene Miller | Executive Director, National Council for Workforce EducationIn today’s economy, 80 percent of all jobs require some form of a credential beyond high school. Concomitantly, 45 percent of small businesses in America are unable to find qualified…
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…
Embedding Industry Certifications in Degrees Critical to Maintaining Long-Term Relevance
Michael Prebil | Program Associate with the Center on Education and Skills, New AmericaThe argument that college degrees aren’t worth the time and money no longer shocks the education policy crowd. But when my team at New America asked a couple of students…
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…