Ensuring student-centered value with skills-denominated credentials

IF 2.4 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
Kacey Thorne, Sarah DeMark, Tyson Heath, Kristian Young
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PurposeThe global labor market has been upended and a new landscape has emerged. New models for ensuring the value and relevance of post-secondary education are needed. Learners need better understanding of the value and relevancy which the education provides and more immediate return on the educational investment. Education providers must ensure the relevance of the credentials. Employers require transparency into skills an individual possesses based on the credentials they hold. New models are needed to guide an understanding of credentials so that all have equitable pathways to opportunity. This paper aims to discuss the aforementioned objectives.Design/methodology/approachThe authors in this paper discuss how Western Governors University implemented a Unified Credential Framework (UCF) for ensuring credentials are relevant, verified, transparent and portable. The UCF is predicated on the use of skills as an underlying foundation.FindingsUsing a structured theory for understanding skills and micro-credentials creates more transparency into what post-secondary credentials represent, and the value they hold for individuals, employers and education providers.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper represents a use case where the proposed solution is still emergent. Additional research is warranted as longitudinal data become available on student outcomes and impacts.Originality/valueThis paper presents a model that any organization can implement for clearer line of sight into the value and relevance of post-secondary credentials.
确保以学生为中心的价值与技能为主的证书
目的全球劳动力市场已经被颠覆,出现了一个新的局面。需要新的模式来确保中学后教育的价值和相关性。学习者需要更好地理解教育提供的价值和相关性,并获得更直接的教育投资回报。教育提供者必须确保证书的相关性。雇主要求根据个人的资质对其技能进行透明化。需要新的模式来指导对证书的理解,以便所有人都有公平的机会途径。本文旨在讨论上述目标。设计/方法论/方法本文作者讨论了西部州长大学如何实施统一证书框架(UCF),以确保证书的相关性、验证性、透明性和可移植性。UCF以技能的使用为基础。发现使用结构化的理论来理解技能和微观证书,可以更透明地了解中学后证书所代表的内容,以及它们对个人、雇主和教育提供者的价值。研究局限性/含义本文代表了一个用例,其中所提出的解决方案仍然是紧急的。随着学生成绩和影响的纵向数据的提供,有必要进行更多的研究。原创性/价值本文提出了一个任何组织都可以实施的模型,以更清楚地了解中学后学历的价值和相关性。
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International Journal of Information and Learning Technology
International Journal of Information and Learning Technology COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS-
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6.10
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3.30%
发文量
33
期刊介绍: International Journal of Information and Learning Technology (IJILT) provides a forum for the sharing of the latest theories, applications, and services related to planning, developing, managing, using, and evaluating information technologies in administrative, academic, and library computing, as well as other educational technologies. Submissions can include research: -Illustrating and critiquing educational technologies -New uses of technology in education -Issue-or results-focused case studies detailing examples of technology applications in higher education -In-depth analyses of the latest theories, applications and services in the field The journal provides wide-ranging and independent coverage of the management, use and integration of information resources and learning technologies.
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