Showing posts with label Credentialing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Credentialing. Show all posts

Thursday, February 21, 2019

The Present and Future of Alternative Digital Credentials (ADCs)

EducationDive did a nice quick overview of the role of digital credentials in the future of education. (link to original report below)

The overview and the report review the changing role of credentials in higher education, and how they relate to skills credentialing in society comparing new digital credentials with traditional transcripts.  The report also has an appendices reviewing institutions throughout the world experimenting with ADC's and a list of vendors providing infrastructure for ADC's.

International Council for Open and Distance Education (2019). Report of the ICDE Working Group on The Present and Future of Alternative Digital Credentials (ADCs). Retrieved from  https://icde.memberclicks.net/assets/ICDE-ADC%20report-January%202019%20%28002%29.pdf

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