Credential Engine

🚀 Exciting news! We're launching the Credential Transparency Description Language Vendor Assessment Tool (CTDL-VAT) on November 7th! Join our webinar on November 7th at 2PM ET to discover how this tool enhances transparency and efficiency in vendor selection. This tool is for all audiences interested in or currently working with products and services that integrate CTDL, and we welcome everyone to attend the webinar to learn: ➡ What the CTDL VAT is, ➡ How it can help you with your work, and ➡ How this will impact the larger ecosystem, Don’t miss out—register now! https://lnkd.in/gKiBnrnb Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gXpjEDS7 #transparency #CTDLVAT #credentials

Non-degree credentials are transforming how we view skills and qualifications. While they offer great opportunities, there is work to be done to enhance their effectiveness and recognition. Credential Engine is working to make sense of the confusing credential landscape. The linked open data schema, the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL), and the Credential Registry offer ways to verify information about what credentials represent in terms of learning skills and how those skills can be used. Greater transparency means better outcomes for all. Thank you to Jamie Merisotis for highlighting this important work. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/gWduV7G2

Had a blast at the Groningen Declaration Network conference this week. One of my highlights was being joined by four amazing individuals, representing members of the Velocity Network Foundation, for a panel titled: "What it takes to built a global, trusted, compliant framework for exchange of credentials". I believe we were able to raise some important points and challenges around compliance and legal frameworks, data structures and data interoperability, global challenges and mainly trust-related challenges. It's great to know that these are being addressed, and continuously being improved in the work of the Velocity Network community. Thank you Zach Daigle of Cisive, Guillermo Elizondo of Territorium, Mark McConahay of AACRAO and Scott Cheney of Credential Engine for your participation in the panel, and for your ongoing partnership.

📣📣 Credential Engine joins Groningen Declaration Network as a new Signatory, signaling a shared commitment to global worker mobility and transparency. We're excited to join a network of international thought leaders to assist, advise, and offer innovative changes to support students and workers, remove mobility barriers, and promote equitable access and outcomes for all. “Credential Engine’s leadership in the education and training data standards space is unique and critical to enabling and advancing credential portability for learners. With the focus on skills-based assessment and hiring, being able to share structured data about learning outcomes achieved even at the level of modular learning holds significant promise for our international partners.” - Jelger de Boer View the announcement: https://lnkd.in/e5xEzxPJ  #TheGDNNetwork #CredentialEngine #GlobalMobility #CredentialTransparency  

Kudos to Strada Education Foundation on the release of their Public Policy Agenda. Their consistent recognition of the need for data solutions to enhance transparency in education-to-employment outcomes is crucial. The Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) is the leading open standard for transparently showcasing credentials, skills, and outcomes data. Together, we can work to create a transparent and open ecosystem that empowers all learners.

Check out the #BeyondTransfer blog covering our work with AACRAO, and how we are enhancing global learning mobility through credential transparency. Together, through the AACRAO Electronic Database for Global Education (EDGE) and the open linked data structure of the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL), this project will help illustrate the value and worldwide connections of credentials by making the EDGE data available in CTDL, allowing cross-system interoperability. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/efg3syqW Thanks to Julia Funaki and Deborah Everhart for sharing this important work. #transparency #credentialtransparency #globalmobility #data

AACRAO and the nonprofit organization Credential Engine are collaborating to create a more transparent, global credential landscape using linked, open data. By making data from the AACRAO Electronic Database for Global Education (EDGE) available in the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) this pilot project makes select data points machine-readable and consumable by tools to illustrate the value of credentials thus allowing learners, educators, and employers to make better decisions on a global scale. Julia Funaki and Deborah Everhart share more about this global, innovative project in this week's #BeyondTransfer featured in Inside Higher Ed: https://lnkd.in/efg3syqW

Credential Engine is hiring for a Technical Project Manager! This position will be responsible for the overall management of Credential Engine’s responsibilities for U.S. Navy projects, and other related projects as they develop. This position works directly with Credential Engine’s technical team implementing technical requirements and solutions as well as with an external project team composed of multiple vendors with their own project responsibilities and government personnel.  This is a contract-funded position through September 2025. Continued employment is contingent upon renewed funding. Learn more about this opportunity and how to apply here: https://lnkd.in/ecjJrsTH Review all open job opportunities at Credential Engine here: https://lnkd.in/e7q2JKKK

Interested in learning more about high-impact credentials for learners? Join the experts from ACE, WGU, ACT, and Credential Engine to dive into the key aspects of credential selection and management. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/4ebKScc

Day 2 @ UNESCO's Digital Learning Week lived up to Day 1. The AI Competencies for Teachers were unveiled. Congratulations to Mr. Fengchun Miao for leading the development of the two frameworks for teachers and students, and to Ms. Kelly Shiohira, Mr. Mutlu Cukurova, and the teams behind them both. Credential Engine is excited about publishing both as structured, linked, open and interoperable data. There has been an impressive range of demonstrations of AI applications in education across a wide variety of countries. The opportunities and promises are many and great. There has also been a clear awareness of the challenges, risks, and potential for unforeseen consequences in this new world. With such strong, broad-based, multi-cultural, and global leadership working on this together, there is great reason to be confident about what lies ahead.