University of Phoenix successfully pilots new scheme adding student credentials to digital wallets
The University of Phoenix has announced a successful pilot test that added Learning and Employment Records (LER) into digital wallets.
The scheme aims to equip learners with experiences and tools while also giving employers a clearer idea of their capabilities.
“We are focused on building practical opportunities that provide our learners with the ability to preserve and present credentials of all kinds, including degrees, badges, skills, and achievements outside of a classroom,” explains John Woods, Provost and Chief Academic Officer at University of Phoenix.
“This was our vision in developing a skills-mapped curriculum aligned to digital badges. A learning and employment record would allow these to be compiled together as a valuable resource for our students as well as their current and potential employers.”
The University worked with the Experience You Project, which is led by the US Chamber of Commerce, and Gobekli, an independent startup developing TalentPass - a digital wallet - on the LER.
The project initially worked with a group of 30 volunteer students who used the LER system and will now extend these prototypes into live field tests for specific use cases.
“University of Phoenix laid the foundation to assess skills and validate what learners know,” adds Doris Savron, Vice Provost. “We are pursuing a learning and employment record ecosystem that can provide even more than an immediate solution that would benefit learners and employers alike: it can become the framework and foundation for a host of future-proofed data solutions.
“As partners join the ecosystem, they can bring their own data and innovation into the process; other solutions, such as AI, can continue to enrich the ecosystem and provide even more value for our students and employer alliances.”
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