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There is an invention opportunity
to better credential units of learning. Listed are six opportunities to
better capture and communicate learning, notes Tom Vander Ark, Building the future of learning.
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| Learner's Lifelong Learning Journey Photo: Badgr.com |
For hundreds of years we’ve relied on time as the primary measure of
learning. Sit through a class and get credit. Accumulate enough credits
and you get a degree. But a list of classes passed (a transcript) tells
little about what a learner knows and can do. Add grades and the
reputation of an institution and you get a little signaling value but
the standard high school or college degree is a terrible communications
of capabilities.
There is an invention opportunity to better credential units of
learning, to open up individual learning pathways, to better communicate
capabilities, and to reduce friction in talent transactions.
The pandemic is accelerating this shift to verified credentials...
There are six opportunities to better capture and communicate learning.
Source: Forbes
