Open Badge Alliance and Concentric Sky
Wikipedia for open pathways that can pilot credentials and pathways that employers can begin to endorse or not. Managed and funded by the Open Badge Alliance and Concentric Sky.
Open Badges
Open Badge Alliance is promoting a network of organizations to come together to lay the foundation for interoperable digital credentials based on an open technical standard. Open badges is a technology standard initially developed and incubated at Mozilla, funded by MacArthur Foundation. http://www.badgealliance.org/ https://www.imsglobal.org/higher-education-communities-practice
Open Badges in Higher Ed Working Group
International consortium connecting higher and vocational education, workplace skills, and innovative learning opportunities. Managed and funded by Open Badges in Higher Ed Working Group.
Oregon and Wisconsin, Streamlined state approval process for short-term credit bearing credentials
Oregon and Wisconsin, Streamlined state approval process for short-term credit bearing credentials, Aligned short-term credentials with Associate Degree Programs. Managed and funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
Oregon’s Career Pathways Roadmap
Oregon’s Career Pathways Roadmap, Roadmap model. Managed and funded by Oregon’s Career Pathways Roadmap.
Outcomes and Employer Satisfaction
Middle skills training program is tracking the quality of the training outcomes and employer satisfaction with new and incumbent worker preparation via a third-party evaluator. Managed by Goodwill Industries International and funded by the Walmart Foundation. www.goodwill.org giving.walmart.com/foundation
P360
P360 – an international platform launched to help global institutions address petitions for academic credit by linking sources of learning to target competencies, outcomes and units of learning that may satisfy pathway requirements leading to credentials. Currently, P360 is being piloted by Australian Universities working with the Australian Qualification Framework. Student progress checking is built-in an online modeler and calculator allowing pathway comparison, program of study plans and approval. Managed…
Pairin/State of Colorado
Predictive analytics model for 20 jobs across 4 industries within the state to “de-risk” hires from alternative programs, Used to determine who are top performers vs average. Managed and funded by Pairin/State of Colorado.
