Why Must Students Wait for Graduation to Own Their Learning Credentials?
Why wait for graduation to own learning credentials? Recognising and credentialing skills as they’re learned empowers learners, fostering growth, resilience, and equitable access to opportunities in a dynamic world.
Unsticking the Messy Middle: Collaboration is Key in Unraveling Complex Challenges
Collaboration is key to navigating the complexities of the skills-first movement. By fostering collaboration and embracing a holistic approach, we can create a future where everyone has the opportunity to learn, grow, and achieve their full potential.
All Learning Counts: Recognising Lifelong Learning
All Learning Counts advocates for recognising all forms of learning—formal, informal, and non-formal—as essential to personal growth and employability. Tools like Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), Personal Evidence Records (PERs), and AI-powered skills assessment are advancing skill validation beyond traditional resumes or transcripts.
Embracing diverse experiences can bridge skills gaps, promote inclusivity, and support a future where every learning journey is valued, ensuring fairer access to opportunities.
Data Mobility – Unlocking Skills Visibility
Data mobility in education allows educators to access a comprehensive view of learners’ skills, enabling personalised learning experiences. It’s not just about moving data, but making it accessible and actionable to benefit both learners and educators.
This article explores the importance of data mobility, its impact on skills visibility, and the future it holds for education.
Lifelong Learning and Competency-Based Approaches for a Changing Workforce
Lifelong learning involves the continuous pursuit of knowledge throughout an individual’s life, extending beyond traditional educational settings. Competency-based education (CBE) focuses on mastering specific skills, regardless of the learning environment, allowing learners to progress at their own pace and acquire practical competencies for success. In this information-rich Credentialate Guide, we ask – What is lifelong learning’s role in today’s workforce? How does Competency-Based Education (CBE) differ from traditional education? Why are they important for organisations? What are the challenges in documenting skills acquired through lifelong learning? What strategies can educators use to foster lifelong learning?
How Do We Provision Learners With Better Life-Ready Signals?
What happens to the average learner when they graduate from high school or a degree program? Their “real” learning often starts. Without proven skills and experience, they enter the workforce at entry-level jobs they may be overqualified for, or worse, they get passed up for positions they may be a great fit for.
Not only do the learners lose, so do employers. So how can we provision learners with better life-ready signals, ones that employers and others can see, evaluate, and validate? It starts with the learner.
Why HBCUs Are Shifting Their Focus to Credential-as-You-Go Models
The role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) is both growing and changing for a number of reasons. But what does this mean to these colleges and learners? More importantly, what does it mean to employers and the employability of graduates? Let’s take a closer look at HBCUs and the impact from adding a focus on skills and credential-as-you-go models.
WEBINAR RECORDING: How Community Colleges Can Address Skills Gaps, Make Invisible Data Visible and Increase Learner Agency
Held on 31 July, this informative and practical webinar shares a roadmap to skills visibility and recognition, and provide an overview of the technology solutions that can enable community colleges to act swiftly and at scale to address skills gaps.
Moving Beyond Grades: Why and How You Should Develop a Growth Mindset
Adopting a growth mindset early is crucial for learners of all ages, and education must shift from focusing on grades to emphasizing skills and growth to address future challenges, particularly in the K-12 environment. Fortunately, recent advancements in EdTech make this possible.
Overcoming the Challenges to Skills-Based Hiring
Recent studies show that most employers, including government entities, are increasingly favoring skills-based hiring. In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving job market, skills have become paramount. However, despite this trend, reports, such as one conducted by the Burning Glass Institute, indicate that many HR personnel still predominantly rely on resumes and degrees when making hiring decisions. Unfortunately, the necessary systems to base hiring decisions on skills are often unavailable to them. Join us for a deep dive into the challenges employers face and explore the tech-enabled solutions available to help address these challenges.