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New Pathways Handbook: Credentialed

Mason Pashia

Apr 12, 2024

This section of the handbook focuses on how credentialed learning infrastructure can pave the way for powerful pathways for students.

Two students collaborate on a laptop and notebook, focused on a shared learning task in a busy classroom.

New Pathways

A Community Micro-Credentials Effort Connects Students to Local Employers

Guest Author

Feb 13, 2024

In Florida, a career and technical education collaboration has yielded immediate benefits for high schoolers and local businesses.

A student navigates a complex landscape of credentials and badges.

New Pathways

The Global Credentialing Landscape: Messy, Massive and Meaningful

Guest Author

Oct 24, 2023

The international credentialing landscape is more complicated than ever and is a huge opportunity for certified, transferable innovation.

New Pathways

Rural Places, Big Visions – a visit to Northern Cass School District

Nate McClennen

May 11, 2023

Five years ago, more than 20 years after consolidation, with lower college graduation rates than expected and low student engagement rates, Northern Cass embarked on a journey to reimagine the learning experience.

New Pathways

The Learner-Centered Competency-Based Learning Management System

Nate McClennen

Apr 6, 2023

Through our partner work with XQ Institute, we identified core criteria that any next-generation LMS should incorporate.

Who Should Credential?

Mason Pashia

Mar 16, 2023

Credentialing has long been the realm of formal education institutions or professional credentialing organizations, this must expand.

How to Credential?

Mason Pashia

Mar 16, 2023

Credentialing durable skills and core skills has yet to be solved at scale. To build capacity for an ecosystem-wide credentialing system, building blocks need to be in place—including articulating, designing, validating, badging and credentialing, documenting, and matching/aligning.

What to Credential?

Mason Pashia

Mar 16, 2023

Most employers report that newly hired employees are not prepared with the skills required in the workplace. What should we credential?

Why Credential?

Mason Pashia

Mar 16, 2023

Credentialing enables better granularity, better documentation and more relevance for all learners.

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Credentialing Everything: A Primer on Learning and Employment Records and Digital Wallets

Nate McClennen, Rachelle Dené Poth

Mar 16, 2023

Credentials and learner records are accelerating the shift to competency-based learning and help learners manage unbundled learning by collecting evidence from multiple providers and provide quicker and more personalized onramps to high-wage employment.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing