Microcredentials, Skills Badging, LER's, and Credit for Prior Learning Resources

Five actions states and colleges are taking.

Thousands of providers of all kinds are stepping up to create and deliver microcredentials, and learners are embracing them in increasing numbers – that much we know. What is far less clear is how the quality and value of these credentials stack up against the associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees learners are more familiar with.Join Inside Higher Ed Editor Doug Lederman and Reporter Sara Weissman for a thought-provoking webcast that examines the emergent, chaotic credentialing landscape from a variety of angles and perspectives.

I had the pleasure of being on a team that designed microcredentials at a previous institution and published about our work. We informed early definitions of terms, creation of metadata standards and the development of a review process for new microcredentials at the institution. The challenges we experienced at that time are not dissimilar to […]

How to make sense of the explosion of alternative credential providers.

Higher Learning Commission

A group of 10 leading stakeholders in education, workforce development and government announced today the launch of an interactive LER Ecosystem Map, designed to help individuals access career opportu

This roundtable series will help you understand the complicated alternative credential landscape and identify areas of opportunity for your institution.

A new research report, 'Enabling Learning for Life: New Realities for Work and Education,' by global technology company D2L, suggests that while American workers are interested in upskilling in their careers, they have little understanding of the value of microcredentials and how to go about obtaining them.

The Project on Workforce at Harvard Summer Fellowship Series This report is a product of the Project on Workforce’s Summer Fellowship Program, a short-term research and policy opportunity for Harvard graduate students and recent alumni from the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Business School, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Summer fellows are placed in interdisciplinary, cross-school project teams over the course of the summer and complete projects focused on pressing policy or ope

SkillsFWD Solicitation for Letters of Interest Frequently Asked Questions About the SkillsFWD Initiative What are the objectives of the SkillsFWD initiative? ‍The digitization of education and employment is already well underway. Right now, we have a tremendous opportunity and responsibilit...

Education Strategy Group is pleased to release a new resource to help higher education institutions increase the likelihood that learners earn credentials that “stack” upon each other, enabling them to build skills, advance their careers, and attain economic mobility.

In an era of rapid social, economic, and technological change, we should be deliberately training every student to demonstrate adaptability. Here’s how.

Does it pay off for students from low-income backgrounds?

The authors describe findings from a study on how frequently low-income individuals are stacking credentials, whether stacking increases wage-earning opportunities, and which fields provide the best returns from stacking.

This week’s episode is all about comprehensive learning records (or CLR), which is the focus of Gullermo and his team at Territorium. Dustin chats with him about the impact his work has and what he has learned about higher ed from working on a global scale.

Big Tech promised that online career certificates would replace the college degree. They have so far proved to be, at best, a supplement.

Learn more about the WGU Skills Library: what it is, what is offered, and what you can do to strengthen your skills.

Chronicle of Higher Ed Presentation-August 2023

Skills look to be the currency of the future. Creating wallets to hold them will mean breaking down a "labyrinth of silos," writes Naomi Boyer of Education Design Lab.

More information and a digital format can empower the “quantified student.”

Employers these days are moving to skills-based hiring — looking for signs that candidates have specific abilities rather than just checking for a ...

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