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Recognition of Prior Learning: Helping People Move Forward
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) is the process of providing formal acknowledgment and credit for knowledge, skills, and abilities people have gained through work experience, military service, self-study, volunteering, and/or previous education. This includes credit for prior learning (CPL), transfer credit between institutions, and validation of non-traditional learning experiences. RPL empowers people to move forward and build on what they already know rather than starting over, accelerating pathways to credentials and careers.
Open, Interoperable Data for Actionable Credential Ecosystems
Creating an effective, efficient, and fair marketplace for credentials, qualifications, and skills requires collaboration among various stakeholders, including employers, educational providers, quality assurance organizations, assessment bodies, funders, and guidance platforms.
Connecting Learning and Jobs with CTDL Data: One-Pager
Publishing linked open data about jobs increases opportunities for people to achieve their learning and career pathway goals spanning education, training, and work. Using the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) and the Credential Registry offers an open standard, transparent, and data-driven approach to bridging the gap between education and work in data ecosystems. It supports informed decision-making, effective skill matching, and collaborative partnerships for the betterment of learners, employers, and the economy. This one-pager provides key value propositions for improving the connections between learning and work in data ecosystems.
The Value of CTDL for AI
The use of AI in relation to credential, skill, and job data is changing the way credential providers, educational institutions, training organizations, employers, government agencies, and others are applying data-driven solutions to skills mapping, credential recommendations, career exploration, and more. The Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) and structured data in the Credential Registry improve the accuracy and relevance of these AI applications.
Credential Transparency State Partnerships Overview
State and regional partners are working with Credential Engine to use the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) and publish data to the Credential Registry. Credential Engine’s technologies support numerous statewide priorities. This resource provides an overview of our current state and regional partnerships.
How to Align Digital Credentials with Meaningful CTDL Data
Examples of digital credentials that are designed to include alignments to the Registry are Open Badges, W3C Verifiable Credentials, and Velocity Network credentials. Use these simple steps to enrich digital credentials by linking to CTDL data in the Registry.
Learning Economy Foundation and Credential Engine Joint Services Scaling LER Ecosystems with Linked Open Data and LearnCard
Learning Economy Foundation (LEF) and Credential Engine (CE) are excited to announce a partnership and joint services offering to empower learners and accelerate the adoption of open tools and protocols that enable individual agency and organizational insights. Together, LEF and CE bring a complementary package of technologies and best practices to states, post-secondary institutions, employers, and any organization looking to make ecosystem-level impact at scale.
Developer Agreement
Organizations that utilize our APIs are allowed a 6-month testing period, after which a developer agreement is required. Download this resource to preview the agreement.
Credential Engine Learning & Employment Records Action Guide
This Action Guide describes the phases and steps that stakeholders can take to develop and sustain trusted LER ecosystems. It is based on Credential Engine’s widely and successfully used State Roadmap and Action Guide for Transparency
Questions for Developers Building a Connected Learn-and-Work Ecosystem
These questions are intended to help potential developer partners think about the various ways you might use Credential Engine’s Registry and the CTDL schema.
Credential Engine Services for Strategy, Project Management, and Implementation Support Fact Sheet
Credential Engine offers a suite of unique technologies and services to help many different types of organizations, agencies, and companies achieve their goals for credential and competency transparency. In addition to our open, freely available resources, we offer fee-based services for strategy, project management, and implementation support focused on using CTDL data effectively.