Competency-Based Education
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Leadership
So You Designed a Profile of a Graduate, Now What?
Your district has recently completed your Profile of a Graduate, (sometimes also known as a Graduate Profile or Learner Profile) now what? Rebecca Midles and Katie Martin share next steps.
Future of Learning
Digital Credentials: A Better Way to Capture and Communicate Learning
There is an invention opportunity to better credential units of learning. Listed are six opportunities to better capture and communicate learning.
Competency-Based Education
Designing, Assessing, and Implementing Educator Micro-credentials
After a year of collaborative development, CCSSO, Digital Promise, and other national organizations have released a set of principles for relevant and impactful educator micro-credentials.
Equity & Access
Earn & Learn Banking: Stackable Credential Career Pathway in Financial Services
Keyona was stuck in dead-end retail jobs. She knew she needed a change but didn’t know where to start. Last fall, she received an email from the coordinator in the first-time homebuyer assistance program she was enrolled in at Mi Casa Resource Center (…
Leadership
Transforming Professional Learning With Micro-credentials
By Brenda A. Pearson. As a lifelong educator, my professional learning experiences have run the gamut from self-study to week-long intensive institutes. These experiences have increased my knowledge, but few bridged the gap by impacting my instructional practice. The distinction between an impact on knowledge and practice is at the crux…
Leadership
Leading the Show What You Know Revolution: Digital Credentials From Credly
With a mission is to connect people to opportunities based on their talents, Credly is leading the way by offering digital credentials that are flexible, portable and meaningful ways to communicate capabilities.
Future of Learning
#IRL: 20 Tips for Real Life Learning
Join Tom Vander Ark on the blog as he outlines 20 tips on how to boost engagement and relevance with real-world learning.
Competency-Based Education
How Blockchain is Helping Dallas Students Tell Their Story
With growing interest in demonstrated competence over seat time and pedigree, how can schools help learners present a more complete picture of their capabilities? This new service is using distributed ledger technology to deliver value for students, schools, and employers.
Competency-Based Education
Rethinking the High School Credential
Most American youth don’t get what they need from high school. There are lots of reasons, but two root problems are how we’ve defined the finish line and how we communicate success. Here, we look at the current high school credentialing system and the questions we think need to be answered to drive progress.
Competency-Based Education
Credentialing America: How Impact Investing Can Help
For individuals, the right kind of education can boost employability. For communities, educational attainment correlates with better social, economic and personal outcomes for citizens. How can we spread access to high-quality credentials?