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Webinar: Alternative, Stackable, and Microcredentials: Where are we headed?

October 06, 2016 | By Gordana Goudie

Alternative, Stackable, and Microcredentials: Where are we headed?

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 (Times listed are Eastern Standard Time; GMT-5)

Sponsored by Georgia Tech Professional Education (GTPE), International Association for Continuing Engineering Education (IACEE) and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI)

Attend this event to hear from leading international experts on alternative credentials, microcredentials, and badging. They will discuss current efforts, successful examples, and emerging frameworks for the creation, interoperability, and sustainability of these innovations. The conversation will also address science and engineering since the rapid changes in these fields require professionals to quickly and continually gain new competencies, while receiving the appropriate and acceptable evidence that these competencies are attained. The question is, with the possible proliferation of alternatives to the commonly acknowledged “college degree,” how do we create a shared understanding, a common currency that we, higher education institutions and employers alike, will recognize and accept? Join us for this webinar to the explore potential answers to this question.

Webinar moderated by Malcolm Brown, Director, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative

On the day of the event, please go to https://educause.acms.com/elifocus or click the "Access Free Webinar" button and enter as a guest. No special credentials are needed and this event is free and open to all.

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Schedule

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. EST/(GMT-5) Welcome and Opening Remarks Malcolm Brown, Director of EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Yakut Gazi, Assoc. Dean for Learning Systems, Georgia Technology Professional Education Soma Chakrabarti, President, International Association of Continuing Engineering Education and Director of Continuing Studies, University of Delaware
9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. EST/(GMT-5) Microcredentials as a Common Currency for Learning Kyle Bowen Director of Education Technology Services Penn State University
9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. EST/(GMT-5) The Potential for Digital Badging in Distance Education: The Experience of the Open University in the U.K. Patrina Law Head of Free Learning Open University, U.K.
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. EST/(GMT-5) Learning Recognition Networks: Credentialing 3.0? Daniel Hickey Professor and Program Coordinator, Learning Sciences Program Indiana University
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. EST/(GMT-5) BREAK
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. EST/(GMT-5) Digital Badges in Composition Courses Denise Paster Associate Professor and Coordinator of Composition Coastal Carolina University and Alan Reid Assistant Professor Coastal Carolina University
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EST/(GMT-5) Connecting Educators, Learners and Employers through Open Badges Mark Leuba VP of Product Development IMS Global Learning Consortium
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. EST/(GMT-5) Predicting the Future of Alternative Credentials Kyle Peck Professor of Education, Learning, Design, and Technology Program Penn State University
12:30 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. EST/(GMT-5) Closing Comments and Q&A Nelson Baker Dean of Professional Education Georgia Institute of Technology Secretary General International Association for Engineering Continuing Education Yakut Gazi Associate Dean for Learning Systems Georgia Institute of Technology