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<p class="MsoNormal">Micro-credentialing, or micro badging, is a trend that keeps popping up. This may be an interesting idea we could pursue through an SWP grant proposal? I haven’t researched it fully, but I can envision examples that align with our certificates
that showcase skills. We give certificates now, could badging be bundled? Is it useful for employers?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">CCC Resource:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://foundationccc.org/What-We-Do/Workforce-Development/Workforce-Services/Digital-Badging&c=E,1,QEjcNe_I1GUCFC3TDZI0-kbmWevu9E5gKaR1MyQ6kSGnwTExTLH6oi981SvBYqBMb2RwP3bACerjj7mWqoyP2k3RyB4N55s0IvSTSUW_VuRQ_sUlXg,,&typo=1">http://foundationccc.org/What-We-Do/Workforce-Development/Workforce-Services/Digital-Badging</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Higher Ed Webinar below<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Josh Adams, MBA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dean, Business and Professional Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">tel (707) 524-1731<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Higher Ed Hot Topics [mailto:hottopics@paper-clip.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 21, 2017 04:22<br>
<b>To:</b> Adams, Joshua <jadams2@santarosa.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Micro-Credentialing & Digital Badges: Build New Revenue & Move Beyond Conventional Grading<o:p></o:p></p>
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profitable revenue stream from a non-traditional target market utilizing resources that your campus already has.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> It's a target market that is not traditional higher education students,
but non-traditional students, who are already in the workforce looking to further their careers with specific skill sets.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Open digital badging allows students to showcase the skills they have learned – and mastered – at your institution, beyond conventional classroom grading schemes.</span></strong></span>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Join us, and in just 90 minutes, you and your staff will learn new ways to
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">assert the value of higher education through the use of technologies that allow learners/earners to annotate, curate and share evidence of learning over digital social networks, adding additional meaning
and value to their collegiate experiences.</span></i></strong> Your students will be able to articulate exactly what they are gaining from your institution, offering employers a much more detailed glimpse of their abilities.
<u>Your students – whether traditional or non-traditional – will be more marketable as they demonstrate specific skill sets necessary for the workforce.</u></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you ignore this trend, you will fall behind your competitors.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Explore new alternative approaches to assessing
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Utilize the new Open Badge 2.0 specifications –
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