The National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) is making this year's conference a hybrid event where participants can attend both in-person and virtually. The 2021 Forum will take place at the Washington D.C. Hilton from Thursday, June 24 through Saturday, June 26. Of special interest is "Understanding the Credentialing Landscape" happening Friday, June 25, from...
Creating, managing, re-using and sharing skills, learning objectives, performance objectives, and competency statements are more effective when each statement and its related contextual information are machine actionable data. The Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) family of specifications provides schemas with terms for skills and competencies modeled on linked open data. The CTDL also provides numerous...
The Midwest Credential Transparency Alliance (MCTA) is launching the Pathways Action Team to provide a forum for MCTA members to collaborate on a project or initiative to improve the transparency of credential pathways. As this action team kicks off, defining a regional vision for pathways will be the first step. Please complete this quick sign-up...
Join Credential Engine July 21 as we continue our new webinar series! In “Updating Already Published Organization and Credential Data“, Scarlett Jeckel, Credential Engine’s Accounts and Publishing Coordinator, will provide a helpful overview of how to update organization and credential data once it has been published to the Credential Registry. This webinar will focus on...
Skill development, credentialing, and skills-based hiring are more important than ever. Thought leaders, researchers, educators, and more will come together for intensive discussion and thought-provoking dialogue on Opening Up the Learning-Earning Ecosystem, and what that means for your leadership, community, and students. Participants will hear from leaders and drivers of change and be able to engage...
This webinar is an AEFIS Academy community event as part of their Partners Series. In this presentation, Mark Leuba, Vice President for Product Management at IMS Global Learning Consortium, Dr. Jeff Grann, Credential Solutions Lead at Credential Engine, and Suzanne Carbonaro, Director of Academic PartnershAips at AEFIS, will discuss best practices and winning assessment strategies....
Started in 2010 with a collaboration between Arizona State University (ASU) and Global Silicon Valley (GSV), the annual ASU+ GSV Summit connects leading minds focused on transforming society and business around learning and work. Of special interest this year might be a session co-presented by Jeanne Kitchens, Credential Engine's Chief Technology Services Officer, happening Tuesday,...
The Midwest Credential Transparency Alliance (MCTA) is a regional alliance focused on advancing credential transparency in service of learners, workers, educators, employers and policymakers across the Midwest. The MCTA seeks to reduce barriers to information, ensuring that all individuals have equitable access to the full range of learning, advancement, and meaningful career opportunities in the...
iFEST will be virtual this year! The theme of this year’s conference is “Learning and Thriving in the New Normal.” iFEST brings together senior officials and innovators from government, industry, and academia for this three-day online conference to discuss new solutions for the new normal. On Thursday, September 2, Deborah Everhart, Chief Strategy Officer of...
Join the Credential Engine team on September 15, 2021, as we launch a new version of the Credential Finder! Credential Engine’s technology team has been hard at work to create an updated interface that exemplifies the types of tools you can create to access credential data in the Registry. The Credential Finder is a web-based...
The Grace Hopper Celebration is the world’s largest gathering of women technologists! It brings the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront, and highlights the contributions of women to the tech world. The theme of this year’s Celebration is “Dare to Transform”. Of special interest this year may be “Advancing Skills-Based...
Join the Credential Engine Team on September 29 at 2 pm ET as they provide updates on the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL)! Credential Engine’s technology team has been hard at work to extend the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL)—the preeminent language providing a common understanding and “rules of the road” to describe credentials. The...