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Alternative Digital Credentials in Higher Education: Bridging the Skills Gap Through Workforce, Employer, and Education Partnerships
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Author(s): Courtney Breckenridge (Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, USA), Mary Ettling (Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, USA), Tony Fuhrmann (Madison County Employment and Training, USA), Robert P. Dixon (Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, USA)and Wyatt E. Bridger (Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, USA)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 14
Source title:
Innovations in the Design and Application of Alternative Digital Credentials
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Daniel Piedra (McMaster University, Canada)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7697-7.ch006
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Abstract
Alternative digital credentials (ADCs), also known as digital badges, demonstrate great promise as a strategy for closing the skills gap and supporting the alignment of industry skills with traditional and nontraditional higher education programs. The authors seek to highlight advances in ADC development in a public university setting, demonstrating how higher education institutions can weave ADCs into both traditional classrooms and larger community initiatives such as workforce development and non-credit offerings. The chapter details the institution's ADC pathway from conception to a workforce development project awarded in response to the COVID-19 pandemic including key project objectives, strategies, and best practices. The authors also discuss the use of existing learning resources and tools such as EMSI, Jove, and augmented reality technology, including learner reviews from current program participants. Finally, institutional strategies for prior learning assessment and integration of digital badges into undergraduate degree programs are discussed.
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