Please join us for a group viewing of this webinar on "microcredentialing," hosted by the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI). Register here to get a reminder and let us know you're coming; if the group gets to large for this room, we will find another. 

You can also register to watch by yourself from your own computer. You will need to create an EDUCAUSE account if you don't already have one, but Bryn Mawr College is an EDUCAUSE member, so the account and the webinar are free to you. 

Webinar Description (from ELI):

Proof of skill attainment through alternative credentialing has gone mainstream. Microcredentialing and digital badging have become credible ways to codify achievements of many kinds: nanodegrees, traditional learning programs, micromasters, etc. This session will define and describe the emergence of badging, microcredentialing, and nanodegrees, along with the role that technology plays in enabling these models and the impact they are having on higher education.

Outcomes

• Learn about microcredentialing and digital badging as valid records of learning
• Compare and contrast microcredentialing with a traditional credit
• Discuss the impact of alternative credentialing on higher education

Speakers

• Donna Liss, CIO, Truman State University
• Joseph Shelly Asst. Vice Chancellor and CIO, University of Washington Bothell
• Mary Bold, Assoc.CIO and Chief eLearning Strategist, University of Washington Bothell
• Cathy Bates, Senior Consultant, Vantage Technology Consulting Group
• Mark Leuba, Vice President of Product Management IMS Global Learning Consortium
• Donna Petherbridge, Associate Vice Provost, DELTA, NC State University

Want to learn more? ELI is following this introductory webinar with a more in-depth one on "Microcredentials and Digital Badging in Higher Education" on July 12 from noon-4pm. That event is also free to EDUCAUSE members, see go to the EDUCAUSE website for more details and to register. EDUCAUSE is awarding a Microcredentialing in Higher Education badge for completing the session.