The Present and Future of Alternative Digital Credentials: An Imperative for Open Education.
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This presentation introduces the concept of Alternative Digital Credentials (ADC’s), sometimes referred to as “badges.” It discusses what ADCs are, how they are used, why they are important, how they are an imperative for higher education, how employers are beginning to accept and use ADCs, and what the future of ADCs might be. The basic thesis of this presentation is that ADCs are and will be a permanent feature of the higher education landscape and that societies and institutions that fail to adopt and recognize ADCs will lose their competitive advantage in the marketplace and fall short of their social responsibility.
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The Present and Future of Alternative Digital Credentials: An Imperative for Open Education.
- 1. The Present and Future of Alternative Digital Credentials (ADCs): An Imperative for Higher Education Gary W. Matkin, Ph.D. Dean, Continuing Education Vice Provost, Career Pathways University of California, Irvine Open Education Leadership Summit 2018: Achieve more through Collaborative Open Education Paris, France December 3, 2018 1
- 2. The Concept of ADCs (Badges) 2
- 3. Examples of Competency-Based ADCs 3
- 4. ADC Pathways Secure, Unhackable Repository ADC Recipient Friends LinkedIn Social Media Potential Employers Digital Resume Issuing Organization Permanent Record
- 5. What Does an ADC Contain (Metadata) • Verification of earner’s identity • Qualification and information about the issuer • Date issued, date to be expired • Description of competency • Outcomes achieved to earn badge • Relationship to other related competencies • Examples of student work (optional) 5
- 6. Characteristics of ADCs • Alternative to what are now issued • Non-degree certifications of skills and abilities related to workforce needs • Digitally created, stored, and transmitted • Attest to competencies • Portable • Easily understood 6
- 7. Rationale for Institutional Adoption of ADCs • Already widely used • Transcripts irrelevant to workforce • Certify valuable non-degree skills and abilities • Makes universities accountable • Young adults demand shorter, relevant education • ADCs are a natural outcome of open education • Companies use digital searches to hire candidates • The ADC ecosystem is developing • Employer acceptance is increasing 7
- 8. ADCs are Workplace Relevant (Contrasted with Traditional Transcripts) Traditional transcripts are not relevant for workforce needs 8
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- The Present and Future of Alternative Digital Credentials (ADCs): An Imperative for Higher Education Gary W. Matkin, Ph.D. Dean, Continuing Education Vice Provost, Career Pathways University of California, Irvine This presentation introduces the concept of Alternative Digital Credentials (ADC’s), sometimes referred to as “badges.” It discusses what ADCs are, how they are used, why they are important, how they are an imperative for higher education, how employers are beginning to accept and use ADCs, and what the future of ADCs might be. The basic thesis of this presentation is that ADCs are and will be a permanent feature of the higher education landscape and that societies and institutions that fail to adopt and recognize ADCs will lose their competitive advantage in the marketplace and fall short of their social responsibility.
- Here are some examples from both higher education and the corporate world of the icons used to signify that the recipient of the ADC has achieved a specific competency in a defined topic.
- Here are examples of ADCs issued by UCI. Not that it contains three simple components: Name of issuing institution institution Unit or division issuing institution responsible for ADC (UCI Division of Continuing Education) The competency represented by the ADC (HTML/CSS)
- To initiate the issuance of an ADC, the issuing organization or institution posts the ADC to a repository that is secure and unhackable. At the same time, the issuing organization or institution stores this posting to its own record system. After posting to the repository, the recipient may then post the ADC digitally, including a resume, employer’s Linked In and other social media sites, and even to friends.
- Each ADC, once “clicked on” opens up to reveal “metadata” about the ADC and the skills it verifies. This is a listing of common metadata.
- From the previous slides the following characteristics of ADCs are clear. ADCs are alternative to currently issued, traditional transcriptable learning verification and are directly relevant to current workforce needs. They are digital in character which means that they can be transmitted and stored in immediate digital fashion. Finally, their best use is to verify competencies rather than simple learning achievement.
- Evidence that ADCs are indeed a higher education imperative is rapidly increasing. ADCs are already widely issued, especially by non-higher education institutions and several governments are adopting ADCs as central to higher education systems (New Zealand, Malta, Australia). As already indicated, traditional transcripts are less and less relevant to workforce demands for competency certification. ADCs fill in an important gap between learning and work relevant skill verification. The adoption of an ADC system will push universities toward greater alignment with the demands of both students and local economies, making universities more accountable for what they produce. Young adults are demanding shorter, relevant education that they can put to immediate use. The huge supply of open education available in the world represents a large opportunity for certification of competencies. Hiring practices of companies increasingly depend on digital searches for job candidates. ADCs make those competencies discoverable. ADCs are forming a system of standards and support, and employer acceptance of ADCs is increasing.
- This is an actual transcript of a student at UCI, showing his entire academic record. On this record is an entry, “Artificial Intelligence 171” and the student earned a B+. This entry may be of interest to employers but it is hardly useful in describing what the student learning in the course relevant to the job being offered. Except as evidence that a student persisted successfully to gain a degree, traditional transcripts are not useful to employers who are looking for specific skills.