Meet the Panelists: Competencies and Credentials as Currency

What does a credential communicate? Changing how credentials are viewed and evaluated causes us to explore the underpinnings of any credential, degree, license, or certificate, and consider what is being assessed or communicated.  Does a credential communicate knowledge, skills, competencies, experience, or time spent learning? Does more specificity/granularity hurt or help the credential holder? While OER […]

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New Summit Keynote: JoAnn Kozyrev, Western Governors University

We are very pleased to announce that JoAnn Kozyrev, Vice President of Design and Development at Western Governors University, will deliver a keynote for our “Competencies and Credentials as Currency” track on Friday, June 8, 2018. Join us at the Summit on the Credentialing Economy, June 7-8, 2018, to learn more! At WGU, Joann Kozyrev […]

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Featured Speaker: Sharon Leu, Department of Education

We are very excited to announce that Sharon Leu, Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Education, will be a featured speaker at the Summit on the Credentialing Economy June 7-8, 2018. Sharon leads the Office of Educational Technology’s higher education innovation initiatives to increasing access, decreasing cost, and improving outcomes for postsecondary learners, […]

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Summit Speaker Announcements: Dr. Robert Atkinson and Jonathan Munk to Keynote

We have been hard at work creating an agenda for the Summit on the Credentialing Economy (#CredEconomy), and can’t wait to share it with you! We are really pleased to have Dr. Robert Atkinson, President of the Information Technology Innovation Foundation, and Jonathan Munk, Global General Manager of Degreed, joining us as keynote speakers. Dr. […]

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CompTIA to sponsor the Summit on the Credentialing Economy

We are very pleased to announce that CompTIA will sponsor the June 2018 Summit on the Credentialing Economy as a Bronze-level sponsor. As an important influencer in the information technology industry and a leader in career-centric credentialing, CompTIA is an ideal partner to help us advance a critical discussion on credentials, parity, and transparency. About […]

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