T3 Innovation Network
Interoperable Learning Records
(now Learning & Employment Records)
AWPAB, DTWG, White House
US Department of Commerce
Public-Private Standards Development
T3 Innovation Network
NILOA
PESC
Indiana
REPORTS & ARTICLES
UNESCO
Markle Foundation
GOVLAB
Digitary
Chronicle of Higher Education
AACRAO
Credential Engine
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Building Learner-Based Credentialing Systems
Connecting Credentials
AACRAO
An Assessment of Institutional Activity,
Goals, and Challenges in Higher Education
Eduventures
Portraits of Institutional Practice
Eduventures
Inside Higher Ed
LinkedIn
Wall Street Journal
Communicating the Value of Competencies
ACE
Quality Dimensions of Connected Credentials
ACE
Lumina Foundation
Lumina Foundation
Educause
Inside Higher Education
Open Badges and e-Credentials
Educause
DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT
EC Report: Digitalisation of Diploma Supplement
>> EU Final Report <<
>> EU Annex Report <<
Advisory Group on Revision of the
European Higher Education Area and
Microcredentials Task Force
Investigating Skills & Competencies
MICROCREDENTIALS TASK FORCE
The Microcredentials in Data Systems Task Force is
an open, collaborative, volunteer discussion group looking to provide
education & information on skills and competencies;
and if needed, changes and updates to PESC Approved Standards.
MICROCREDENTIALS IN DATA SYSTEMS
>> TASK FORCE <<
Co-Chairs
Board of Directors Liaison
Participants
Meeting Schedule
Under Construction
Under Construction.
Under Construction.
To assist PESC Members & all stakeholders
in the student and learner ecosystem,
PESC establishes the
Microcredentials Task Force,
an open discussion forum looking to
provide education & information
on skills & competencies;
and if needed, changes and updates to
PESC Approved Standards.
>> PROGRAM OVERVIEW <<
- PART 1 -
- PART 2 -
- PART 3 -
- PART 4 -
CREDENTIAL MAPPING
READ ABOUT THIS INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVE
VIEW THE CURRENT DOCUMENTATION
PESC-EMREX-ELMO MAPPING
EMREX TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION and USER GUIDE v1.0
EMREX and PESC - COMPARISON and CROSSWALK
EDI/XML CROSSWALKS
TECHNICAL MAPPINGS ALIGNING EDI & XML
PESC COMPLIANT JSON
RULES FOR TRANSFORMING XML TO JSON
LAUNCH OF ACADEMIC CREDENTIALING &
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TASK FORCE
READ ABOUT THE LAUNCH OF THE TASK FORCE
COMMON XML CREDENTIAL FOR
CERTIFICATES, DEGREES & DIPLOMAS
READ ABOUT PESC APPROVED V 1.0
PESC and THE TRANSFORMATION OF
Academic Credentialing
& EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
In June 2015 at its Annual Planning Retreat, the PESC Board of Directors, due to the impact of student mobility on the international credentialing landscape, authorized the formation of the Academic Credentialing and Experiential Learning Task Force. This Task Force formed & convened for its inaugural meeting at PESC’s Fall 2015 Data Summit in Washington, D.C.
With Tom Black, Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs & University Registrar at Stanford University (now with Johns Hopkins University), as Task Force Chair, and Co-Chairs Joellen Shendy, Associate Vice Provost & Registrar at the University of Maryland University College and Alex Jackl, CEO and Founder of Bardic Systems, the Task Force committed to:
monitoring
and tracking current initiatives
serving
as a clearinghouse for information sharing
providing
speakers & presenters at industry-leading
conferences & events
ensuring
PESC is prepared for standards development work
as the community is reaching the point
in which standards are needed.
Through analysis and discussion, Chair Tom Black identified an associated need in the North American market whereby no standards existed for the exchange of digital certificates, degrees & diplomas. Work began immediately to shape a standard and evolved into the PESC Approved XML Common Credential for Certificates, Degrees and Diplomas, now in production at Stanford University as part of its AACRAO and Lumina Foundation grant provision for the Comprehensive Learner Records Project.
The Task Force continues to convene and focus on new and specific use cases (business or process cases) to determine their value and need in the community while leveraging technology and standards to meet the needs of emerging mobile academic credentials.
In June 2016 at its next annual planning retreat, the PESC Board of Directors discussed the numerous industry groups and initiatives focusing on credentials. In-depth discussions lead to the realization that a significant part of community needs are not be addressed in that no organization is showcasing how to work with all the different groups and initiatives, and more importantly how the different groups and initiatives all relate to one another.
Subsequently, the PESC Board of Directors authorized the dedication of PESC’s Spring 2017 Data Summit to this one theme and purpose – Empowering the Mobility of Digital Academic Credentials. As PESC is a sponsor of Connecting Credentials, leaders at the Connecting Credentials Initiative correspondingly co-sponsored the Spring 2017 Data Summit.
In the spirit of interoperability, PESC and leaders of Credential Engine proposed a comprehensive data mapping initiative across Credential Engine, PESC, HR-Open Standards, and IMS in order to advance interoperability; and with immediate agreement by all, organizational meetings began in April 2017 and the first meeting of Credential Mapping was held at the PESC Spring 2017 Data Summit.
In continuing its efforts to educate and include all areas of the higher education ecosystem, PESC held the Fall 2018 Data Summit in San Francisco Inspiring Digitalization and Mobility Across Education & Employment.
>> RESOURCES <<
Alternative Credentials: Considerations, Guidance, and Best Practices
American Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers PDF
MICRO-CREDENTIALS: Trends in Credit Transfer and Credentialing
British Columbia Council on Admissions & Transfer PDF
Micro-credentials: Towards a Universal Definition
Groningen Declaration Network PDF