WASHINGTON, DC- 4/2/2018 Saylor Academy and Connecting Credentials are joining forces to host the Summit on the Credentialing Economy on June 7-8 in Washington, DC. This Summit will convene decision makers in higher education, policy, human resources, funders, providers and employers to go beyond examining the credentialing marketplace. Participants will learn about innovations underway, actionable strategies to improve the learning economy and will work together to tackle the most vexing issues: resolving skill gaps and providing a transparent landscape of credentials for employers, students and jobseekers alike. Register today!
Attendees can expect to work alongside experts to address the market forces powering, shaping, and shaking up the credentialing economy:
- Innovation/Disruption: Empowering Learners and Disrupting the Status Quo: Tech is blurring the boundaries between teaching, training and learning and AR, VR, AI, Blockchain are leading the way. We are on the cutting edge of how disruptive tech is changing the way knowledge and skills and acquired, validated and used in the labor market.
- Credentials as Currency: The shift toward granularity in knowledge assessment: What underlies the credential? Skills? Competencies? How could micro-assessment movements, change how we hire, promote and educate? How will teaching have to change to support new credentials and industries? Will a growing acceptance of expanded toolsets (CBE,OER, microlearning, etc.) lead to more confusion or more clarity about what a student/applicant can do?
- Trust and Verify: Aligning Supply and Demand: Discuss tools, HR practices, assessments that can verify and demonstrate trust for credentials for all participants in the market: employers, industries, educators and applicants/students.
The Summit will take place in Washington, DC at the FHI 360 Conference center in Dupont Circle, Washington DC. Visit https://summit.saylor.org for more information and to register for the Summit.
Connecting Credentials is a national campaign of 122 organizations and over 5000 stakeholders to transform credentialing in the United States, by increasing transparency, equity and mobility. Connecting Credentials is funded by the Lumina Foundation and managed by Corporation for a Skilled Workforce, a nonprofit in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Saylor Academy is an educational nonprofit initiative, providing free online courses that transfer to college credit and degree programs. Saylor Academy partners with colleges and universities to foster credit acceptance and degree pathways; with nonprofits to encourage access to education; and with employers to support degree completion among working learners.
Keywords: skills gaps, higher education, credentialing, talent management, workforce development, stackable credentials, competencies, framework, competency-based education, hiring, OER, degree completion, accelerated degrees, prior learning assessment; human resource management, talent management, augmented reality, virtual reality, training, blockchain and artificial intelligence, future of work, upskilling, reskilling, retraining.
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