New whitepaper:
The Future of Credentials
Hello Irene,
Disruptions to the education system and employment sector are changing what it means to acquire knowledge and skills. Fundamental shifts in how we educate learners promise to transform how we credential learning. In turn, changes to the way we work could alter the value placed on credentials and how individuals earn them.
Today, the KnowledgeWorks strategic foresight team release a new paper, "Certifying Skills and Knowledge: Four Scenarios on the Future of Credentials." The paper, authored by my colleague, Jason Swanson, considers trends in the education and employment sectors to explore four possible scenarios on how credentials might reflect individuals' knowledge and skills in ten years' time.
A key question is the extent to which alternative credentials might supplement or supplant traditional degrees. The scenarios also explore the possible impacts of new experience-tracking technologies and breakthroughs in the mapping and monitoring of brain functions.
Please join us to explore the future of credentials during two events next week:
- April 27, 9 a.m. EST: Jason Swanson talks with Larry Jacobs on EduTalk Radio
- May 1, 1 p.m. EST: Jason Swanson hosts our next #FutureEd Twitter chat
I hope you'll join us in exploring the future of credentials and their potential to change the ways we learn, teach, and work.
Sincerely,
Katherine Prince
Senior Director, Strategic Foresight
