This page includes resources related to the Higher Ed Dreamin’ 2024 session.
Session Title
Bridging the Employer-Workforce Divide with Digital Credentials and Skills
Session Description
This talk will explore innovative strategies for leveraging digital credentials to close the skills gap, specifically, the role that Salesforce products, including Education Cloud, can play in supporting educational institutions on this journey. Discover the current landscape and challenges with unifying a learner’s data credentials and adopting a common language for describing skills across educational institutions and employers.
Link to Recording / Slides
(coming soon)
Resources
- WGU report on employer insights regarding digital credentials: https://www.wgu.edu/content/dam/wgu-65-assets/web-sites/skills/upskill-america-report-final.pdf
- Rich Skill Descriptor (RSD) standard https://rsd.openskillsnetwork.org/
- Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) standard https://credentialengine.org/credential-transparency/ctdl/
- Open Badges 2.0 (OB2) specification https://www.imsglobal.org/sites/default/files/Badges/OBv2p0Final/index.html
- Verified Credentials (VC) specification https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-overview/
- Verified Credentials for Education Taskforce https://w3c-ccg.github.io/vc-ed/
- Open Badges 3.0 (OB3) specification https://www.imsglobal.org/spec/ob/v3p0
