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.
COMPETENCIES & C REDENTIALS
USER GROUP
operates as an open,
PESC Member-based forum
for discussion, debate, new ideas,
pilots & demonstrations related to
competencies & credentials data;
participation in User Group meetings
is encouraged & open to representatives
of PESC Member organizations.
C OMPTENCIES & C REDENTIALS
USER GROUP
CO-CHAIRS
Alex Jackl
President & Founder
Bardic Systems
Joellen Shendy
Product Strategy Director
Workday
STEERING COMMITTEE
MEETING SCHEDULE
Launch at Spring 2019 Data Summit
Webinar/Meeting August 27, 2019 Noon EDT.
LIST
CBE@lists.pesc.org
USER GROUP
Dennis Becker
University Registrar
University of Denver
Matt Bemis
Associate Registrar
University of Southern California
Kristi Blabaum
Systems Integration Analyst
Ascendium Education
Mark Cohen
Product Manager
California Community Colleges
Andrew Cunsolo
President & CEO
Talemetry
HR Open Standards
Brandon Dorman
Lead Assessment Specialist, Assessment Systems
ACT
Jeff Elliott
University of Missouri System
Doug Falk
CIO & Vice President
National Student Clearinghouse
Julia Funaki
Associate Director
AACRAO
Darin Hobbs
University Registrar
Western Governors University
Doug Holmes
Manager, eTranscripts
Ontario Universities' Application Centre
Jim Kelly
Senior Director
Educational Credential Evaluators
Jeanne Kitchens
Associate Director
Center for Workforce Development
Southern Illinois University
Mike Margitich
Liaison International
Steve Margenau
Technical Advisory Board
David Moldoff
CEO & Founder
AcademyOne
Carrie Morris
ACT
Michael Morris
Senior Software Engineer in Test
ACT
James Murray-Beckman
COO
Digitary
Robert Powell
Jenzabar
Simone Ravaioli
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Digitary
Paul Robinson
Associate Vice Provost & University Registrar
University of Michigan
Ken Sauer, Ph.D.
Associate Commissioner & Chief Academic Officer
Indiana Commission for Higher Education
Monterey Sims
Director of Admissions & Evaluation
University of Phoenix
Rick Skeel
Director of Product Management
Ellucian
Cathy van Soest
Manager
EducationPlannerBC
Anne Valentine
President & CEO
DegreeData
Jason Weaver
Head of Product
Parchment
Joshua Westfall
Senior Manager, Policy & Programs
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Mike Williamson
Product Manager
OCAS
Kristi Wold-McCormick
University Registrar
University of Colorado Boulder
C OMPETENCIES & C REDENTIALS
USER GROUP
NEXT MEETING
TBD
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
an open, collaborative group of PESC Members that produce, collect, process, research, report, store, consume, issue and share
competency & credential data.
Competencies & Credentials
Competencies & Credentials User Group
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
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 IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE T3 INNOVATION NETWORK!
The Competencies & Credentials User Group
is the principal Group within PESC
comprised of PESC Members and Partners.
C OMPETENCIES & C REDENTIALS
USER GROUP
>> WHAT IS THE PESC COMPETENCIES & CREDENTIALS USER GROUP?
The USER GROUP is an open, permanent group of PESC Member organizations that produce, collect, process, research, report, store, consume, issue and share competency & credential data - that hosts discussion, debate, new ideas, demonstrations and pilots related to competency & credential data.
>> HOW DID THE USER GROUP START?
The USER GROUP is the third initiative to launch under PESC's Academic Credentialing & Experiential Learning Task Force which launched after the Spring 2015 Data Summit in Washington, D.C. The PESC Board of Directors authorized the formation of this Task Force at its annual planning retreat in June 2015 due to the impact of student mobility on the international credentialing landscape. As a discussion group, clearinghouse and point of contact for the emergence and awareness related to knowledge, skills and abilities, the Academic Credentialing & Experiential Task Force collaborated with Credential Engine to launch and host the Credential Data Mapping Initiative at the Spring 2016 Data Summit. The second major initiative was development, approval and release of a Common XML Credential for Certificates, Degrees & Diplomas in March 2017 now in production at Stanford University and Johns Hopkins University (as part of AACRAO’s Comprehensive Learner Record Initiative).
>> WHO IS INVOLVED WITH THE USER GROUP?
The USER GROUP is PESC Member-based and includes many leading institutions, organizations, providers and vendors in academic credentialing and competency & credential data.
>> WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THE USER GROUP?
The USER GROUP is open and includes a number of leaders and experts in academic credentialing; and institutions and organizations conducting experiments and pilots in digital credentialing. This open forum enables open communications, sharing of ideas & activities and a coordinated, community approach focused on the needs of all students, learners and credential providers.
>> HOW IS THE USER GROUP GOVERNED?
The USER GROUP is a permanent group within PESC, managed by a Steering Committee and ultimately governed by the PESC Board of Directors. The USER GROUP encourages active participation and diverse membership. It is semi-autonomous, reporting directly to the PESC Board of Directors, and is responsible for its overall activities, communications, meetings and outreach. The USER GROUP Co-Chairs are from PESC Member organizations and appointed by the PESC Board of Directors.
>> WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE USER GROUP?
The USER GROUP launched at the PESC Spring 2019 Data Summit in Washington, D.C. and held its 1st meeting July 23, 2019.
>> HOW MUCH DOES THE USER GROUP COST?
The USER GROUP is PESC Member-based and included as a benefit of PESC Membership. There is no limit on the number of representatives from the same PESC Member organization that may participate in PESC User Groups. Associations that are PESC Members can 'pass through' Member benefits to all their Members (meaning that association and all its members are welcome and encouraged to participate in all free and open and PESC Member-based groups and initiatives).
>> HOW DO I GET JOIN THE USER GROUP?
The USER GROUP is open to institutions, service providers, organizations and all stakeholders with an interest in academic credentialing who are also PESC Members. Join the USER GROUP meetings.
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